Q. fëa n. “(indwelling or incarnate) spirit, soul” (Category: Soul, Spirit)

Q. fëa, n. “(indwelling or incarnate) spirit, soul” (Category: Soul, Spirit)

ᴱQ. manimo “holy soul”

References ✧ MR/165, 209, 218, 250, 308, 330, 349, 361, 404, 470; NM/14, 84, 237; PE17/124, 189; PE19/104; PE21/86; PM/333, 352; PMI; SA/fëa; VT41/14; WJ/405

Glosses

• “incarnate spirit” ✧ MR/165
• “indwelling spirit of an incarnate being” ✧ PMI/fëa
• “soul” ✧ MR/330
• “soul, indwelling spirit” ✧ MR/470
• “spirit” ✧ MR/209; MR/218; MR/250; MR/349; PE21/86; SA/fëa
• “spirit (rational soul)” ✧ PE17/189
• “spirit indwelling in a body, soul” ✧ PE17/124
• “spirit indwelling in a given body” ✧ NM/237
• “spirit, soul” ✧ VT41/14

Variations

• fëa ✧ MR/165; MR/209; MR/218; MR/250; MR/308; MR/330; MR/349; MR/470; NM/237; PE17/124; PE17/189; PE19/104; PE21/86; PM/333; PM/352; PMI/fëa; SA/fëa; VT41/14; WJ/405

Related

• cöacalina “light of the house” [describes the habitation of the body by the] fëa “spirit” ✧ MR/250
• ëala “spirit, being” is not incarnate, which was fëa “incarnate spirit” ✧ MR/165
• faila “fair-minded, just, generous”
• fairë “spirit (disembodied), phantom; †radiance” is distinct from a spirit in a body, which is fëa “(indwelling or incarnate) spirit, soul”

Inflections

fëar	plural		✧ MR/218; MR/361; MR/470; NM/14; PE17/124
fëar	plural	“spirits”	✧ MR/404; NM/84

Element In

• Q. Airefëa “Holy Spirit”
• Q. fëafelmë “*spirit-impulse”
• Q. Fëanáro “Spirit of Fire”
• Q. Fëanturi “Masters of Spirits” ✧ SA/fëa
• S. Fëanor “Spirit of Fire” ✧ SA/fëa

Cognates

• S. fae “incarnate spirit” ✧ MR/165

Derivations

• < √PHAY “spirit” ✧ PM/352 (PHAYA)
  • < √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237
• < ✶phayā “soul, indwelling spirit” ✧ MR/349 (phăya); MR/470 (phăya); NM/237 (phắyā); PE17/124 (fáyā); PE19/104; VT41/14
  • < făyā < phayā ✧ PE19/104
  • < √PHAY “spirit” ✧ NM/237
    • < √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Phonetic Developments

✶phăya > fëa	[pʰaja] > [ɸaja] > [ɸea] > [fea]	✧ MR/349
✶phăya > fëa	[pʰaja] > [ɸaja] > [ɸea] > [fea]	✧ MR/470
✶phắyā > fëa	[pʰajā] > [ɸajā] > [ɸea] > [fea]	✧ NM/237
✶fáyā > fëa	[pʰajā] > [ɸajā] > [ɸea] > [fea]	✧ PE17/124
✶phayā > făyā > fea	[pʰajā] > [ɸajā] > [ɸea] > [fea]	✧ PE19/104
√PHAYA > fëa	[pʰaja] > [ɸaja] > [ɸea] > [fea]	✧ PM/352
✶phayā > fea	[pʰajā] > [ɸajā] > [ɸea] > [fea]	✧ VT41/14