Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : FAYA

ᴱ√FAYA root. “*free”

⚠️ᴱ√FAYA root. “*free”: √LER “free”; √LEK “loose, unbind, let, permit, [ᴹ√] let loose, release”; √PHAY “spirit; [ᴹ√] radiate, send out rays of light”

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with various Qenya derivatives such as ᴱQ. fainu- “release” and ᴱQ. fairie “freedom” (QL/37). There are words in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon of similar form and meaning, such as G. fair “free, unconstrained” and G. faith “liberty” (GL/34). Of interest is that Tolkien gave this root as an example of a hypothetical ancient gradation of l in different positions of articulation in the early Qenya Phonology, having the most ancient form ᴱ√FAL̃A (PE12/16). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

References ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen; PE12/16; QL/37

Variations

FAYA ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen; QL/37
‽FAL̃A ✧ PE12/16

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. faika¹ “free” ✧ QL/37
> ᴱQ. faino “freeman” ✧ QL/37
> ᴱQ. fainu- “to release” ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen; QL/37
- ⇒ ᴱQ. erefainu “release” ✧ QL/36
> ᴱQ. faire “free” ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen; PE12/16; QL/37
- ⇒ ᴱQ. fairie “freedom” ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen; QL/37
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Fairinoldor “Free-noldoli”
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Fairinor “Land of Release”
> ᴱQ. faldi “free, open, wide” ✧ PE12/16
> G. faina- “to get free”
> G. fair “free, unconstrained” ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen
- ⇒ G. Faidron “Francis” ✧ GL/33
- ⇒ G. faidwen “freedom” ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Dor Faidwen
  - ⇒ G. Dor Faidwen “Land of Release” ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen
- ⇒ G. fairtha- “to set free, release” ✧ GL/33
  - ⇒ G. fairthos “liberty” ✧ GL/33
> G. faith “liberty” ✧ LT1A/Dor Faidwen
- ⇒ G. faithir “liberator, Saviour” ✧ GL/33
> G. fegrin “free” ✧ QL/37
> G. usfeg- “to release” ✧ QL/37