Quenya 

aica

sharp

aica (1) ("k") adj. "sharp" _(AYAK) or "fell, terrible, dire" (PM:347; according to PM:363 seldom applied to evil things)_. In Aicanáro, q.v.

aica

adjective. fell, terrible, dire, fell, terrible, dire; [ᴹQ.] sharp

Cognates

  • S. goeol “*fell, terrible, dire” ✧ PM/363

Derivations

  • ✶gayakā “*fell, terrible, dire” ✧ PM/363
    • √GAY(AR) “awe, dread; astound, make aghast; sea” ✧ PM/363

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶gayakā > aika[gajakā] > [gajkā] > [gaikā] > [ɣaikā] > [aikā] > [aika]✧ PM/363

Variations

  • aika ✧ PM/347; PM/363; PM/363
Quenya [PM/347; PM/363] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maica

sharp, piercing

maica (1) ("k")adj. "sharp, piercing" (SA:maeg), cf. hendumaica and the noun maica below.

ecya

sharp

#ecya adj. "sharp" in Ecyanáro ("k") "Sharp Flame", masc. name, Sindarin Aegnor(VT41:14, 19). The Quenya form of Aegnor is elsewhere given as Aicanáro instead.

nexa

sharp, angular

nexa adj. "sharp, angular" (PE17:55; the editor indicates that the reading is uncertain, so the variant nerca may be preferred.)

nerca

sharp, angular

nerca adj. "sharp, angular" (PE17:55), variant nexa (reading uncertain).

aika

aika

aika descended from the Common Eldarin adjectival form gayakā, derived from the root GAYA ("awe, dread").

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Sindarin 

aeg

adjective. sharp, sharp, [N.] pointed, piercing

Element in

  • S. aeglir “line of peaks, line of peaks, [N.] range of mountain peaks; [ᴱN.] peak, mountain top”
  • S. Aeglos “Snow-point”
  • S. aeglos “icicle, (lit.) snow-point; snowthorn (a plant)”
  • S. Aegnor “Fell Fire, Sharp Flame” ✧ SA/nár
  • S. Crissaegrim “*Cleft Mountain Peaks”
  • S. Ecthelion “?One with Sharp Will”
  • S. Egalmoth “Pointed Helm-crest”

Variations

  • Aeg ✧ SA/nár (Aeg)
Sindarin [PM/347; SA/nár] Group: Eldamo. Published by

maeg

adjective. sharp, piercing, penetrating, going deep in something

Sindarin [S/434, WJ/337] Group: SINDICT. Published by

megor

adjective. sharp-pointed

Sindarin [*megr WJ/337] Group: SINDICT. Published by

negen

sharp

_ adj. _sharp, angular. Q. nerca, nexe. >> negn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:55] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

negn

sharp

_ adj. _sharp, angular. Q. nerca, nexe. >> negen

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:55] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

delu

fell

1) delu (hateful, deadly), lenited dhelu; analogical pl. dely. Archaic delw (the only attested form). 2) goeol (terrible, dire), lenited oeol; pl. goeoel. Archaic *goeaul.

delu

fell

(hateful, deadly), lenited dhelu; analogical pl. dely. Archaic delw (the only attested form).

goeol

fell

(terrible, dire), lenited ’oeol; pl. goeoel. Archaic ✱goeaul.

aig

sharp

(no distinct pl. form).

eitha

prick with a sharp point

(stab, treat with scorn; insult) (i eitha, in eithar)

aeg

sharp

1) aeg (pointed, piercing). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn". 2) aig (no distinct pl. form). 3) laeg (keen, acute). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fresh, green”. 4) maeg (lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (penetrating, going deep in). (WJ:337)

aeg

sharp

(pointed, piercing). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".

egnas

sharp point

(peak; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassaith.

till

sharp-pointed peak

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds)  (tine, point, sharp horn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.

laeg

sharp

(keen, acute). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fresh, green”.

maeg

sharp

(lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (penetrating, going deep in). (WJ:337)

nass

sharp end

(point, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais** **

till

sharp horn

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds)  (tine, point, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.

megor

sharp-pointed

(lenited vegor, analogical pl. megyr); cited in archaic form megr (WJ:337)

maecheneb

sharp-eyed

(lenited vaecheneb; pl. maechenib)

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Qenya 

aika

adjective. sharp

Cognates

  • N. oeg “sharp, pointed, piercing” ✧ Ety/AYAK

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AYAK “sharp, pointed” ✧ Ety/AYAK

Element in

  • ᴹQ. aikale “peak” ✧ Ety/AYAK
  • ᴹQ. aikasse “mountain peak” ✧ Ety/AYAK
  • ᴺQ. alaica “blunt”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AYAK > aika[aika]✧ Ety/AYAK

Middle Primitive Elvish

ayak

root. sharp, pointed

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sharp, pointed”, with derivatives like ᴹQ. aika/N. oeg “sharp” and ᴹQ. aiqa “steep” (Ety/AYAK). Similar forms appear in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s such as ᴱQ. aiqa “steep” and ᴱQ. aiko “cliff”, though Tolkien did not produce an explicit early root for these words, marking it instead as “?” (QL/29). The early root might have been ✱ᴱ√AIK(W)-. Early Noldorin forms from the 1920s such as ᴱN. aig “high, steep” and ᴱN. aiglir “peak, mountain top” indicate the root was also adopted in the other branches of the Elvish languages (PE13/158).

The evolution ᴱN. aiglir >> N. oeglir >> S. aeglir “mountain peaks” indicate this root’s continued validity in Tolkien’s later conception of the language, as seen in S. Hithaeglir “Misty Mountains” (Let/180; RC/11; S/54). The element S. aeg “sharp” (<< N. oeg) appears in a variety of other late names such as S. Aeglos “Snow-point” (S/294) and S. Aegnor “Sharp Flame” (MR/323). Tolkien gave an alternate etymology for the last name as a phonetic adaptation of Q. Aicanáro “Fell Fire” (PM/346-347), but that variant was based on a different root √GAYA “awe” > ✶gayakā “fell, terrible” (PM/363), so it did not necessarily invalidate √AYAK “sharp, pointed”.

Derivatives

  • ✶aikwā “steep, tall”
  • ᴹ✶aikwā “tall, steep”
    • ᴹQ. aiqa “steep, steep, [ᴱQ.] tall; high, lofty, sublime; chief”
  • ᴹQ. aika “sharp” ✧ Ety/AYAK
  • ᴹQ. aiqa “steep, steep, [ᴱQ.] tall; high, lofty, sublime; chief” ✧ Ety/AYAK
  • N. oeg “sharp, pointed, piercing” ✧ Ety/AYAK

Element in

  • ᴹ✶taikā “steep, tall, deep” ✧ EtyAC/TĀ

Variations

  • AIKA ✧ EtyAC/TĀ
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AYAK; EtyAC/TĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

crisc

adjective. sharp

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KIRISI “cut, split” ✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth

Element in

  • G. criscolas “holly, (lit.) *sharp-leaf” ✧ GL/27

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√KIRI > crisc[kirísko] > [krísko] > [krísk]✧ LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth
Gnomish [GL/27; LT2A/Cris Ilbranteloth] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

lhaig

adjective. sharp

Early Noldorin [PE13/148] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

aika

adjective. aika

Derivatives

  • En. aig “high, steep” ✧ PE13/158
Early Primitive Elvish [PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

aika

adjective. broad, vast

Cognates

  • G. eg “far away, wide, distant, far off” ✧ GL/32; PE13/113; LT2A/Egalmoth; QL/029
  • G. egrin “wide, vast, broad; far” ✧ QL/029

Derivations

  • ᴱ√EIKA “*far, broad” ✧ QL/029

Element in

  • Eq. Aikaldamor “Broadshoulder, Broad Back” ✧ GL/32; LT2A/Egalmoth; QL/029

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√EI̯KA > aika[ejkā] > [ejka] > [eika] > [aika]✧ QL/029
Early Quenya [GL/32; LT2A/Egalmoth; PE13/113; QL/029] Group: Eldamo. Published by