Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : mair

ᴺS. !mair adj. “precious” (Category: Dear, Expensive)

ᴺS. !mair, adj. “precious” [created by Paul Strack] (Category: Dear, Expensive)

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, serving as a replacement for G. idra “dear, valued, precious” (GL/50) and inspired by ON. mirya “precious” (Ety/MIR); compare S. cair < ✶kiryā.

!mair “precious” cf. S. cair “ship”

Element In

ᴺS. !meiras “value, preciousness”

Cognates

Q. mirya “beautiful, lovely (of works of art only)”

Derivations

< ON. mirya “precious”
- < ᴹ√MIR “*precious” ✧ Ety/MIR

G. idra adj. “dear, valued, precious” (Category: Dear, Expensive)

A word in Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dear, valued, precious” related to G. îd “a treasure, a thing of great worth, a jewel” (GL/50).

References ✧ GL/50; LT2A/Cûm an-Idrisaith

Glosses

“dear, precious” ✧ LT2A/Cûm an-Idrisaith
“dear, valued, precious” ✧ GL/50

Element In

G. idreth “value, dearness” ✧ GL/50

Derivations

< ?ᴱ√ITI² “precious”