Eldamo : Gnomish : idhr(a)

G. idhr(a) adv. “long, a long time” (Category: Slow)

⚠️G. idhr(a), adv. “long, a long time” (Category: Slow): S. and “long”

An adverb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {indr >>} idhr “long, a long time” with (probably primitive) forms indr, inr in parenthesis nearby (GL/51). As such, it is probably based on the early root ᴱ√ṆÐṆ “stretch” which was the basis of Early Qenya words meaning “long” (QL/31). Tolkien also compared idhra to the word G. annai “far away” < ᴱ✶ṇ̄dai (GL/19).

References ✧ GL/19, 51

Glosses

“long, a long time” ✧ GL/51 (idhr)

Variations

idhra ✧ GL/19
indr ✧ GL/51; GL/51 (indr)
ind ✧ GL/51
idhr ✧ GL/51

in(d)ra “long (also used of time)” vs. the adverb idhr(a) “long, a long time”
annai “far away” cp. idhra ✧ GL/19

Changes

indr >> idhr “long, a long time” ✧ GL/51

Element In

G. in(d)raluin “long ago” ✧ GL/51 (idhraluin)

Derivations

< ᴱ√ṆÐṆ “stretch, extend”