heri noun "lady" (KHER, LT1:272)
Quenya
quimellë
lady
heri
lady
heri
noun. lady
Derivations
Element in
- Q. hérincë “*little lady” ✧ UT/195
Variations
- héri ✧ UT/195 (héri)
Sindarin
rodel
lady
1a _n._lady, high lady. >> Nimrodel
rodel
lofty star
1b n. lofty star. >> Nimrodel
rodel
noun. lady, high lady
Element in
- S. Nimrodel “Lady of the White Cave” ✧ PE17/049
híril
noun. lady, lady; [G.] princess, †queen
Element in
- S. Hírilorn “Tree of the Lady” ✧ SA/heru
heruin
noun. lady
heruin
noun. lady
Element in
- S. Roch-cheruin “Steed of the Lady”
heryn
noun. lady
heryn
noun. lady
heryn
noun. lady
Derivations
- ✶kherūnī “lady” ✧ PE17/097
Element in
- S. Roch-cheruin “Steed of the Lady” ✧ PE17/097; PE17/097
- S. roch heryn “Lady(’s) horse” ✧ PE17/097
- S. roch na-heryna “the horse of (the) Lady” ✧ PE17/097
- S. Roheryn “Horse of the Lady”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶herūnī > heruin [kʰerūnī] > [kʰerūni] > [xerūni] > [xeruin] > [heruin] ✧ PE17/097 ✶herūnī > heryn [kʰerūnī] > [kʰerunī] > [kʰeruni] > [xeruni] > [xeryni] > [xeryn] > [heryn] ✧ PE17/097 Variations
- heruin ✧ PE17/097
brennil
lady
(i vrennil), pl. same as sg. except with article: i mrennil. Coll. pl. brenillath.
hiril
lady
(i chiril, o chiril), no distinct pl. form even with article (i chiril), coll. pl. hirillath.
bassoneth
lady
(bread-giver) (i massoneth, o mbassoneth), pl. bassonith (i mbassonith). Archaic ✱bassauneth.
dî
lady
(i nî, o ndi) (bride), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ndî).
heryn
lady
1) heryn (i cheryn, o cheryn), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i cheryn), 2) hiril (i chiril, o chiril), no distinct pl. form even with article (i chiril), coll. pl. hirillath. 3) brennil (i vrennil), pl. same as sg. except with article: i mrennil. Coll. pl. brenillath. 4) bassoneth (bread-giver) (i massoneth, o mbassoneth), pl. bassonith (i mbassonith). Archaic *bassauneth. 5) dî (i nî, o ndi) (bride), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ndî).
heryn
lady
(i cheryn, o cheryn), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i cheryn)
Primitive elvish
kherī
noun. lady
Derivations
- √KHER “possess, possess, [ᴹ√] rule, govern, [ᴱ√] have power”
Derivatives
- Q. heri “lady”
Variations
- herī ✧ PE17/097
kherūnī
noun. lady
Changes
herūnī→ cherūnī ✧ PE17/098Derivatives
- S. heryn “lady” ✧ PE17/097
Element in
- S. Roch-cheruin “Steed of the Lady” ✧ PE17/098
Elements
Word Gloss kherū “lord, master” NĪ/INI “*female, [ᴹ√] female” Variations
- herūnī ✧ PE17/097; PE17/098 (
herūnī)- cherūnī ✧ PE17/098
Noldorin
brennil
noun. lady
brennil
noun. lady
Element in
- N. Gilbrennil “Varda”
hiril
noun. lady
hiril
noun. lady
Cognates
Derivations
Elements
Word Gloss hîr “master, lord” -(r)il “feminine suffix” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. khíril > hiril [xīril] > [hīril] > [hiril] ✧ Ety/KHER
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Edain
hareth
noun. lady
Element in
- Ed. Hareth
- Ed. Tûr Haretha “Ladybarrow” ✧ S/147
Qenya
heri
noun. lady
Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess” ✧ Ety/KHER
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KHER > heri [kʰeri] > [xeri] > [heri] ✧ Ety/KHER
nissa
noun. lady
Derivations
- ᴹ√NIS “woman”
Doriathrin
hiril Reconstructed
noun. lady
A Doriathrin noun for “lady” attested only as an element in the name Hirilorn (Ety/NEL). It probably had essentially the same derivation as its Noldorin cognate N. hiril (Ety/KHER).
Cognates
- N. hiril “lady”
Derivations
- ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess”
Element in
- Ilk. Hirilorn “*Tree of the Lady”
Old Noldorin
khíril
noun. lady
Cognates
- ᴹQ. heri “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER
Derivations
- ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess” ✧ Ety/KHER
Derivatives
- N. hiril “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KHER > khíril [kʰēril] > [kʰīril] > [xīril] ✧ Ety/KHER
Gnomish
gwiniel
noun. lady
Cognates
- Eq. qimelle “little woman” ✧ GL/45
Early Quenya
heri
noun. lady
Cognates
- G. hiril “princess, †queen”
Derivations
- ᴱ√HERE “rule, have power” ✧ LT1A/Valahíru; QL/040
Element in
- Eq. herivesti “wife” ✧ QL/040
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√HERE > heri [xerī] > [xeri] > [heri] ✧ QL/040
heruni
noun. lady
Cognates
- G. hiril “princess, †queen”
quimellë noun "lady" (GL:45)