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Qenya 

laira

adjective. shady

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “shady” under the root ᴹ√DAY “shadow” (Ety/DAY; EtyAC/DAY). This root was primarily used for N. dae “shadow” in N. Dor-Daedeloth “Land of the Shadow of Dread”; in later writings the Dae- element in that name seems to have become dae(r) “great” (WJ/183), so I suspect ᴹ√DAY “shadow” and its derivatives were abandoned.

Derivations

  • ᴹ√DAY “shadow” ✧ Ety/DAY; EtyAC/DAY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√DAY > laira[daira] > [laira]✧ Ety/DAY
ᴹ√DAY > laira[daira] > [laira]✧ EtyAC/DAY
Qenya [Ety/DAY; EtyAC/DAY] Group: Eldamo. Published by