Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : fîr

ᴺS. [G.] fîr adj. and adv. “late” (Category: Late (adv))

ᴺS. [G.] fîr, adj. and adv. “late” (Category: Late (adv))

See G. fîr for discussion.

Elements

“to fade, *die”

G. fîr adj. “late” (Category: Late (adv))

A word appearing as G. fîr “late” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, with a comparative form G. {fidron >>} fiont(ha) “later” (GL/35). It seems to have replaced G. fir “less” with superlative G. fiont “least”. Marks near fîr “late” may mean it was rejected in turn.

Neo-Sindarin: Since we have no other words meaning “late” in Sindarin or its conceptual precursors, I would retain ᴺS. fîr “late”, perhaps related to S. fir- “fade” and originally referring to fading light late in the day. This neologism conflicts with the plural form Fîr “Mortals”, but they are unlikely to be confused in practice.

Reference ✧ GL/35 ✧ “late”

Element In

G. fiont(ha) “later” ✧ GL/35