ᴺS. [G.] ^aliavren adj. “barren” (Category: to Conceive)
Elements
| ^iavren | “fertile” |
G. uivrin adj. “barren” (Category: to Conceive)
An adjective appearing as G. uivrin “barren” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed, the negated form of G. ivrin “fertile” (GL/46, 74). It had a variant form G. gwivrin “barren” where with the “ui- being replaced by analogy” (GL/46).
Neo-Sindarin: I would update this word to ᴺS. aliavren “barren” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, based on the updated word ᴺS. iavren “fertile”.
References ✧ GL/38, 46, 52, 74
Glosses
Related
Elements
| ivrin | “fertile” | ✧ GL/38; GL/52 |
| u- | “negative prefix” | ✧ GL/73 (û-) |
Derivatives
G. gwivrin adj. “barren” (Category: to Conceive)
References ✧ GL/46, 52, 74
Glosses
Related
Elements
| u- | “negative prefix” | ✧ GL/52 (#gw-) |
| ivrin | “fertile” | ✧ GL/52 |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| G. uivrin > gwivrin | [wivrin] > [gʷivrin] | ✧ GL/46 |