Quenya 

engwar

collective name. Men, (lit.) The Sickly

A somewhat insulting Elvish term for Men (S/103), the plural of the adjective engwa “sickly”.

Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Engwar first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/245). It also appeared in The Etymologies (Ety/GENG-WĀ).

Elements

WordGloss
engwa“sickly”
Quenya [S/103; SI/Engwar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

engwa

sickly

engwa adj. "sickly"; nominal pl. Engwar "the Sickly", Elvish name of Mortal Men (Silm, GENG-WĀ)

engwa

adjective. sickly

An adjective for “sickly” in The Etymologies of the 1930s from the root ᴹ√GENG-WA “sick” (Ety/GENG-WĀ), used in its noun plural form ᴹQ. Engwar “The Sickly” as a name for Men (LR/245). Christopher Tolkien kept Engwar in the published version of The Silmarillion (S/103).

Derivations

Element in

  • Q. Engwar “Men, (lit.) The Sickly” ✧ S/103

Sindarin 

lhaew

adjective. sickly, sick, ill

Sindarin [Ety/386, X/OE, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gem

sickly

gem (lenited em, pl. gim).

gem

sickly

gem (lenited em, pl. gim)

Noldorin 

thloew

adjective. sickly, sick, ill

Noldorin [Ety/386, X/OE, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gem

adjective. sickly

Noldorin [Ety/358] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gem

adjective. sickly

An adjective for “sickly” in The Etymologies of the 1930s from the root ᴹ√GENG-WA “sick” (Ety/GENG-WĀ), where the ancient cluster ngw became mb as usual in Noldorin and Sindarin.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. engwa “sickly” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GENGWA “sick” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Element in

  • N. ingem “old (in mortal sense), suffering from old age, decrepit, (lit.) year-sick” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GENG-WĀ > gemb > gem[geŋgwā] > [gembā] > [gemba] > [gemb] > [gemb] > [gemm] > [gem]✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ
Noldorin [Ety/GENG-WĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gemb

adjective. sickly

Noldorin [Ety/358] Group: SINDICT. Published by

flaew

adjective. sickly, sick, ill

Noldorin [Ety/386, X/OE, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thlaew

adjective. sickly, sick, ill

Noldorin [Ety/386, X/OE, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

engwar

collective name. The Sickly

Qenya [Ety/GENG-WĀ; LR/245; LRI/Engwar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

engwa

adjective. sickly

Cognates

  • N. gem “sickly” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GENGWA “sick” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Element in

  • ᴹQ. Engwar “The Sickly” ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GENG-WĀ > engwa[geŋgwā] > [ɣeŋgwā] > [eŋgwā] > [eŋgwa]✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ

Variations

  • engwa ✧ Ety/GENG-WĀ
Qenya [Ety/GENG-WĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

sliw

root. sickly

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sickly”, with derivatives like ᴹQ. laiwa/N. flaew “sickly, sick, ill” and ᴹQ. líve/N. fliw “sickness” (Ety/SLIW). The root was first written as ᴹ√LIW (EtyAC/LIW). It is probably a later iteration of the unglossed root ᴱ√LEẆE from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives ᴱQ. leuke “sick, ill; pallid, wan” and ᴱQ. leume “sickness” (QL/53).

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶slaiwā “sickly, sick, ill” ✧ Ety/SLIW
    • ᴹQ. laiwa “sickly, sick, ill” ✧ Ety/SLIW
    • On. thlaiwa “sickly, sick, ill” ✧ Ety/SLIW
    • N. flaew “sickly, sick, ill” ✧ Ety/SLIW
  • ᴹ✶slīwē “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
    • ᴹQ. líve “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
    • On. thlīwe “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
    • N. fliw “sickness” ✧ Ety/SLIW
  • ᴹQ. laiwa “sickly, sick, ill” ✧ EtyAC/LIW
  • ᴹQ. líve “sickness” ✧ EtyAC/LIW
  • N. flaew “sickly, sick, ill” ✧ EtyAC/LIW
  • N. fliw “sickness” ✧ EtyAC/LIW
  • ᴺS. lhýda- “to make sick, sicken”

Variations

  • LIW ✧ EtyAC/LIW (LIW)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SLIW; EtyAC/LIW] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

ildi

collective name. men

Derivations

Early Quenya [QL/042] Group: Eldamo. Published by