ᴹQ. #alfírima adj. “immortal” (Category: Immortal)
An adjective for “immortal” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 appearing only in its plural form alphírimar, using the adjective plural formation of QVS (PE22/124). Its more typical Quenya adjective plural form would be alfírime. It also appeared in a noun plural form Alphírimor “Immortals”. It is a combination of ᴹQ. fírima “mortal” with the negative prefix ᴹQ. al-.
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s the word for “immortal” was ᴹQ. ilfirin, a combination of ᴹQ. il- “not” and firin “dead (by natural cause)” (Ety/PHIR).
References ✧ PE22/124
Inflections
| alphírimar | plural | “immortals” | ✧ PE22/124 |
Elements
| al(a)- | “not, negative prefix” |
| fírima | “mortal” |
Element In
ᴹQ. ilfirin adj. “immortal” (Category: Immortal)
Reference ✧ Ety/PHIR ✧ “immortal”
Elements
| il- | “no, not” | |
| firin | “dead (by natural cause)” | ✧ Ety/PHIR |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶ilpirin > ilfirin | [ilpʰirin] > [ilɸirin] !!! [ilfirin] | ✧ Ety/PHIR |