Early Quenya
yara
noun. a gloom, blight, lowering darkness
Cognates
- G. gath “gloom, blight” ✧ GL/37
Derivations
- ᴱ√YAÐA “*gloom” ✧ QL/105
Element in
- Eq. fuiyáru “deadly nightshade” ✧ PE15/14
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√YAÐA > yara [jaðā] > [jaða] > [jaza] > [jara] ✧ QL/105 Variations
- yaru ✧ GL/37
- yáru ✧ PE15/14
aire
adjective. old
Element in
- Eq. aire móre ala tinwi “the old darkness beyond the stars” ✧ MC/214
Variations
- aire ✧ MC/214
This word appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as ᴱQ. yara “a gloom, blight, lowering darkness” under the early root ᴱ√YAÐA (QL/105). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an alternate form yaru appeared as a cognate of G. gath “gloom, blight” (GL/37), and in an early name list yáru was the final element in ᴱQ. Fuiyáru “deadly nightshade” (PE15/14).