Eldamo : Quenya : oialë

Q. oialë n. and adv. “forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity” (Category: Eternity)

Q. oialë, n. and adv. “forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity; ⚠️[ᴹQ.] everlasting age” (Category: Eternity): ᴹQ. ullumë “forever”

References ✧ LotR/377; PE17/59, 69, 73-74, 169; RGEO/58-59, 61

Glosses

Variations

oiale modifiying adj. with hísie ✧ PE17/169
oiale is an adverbial form of oiala “unceasing, without end, for ever” ✧ PE17/69
oiale “everlastingly, forever” is an adverb of oia ✧ PE17/69
oialë “forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity” may have replaced ᴹQ. ullume “forever”
tennoio “forever” vs. oialë “forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity”

Changes

oiale “everlastingly” >> oiave; [but the change was never made in The Lord of the Rings] ✧ PE17/74

Inflections

oiali

stem

Elements

oia(la)	“everlasting, unceasing, without end, for ever”	✧ PE17/59 (oia); PE17/74 (oia)
-lë	“abstract noun, adverb”	✧ PE17/58; PE17/74

-vë	“abstract noun, adverb”	✧ PE17/74
oi(o)	“ever, everlastingly; an endless period”	✧ RGEO/61 (oi)

Element In

Q. ar hísië untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë “and mist covers the jewels of Calacirya forever” ✧ LotR/377; RGEO/58
Q. oialëa “eternal” ✧ PE17/59
Q. ar hísië untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë² “and mist covers (lit. down-roofs) Calacirya’s jewels forever” ✧ RGEO/59

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

√OI̯O > oiale

[ojale] > [oiale]

ᴹQ. iale n. “everlasting age” (Category: Eternity)

References ✧ Ety/GEY; EtyAC/GEY

Glosses

Changes

Elements

“ever”

✧ Ety/GEY (ia)