irẽn(i)-

This lexeme is found in two metrical inscriptions, one from Sardis and one from Manisa, both non-datable.

[D.S.]

Buckler 1924a:62 and Gusmani 1964a:134 (and Gusmani 1980a:178) read irẽl, whereas Melchert 2001e reads irẽλ instead (followed by Sasseville 2017a:136). A new collation of the inscription is necessary to clarify the situation. Despite the choice of the reading, the grammatical assignment is not affected, since λ can lose its palatalization after -n-, e.g. qλdãnl for expected *qλdãnλ (on the apparent incompatibility of Lydian -n- and -λ- see Kloekhorst 2012a:166 n. 5 and Sasseville 2017a:136).

[D.S.]

The context in which the words irẽnν and irẽl (or irẽλ ?) are found is obscure and fragmentary. No meaning can be offered; cf. Gusmani 1964a:134.

[D.S.]

For the Lydian nominal suffix -ẽn(i)- c. see Sasseville 2017a:136.

[D.S.]

For the possible base of the derivative see Lyd. iraν.