An earlier name for Q. Arien (SM/97, LR/243). Its initial element seems to be Ûr, an early name Tolkien used for “Sun”.
Qenya
úrien
proper name. Summer
Variations
- Úriën ✧ PM/134
úrien
feminine name. Sun-maiden
Changes
- Úrien → Árien ✧ LR/243
- Úrien → Árien ✧ LRI/Arien
Úrien→ Árien ✧ SM/099- Úrien → Árien ✧ SM/168
- Úrien → Árien ✧ SMI/Árien
Variations
- Úrien ✧ LR/243; LRI/Arien; LRI/Úrien; SM/097; SM/099 (
Úrien); SM/170; SMI/Árien; SMI/Úrien; SMI/Urwen
árien
feminine name. Sun-maiden
Changes
- Árien → Arien ✧ LR/243
Elements
Word Gloss AR “day” -ien “daughter” Variations
- Arien ✧ Ety/AR¹; LR/243; LRI/Arien
- Ārien ✧ PE22/017
- árien ✧ PE22/019
- ārien ✧ PE22/047
laire
noun. summer
Cognates
- N. loer “summer” ✧ PM/134
Derivations
- ᴹ√LAY “*be alive, flourish” ✧ EtyAC/LAYA
Element in
- ᴹQ. Nólairë “July, *After-summer”
- ᴹQ. lairesse nihare to tarassi, yu unta hrívesse landannar “in the summer I live in [i.e. on] the hills [as a rule], and come down to the plains in the winter” ✧ PE22/125
- ᴹQ. Metelaire “August, *(lit.) End-summer”
- ᴹQ. Erlaire “June, *First-summer”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√LAYA > laire [laire] ✧ EtyAC/LAYA Variations
- laire ✧ EtyAC/LAYA
- Lairë ✧ PM/134; PM/134
Another name for laire “summer” in drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices (PM/134). Its initial element seems to be Ûr “Sun”.