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ᴺQ. [Q.] ^hris- v. “to snow” (Category: Snow)

ᴺQ. [Q.] ^hris-, v. “to snow” (Category: Snow)
ᴱQ. fauta- “to snow”
ᴱQ. niquista- “to snow”
See Q. †#hriz- for discussion.

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)

See Q. †#hriz- for discussion.

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