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Early Quenya

irmin

noun. the inhabited world

A word in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “the inhabited world” and derived from the root ᴱ√IŘI [IÐI] “dwell”, with the usual change of ancient ð > z > r (QL/43). It also appeared in the phrase ᴱQ. Irmina Telume “End of the World, Great End” in a list of names from the same period (PE13/104). In later writings it seems to have been supplanted by Q. Ambar of similar meaning.

Cognates

  • G. Idhru “the world” ✧ GL/50; LT2A/Idril

Derivations

  • ᴱ√IÐI “dwell‽” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043

Element in

  • Eq. Irmaldi “Creatures of the Earth”
  • Eq. Irmina Telume “End of the World, Great End” ✧ PE13/104

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√IŘI > irmin[iðmin] > [izmin] > [irmin]✧ QL/043
Early Quenya [GL/50; LT2A/Idril; PE13/104; QL/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by