Q. Firya pn. “Mortal”

Q. Firya, pn. “Mortal”

A shorter variant of Fírima (WJ/219, 387). It is the adjectival form of the root √PHIR produced by the suffix -ya¹.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies, the word ᴹQ. firya is glossed “human” and is derived from the same root ᴹ√PHIR (Ety/PHIR).

References ✧ WJ/219, 387; WJI/Feir

Glosses

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Inflections

Firyar plural “Mortals” ✧ WJ/219; WJ/387; WJI/Feir

Elements

firya “mortal; human”

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Derivatives

Phonetic Developments

PHIRI > Firyar [pʰirja] > [ɸirja] > [firja] ✧ WJ/387