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Middle Primitive Elvish

oy

root. live, pass one’s days

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.

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. oi- “to live, pass one’s days” ✧ PE22/125

Variations

  • OY ✧ PE22/125
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oy

root. ever, eternal

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶oiyā “everlasting” ✧ Ety/OY
    • ᴹQ. oia “everlasting” ✧ Ety/OY
  • ᴹQ. oiale “everlasting age” ✧ Ety/OY
  • ᴹQ. oi “ever” ✧ Ety/OY
  • ᴹQ. oira “eternal” ✧ Ety/OY
  • ᴹQ. oire “everlasting (?age), everlasting age” ✧ Ety/OY
  • N. uir “eternity” ✧ Ety/OY
  • On. uigo “everlasting” ✧ Ety/OY
    • N. ui “ever” ✧ Ety/OY

Variations

  • OY ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; Ety/OY
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; Ety/OY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

geiā

adverb. ever

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GEY “ever, everlasting” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. ia “ever” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY

Variations

  • eı̯ā ✧ Ety/EY (eı̯ā)
  • geı̯ā ✧ Ety/GEY (geı̯ā)
  • eyā ✧ EtyAC/EY (eyā)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; EtyAC/EY; EtyAC/GEY] Group: Eldamo. Published by