Qenya
qalin
adjective. dead, dead, [ᴱQ.] dying
Derivations
- ᴹ√KWAL “die (in pain)” ✧ Ety/KWAL
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KWAL > qalin [kwalin] ✧ Ety/KWAL
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An adjective for “dead” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KWAL “die (in pain)” (Ety/KWAL).
Conceptual Development: The adjective ᴱQ. qalin meant “dead” all the way back in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s where it was derived from the early root ᴱ√QALA “die” (QL/76; PME/76). In the Qenya Lexicon it has an archaic variant ᴱQ. †qalna (QL/76). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, qalin appeared in the stative construction qalinya {“is dead” >>} “is dying” (PE16/140).