iři

root. dwell‽

iði

root. dwell‽

A root in the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicons given as ᴱ√IŘI (QL/43) and iđ- (GL/50), the latter more representative of its true form. In the Qenya Lexicon it was glossed “dwell”, but Tolkien marked this gloss with a “?”. It had derivatives like ᴱQ. indo/G. ind “house”, ᴱQ. irmin/G. Idhru “world”, and ᴱQ. Indi/G. idhrin “men, earth dwellers”. Based on the last of these, a probable variant is the deleted root ᴱ√(I)LÐ(I)L, also in the Qenya Lexicon with the (rejected) derivative ᴱQ. ildi “men” (QL/42).

There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, and both “men” and “world” were generally derived from other roots, the latter from √MBAR “dwell”, the likeliest replacement for this root.

Derivatives

• Eq. irmin “the inhabited world” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
• Eq. Indi “Men, Earth Dwellers” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
• Eq. indo “house” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
• Eq. irin “town” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
• G. idhwin “*Man (f.)” ✧ GL/50
• G. idhweg “*Man (m.)” ✧ GL/50
• G. idhrin “men, earth dwellers” ✧ GL/50; LT2A/Idril
• G. Idhru “the world” ✧ GL/50; LT2A/Idril
• G. idhruglin “the language of Men” ✧ GL/50
• G. ind “house, abode” ✧ LT2A/Idril
• G. inna “in home, to its house/its right place”
• G. inni “home, at home, in right place”
• G. Isbaroth “Creatures of the Earth” ✧ GL/50

Element in

• ᴱ✶ai-idh “nest” ✧ GL/17

Variations

• idh ✧ GL/17
• iđ- ✧ GL/50
• IRI ✧ LT2A/Idril
• IŘI ✧ QL/043

iri Reconstructed

root. wish, intend

Derivatives

• Eq. irya “wish”
• G. erth “wish”
• G. îr- “to be willing; to will, intend to, mean to”
• G. irm “a wish, intention, resolve”
• G. irn “desired, wished for”