Q. hir- v. (basic-verb) “to find” (Category: to Find)
The most common Quenya verb for “find”, most notably appearing in the Namárië poem (LotR/378), based on the root √KHIR of the same basic meaning (PE17/75).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would mainly use hir- in the sense “find something previously lost”, as opposed to tuv- = “find something new = discover”.
References ✧ LotR/378; Minor-Doc/1963-12-18; PE17/75-76, 135; PE22/151; RGEO/58-59
Related
Changes
Inflections
| hĭre- | aorist | “find” | ✧ PE17/76 |
| hirinyes | aorist 1st-sg with-sg-object | ✧ PE22/151 | |
| híres | aorist with-sg-object; object-suffix-only | “to find it” | ✧ PE22/151 |
| hir-uva | future | “find will (it)” | ✧ RGEO/59 |
| hiruva | future | “shalt find (it)” | ✧ LotR/378 |
| hiruva | future | “find” | ✧ Minor-Doc/1963-12-18 |
| hiruva | future | “will find” | ✧ PE17/75; PE17/76 |
| hiruva | future | ✧ PE17/135 | |
| híruvà | future | “shalt find (it)” | ✧ RGEO/58 |
| hiruvanyes | future 1st-sg with-sg-object | ✧ PE22/151 | |
| hiruvalyes | future 2nd-sg with-sg-object | ✧ PE22/151 | |
| hiruvatye | future 2nd-sg-familiar | ✧ PE17/135: familiar form | |
| hir-uva-lye | future 2nd-sg-polite | “find will you” | ✧ PE17/135: singular polite, vs familiar hiruvatye |
| hir-uva-lye | future 2nd-sg-polite | “find wilt-thou” | ✧ RGEO/59 |
| hiruvalye | future 2nd-sg-polite | “you (singular but courteous) will find” | ✧ PE17/75 |
| hiruvalyë | future 2nd-sg-polite | “thou shalt find” | ✧ LotR/378 |
| híruválye | future 2nd-sg-polite | “thou shalt find” | ✧ RGEO/58 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| √KHIR > hiruva | [kʰir-] > [xir-] > [hir-] | ✧ PE17/75 |