Q. †#hriz- v. (basic-verb) “to snow” (Category: Snow)
In notes written around 1959, Tolkien experimented with various roots for impersonal “snow” verbs, first giving the aorist form of a derived verb Q. hrisya “it snows” < hriþya from the root √SRITH, then the present tense form of a basic verb Q. hríza “it is snowing” from the root √SRIS (PE17/168).
Neo-Quenya: The basic verb form †hriz- is likely archaic, since z usually became r in Quenya’s phonetic development. In this case, though, I suspect the medial z dissimilated back to s after the hr, since Quenya disliked repeated r’s (PE19/73-74). This occurred, for example, with the verb ras- “stick out” < †raz- < √RAS.
Thus, I would use modern Quenya hrise “[it] snows”, hrinse “[it] snowed”, ihrísie “[it] has snowed”. Since this is an impersonal verb, no explicit subject is required.
References ✧ PE17/168
Inflections
hrinse | past | ✧ PE17/168 |
?hrisse | past | ✧ PE17/168 |
hríza | present | ✧ PE17/168 |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
√SRIS > hríza | [srīsa] > [r̥īsa] > [r̥īza] | ✧ PE17/168 |
Q. hrisya- [þ] v. (ya-formative) “to snow (impersonal)” (Category: Snow)
References ✧ PE17/168
Inflections
hrisya | aorist | “it snows” | ✧ PE17/168 |
hrinte | past; strong-past | ✧ PE17/168 | |
hrisinye | past; half-strong-past | ✧ PE17/168 |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
√SRITH > hriþya > hrisya | [srithja-] > [sriθja-] > [r̥iθja-] > [r̥isja-] | ✧ PE17/168 |