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G. uivrin adj. “barren” (Category: to Conceive)

⚠️G. uivrin, adj. “barren” (Category: to Conceive)
ᴺS. ^aliavren “barren”

An adjective appearing as G. uivrin “barren” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed, the negated form of G. ivrin “fertile” (GL/46, 74). It had a variant form G. gwivrin “barren” where with the “ui- being replaced by analogy” (GL/46).

Neo-Sindarin: I would update this word to ᴺS. aliavren “barren” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, based on the updated word ᴺS. iavren “fertile”.

References ✧ GL/38, 46, 52, 74

Glosses

Related

Elements

ivrin “fertile” ✧ GL/38; GL/52
u- “negative prefix” ✧ GL/73 (û-)

Derivatives


G. gwivrin adj. “barren” (Category: to Conceive)

See G. uivrin for discussion.

References ✧ GL/46, 52, 74

Glosses

Related

Elements

u- “negative prefix” ✧ GL/52 (#gw-)
ivrin “fertile” ✧ GL/52

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

G. uivrin > gwivrin [wivrin] > [gʷivrin] ✧ GL/46