Eldamo : Quenya : airë¹

Q. airë¹ (airi-) adj. and n. “holy; sanctity, holiness” (Category: Holy, Sacred)

Q. airë¹ (airi-), adj. and n. “holy; sanctity, holiness” (Category: Holy, Sacred)

References ✧ LotR/377; PE17/27, 67, 76, 146, 149; PM/363-364; RGEO/58-59; VT43/14, 32

Glosses

Variations

Changes

aire “holiness” >> airă “holy, sanctified”; [rather than rejecting this word outright, Tolkien may have simply changed his mind about when the conflict with aire “sea” arose] ✧ PE17/27

Inflections

Element In

ᴺQ. !airalindë “hymn, (lit.) holy song”
ᴺQ. !airelinna “hymn, (lit.) holy song”
ᴺQ. !airemma “icon, (lit.) holy image”
ᴺQ. !airilírë “hymn”
ᴺQ. !airimo “priest”
ᴺQ. !alairë “unholy”
Q. Airefëa “Holy Spirit”
Q. Airë María Eruo ontaril “Holy Mary, Mother of God” ✧ VT43/28
Q. Anairë “*Holiest”
Q. na airë esselya “hallowed be thy name” ✧ VT43/12
Q. airëa “holy (applied to persons)” ✧ PE17/149
Q. Airë Tári “Holy Queen” ✧ PM/363
Q. lírinen ómo i·aire tário “by the song of the voice of the holy queen” ✧ PE17/76
Q. lírinen ómo i·aire táríva “by the song of the voice of the holy queen” ✧ PE17/76
Q. ómaryo airetári-lírinen “in the song of her voice, holy and queenly” ✧ LotR/377; RGEO/58
Q. ómaryo lírinen airetário “in [by means of] her voice’s song, of the holy-queen” ✧ RGEO/59
Q. tintilar lirinen ómaryo Airë-tário ✧ PM/364

Cognates

Derivations

< ✶airē “holiness, sanctity” ✧ PE17/149; VT43/14
- < √AYA(N) “blessed; treat with awe/reverence” ✧ PE17/149 (AYA); VT43/14 (aya)
< √AYA(N) “blessed; treat with awe/reverence” ✧ PE17/146 (AYA); PE17/149 (AYA)
< √GAY(AR) “awe, dread; astound, make aghast; sea” ✧ PM/363 (GAYA)

Phonetic Developments