Middle Primitive Elvish
ir
root. desirable, beautiful
Variations
- ĪR ✧ EtyAC/ĪR
ī
root. to be
ī
article. the
Derivatives
- On. i “the” ✧ PE21/58
yes
root. desire
Derivatives
eʒ-
verb. to be
Derivations
- ᴹ√EƷ “be”
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. ea- “to be; to exist, have being, be found extant in the real world” ✧ PE22/122; PE22/122; PE22/122; PE22/122
Variations
- eʒe ✧ PE22/122
- eñe ✧ PE22/122
yē
root. to be
Changes
- YE → Ē “to be” ✧ PE22/122
Derivatives
Variations
- Ī ✧ EtyAC/YĒ
- I ✧ PE18/060
- YE ✧ PE18/084 (
YE); PE22/123 (YE)
ē
root. to be
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “desire” with derivatives like ᴹQ. yesta- “desire” and N. iest “wish” (Ety/YES; EtyAC/YES).