Middle Primitive Elvish
oy
root. live, pass one’s days
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. oi- “to live, pass one’s days” ✧ PE22/125
Variations
- OY ✧ PE22/125
oy
root. ever, eternal
Derivatives
Variations
- OY ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; Ety/OY
geiā
adverb. ever
Derivations
- ᴹ√
GEY“ever, everlasting” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEYDerivatives
- ᴹQ.
ia“ever” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEYVariations
eı̯ā✧ Ety/EY (eı̯ā)geı̯ā✧ Ety/GEY (geı̯ā)eyā✧ EtyAC/EY (eyā)
A root in the Quenya Verbal System glossed “live, pass one’s days” with a Quenya verb ᴹQ. oi- of similar meaning (PE22/125). It might be a variant of √OY “ever”, though this root usually referred to “eternity” rather than a duration in time.