Eldamo : Noldorin : uireb

N. uireb adj. “eternal” (Category: Eternal)

N. uireb, adj. “eternal” (Category: Eternal): G. brontha “continual, continuous, unceasing; everlasting”

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “eternal”, an adjectival form of uir “eternity” under the root ᴹ√OY¹ “ever, eternal” (Ety/OY). It replaced N. guireb under the (rejected) root ᴹ√GEY (Ety/GEY).

References ✧ Ety/EY, OY

Glosses

“eternal” ✧ Ety/OY; Ety/EY (uireb)

Elements

uir	“eternity”	✧ Ety/EY (uir); Ety/OY
-eb	“adjective suffix”	✧ Ety/OY (#-eb)

Cognates

ᴹQ. oira “eternal” ✧ Ety/OY
ᴹQ. íra “eternal” ✧ Ety/EY (aira)

N. guireb adj. “eternal”

See N. uireb for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/GEY; EtyAC/GEY

Glosses

“eternally” ✧ Ety/GEY (guireb)

Changes

guireb “eternity, ?eternal” »» guireb “eternally”; [the editors state that the gloss is clearly a slip for “eternal”] ✧ EtyAC/GEY

Elements

guir	“eternity”	✧ Ety/GEY (guir)
-eb	“adjective suffix”