Quenya 

laire

noun. summer

Quenya [PE 22:125; PE 22:167] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

lairë

summer

lairë (1) noun "summer" (Letters:283, VT45:26), in the calendar of Imladris a precisely defined period of 72 days, but also used without any exact definition (Appendix D). Oiolairë "Eversummer", name of a tree (UT:167), see also Coron Oiolairë. Lairelossë noun *"Summer-snow", name of a tree (UT:167), perhaps with white flowers.

lairë

noun. summer

Cognates

  • S. laer “summer” ✧ LotR/1107

Derivations

  • lairē “*summer”
    • LAY “*be alive, flourish, [ᴱ√] be alive, flourish” ✧ PE18/097
  • LAY “*be alive, flourish, [ᴱ√] be alive, flourish” ✧ Let/282; PE17/159

Element in

  • Q. Corollairë “Green Mound, *(lit.) Mound of Summer”
  • Q. Coron Oiolairë “Mound Ever-summer”
  • Q. lairelossë “summer-snow-white, species of tree in Númenor”
  • Q. Mettelairë “August, *(lit.) End-summer” ✧ PM/136
  • Q. oiolairë “ever-summer (a species of tree)”
  • Q. Úlairi “Ring-wraiths, (lit.) ?Un-living, Un-summer”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
LAY > laire[laire]✧ Let/282
LAY > laire[laire]✧ PE17/159

Variations

  • laire ✧ Let/282; PE17/159; PE22/167
Quenya [Let/282; LotR/1107; LotR/1111; PE17/159; PE22/167; PM/136] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lairë

poem

lairë (2) noun "poem" (GLIR)

lairë

meadow

lairë (3) noun "meadow" (LT1:267, GL:39 perhaps a doubtful word in LotR-style Quenya, since lairë already has to carry two other meanings)

Ellairë

summer

Ellairë alternative name of June (PM:135); evidently incorporating lairë "summer"; the el- part is probably an assimilated form of er-, an element meaning one or first, June being the first summer month.

lirit

poem

lirit noun "poem" (LT1:258)