írissë

desire

Írissë fem. name (PM:345), evidently connected to írë "desire".

írissë

feminine name. *Desirable Lady

The Quenya name of S. Aredhel (PM/345). Its second element is the feminine suffix -issë (PM/345) and its initial element seems to be írë “desire”, so perhaps the name means “✱Desirable Lady”. See S. Íreth and Aredhel for further discussion.

Cognates

• S. Íreth ✧ PM/345; PMI/Íreth; PMI/Írissë

Derivatives

• S. Íreth

Elements

Word	Gloss
írë	“desire, desire, [ᴹQ.] longing”
-issë	“ending in feminine names”

írë

desire

írë (1) noun "desire". (ID). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, írë was also the name of a long carrier with an i-tehta above it, denoting long í. (VT45:17).

írë

noun. desire, desire, [ᴹQ.] longing

Derivations

• √IR “desire, long for, desire, long for; [ᴹ√] desirable, beautiful”
• √ID “desire, long for” ✧ PE17/112

Element in

• Q. Írildë
• Q. írima “desirable, lovely” ✧ PE17/112
• Q. Írimon
• Q. Írissë “*Desirable Lady”
• Q. Irmo “Desirer”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ID > ír-	[īde] > [īðe] > [īre]	✧ PE17/112

Variations

• ír- ✧ PE17/112 (ír-)

-issë

-issë

-issë a feminine ending, as in Írissë (PM:345)

yesta-

desire

yesta- (1) vb. "desire" (YES, VT46:23; the latter source indicates that Tolkien did write yesta- with a final hyphen, indicating that this is "desire" as a verbal stem, not as a noun).

milmë

desire, greed

milmë noun "desire, greed" (MIL-IK)