1) alag (rushing), pl. elaig; 2) ascar (rushing, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair), 3) gorn (vigorous, hasty); lenited orn; pl. gyrn. Note: a homophone means ”valour”.
Quenya
rimpa
rushing, flying
Sindarin
alag
impetuous
alag
rushing
(impetuous), pl. elaig; also alagon (pl. elegyn)
alag
impetuous
(rushing), pl. elaig
rimp
rushing
(adj.) 1) rimp (flying), no distinct pl. form; 2) alag (impetuous), pl. elaig; also alagon (pl. elegyn); 3) ascar (impetuous, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).
ascar
place name. rushing, impetuous
A tributary of Gelion, later named Rathlóriel (S/123), translated “rushing, impetuous” by Christopher Tolkien (SI/Ascar). It is simply the adjective [N.] ascar “rushing” used as a name. Given the river’s location in Ossiriand, this name might be Nandorin instead.
Conceptual Development: This name appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/135, SM/325) along with the variant Asgar (SM/325, WJ/336). In The Etymologies, it was designated an Ilkorin name, Ilk. Ascar, though the adjective ascar was designated both Noldorin and Ilkorin, along with a Noldorin-only variant asgar (Ety/SKAR). Like many of the river names in Ossiriand, Tolkien did not give a new etymology of the name after he abandoned the Ilkorin language. Since [[s|[sk] usually became [sg]]] in Sindarin, this name is likely either archaic or dialectal.
Elements
Word Gloss asgar “violent, rushing, impetuous” Variations
- Asgar ✧ WJI/Ascar
ascar
rushing
(impetuous, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair).
ascar
impetuous
(rushing, violent), pl. escair. Also spelt asgar (pl. esgair)
gorn
impetuous
(vigorous, hasty); lenited ’orn; pl. gyrn. Note: a homophone means ”valour”.
rimp
rushing
(flying), no distinct pl. form
Primitive elvish
alak
root. rushing, rushing, [ᴹ√] swift
A root whose most notable derivatives are Q. alqua, S. alph “swan”. The earliest iteration of this root was ᴱ√ḶKḶ from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/30); the other derivatives of this root from this period have to do with “appearance” such as ᴱQ. ilk- “to seem” (QL/42). By The Etymologies of the 1930s this root took on its later form, ᴹ√ALAK and had the gloss “rushing” with other derivatives like ᴹQ. alako “rush, rushing flight, wild wind”, N. alag “rushing, impetuous” and N. alagos “storm (of wind)” (Ety/ÁLAK). It was also an element in the name of S./N. Ancalagon “Biting Storm”. Given the continued appearance of this name of The Silmarillion (S/252), the 1930s meaning of this root may have survived, but it is hard to be certain since the name was only properly translated in the 1930s.
The 1930s root also had an unaugmented variant ᴹ√LAK with derivatives ᴹQ. (a)larka, N. lhagr “swift, rapid” (Ety/LAK²). Whether this unaugmented variant remained valid is unclear, but there is nothing in Tolkien’s later writing contradicting it either.
Derivatives
Element in
- S. Ancalagon “Biting-Storm” ✧ SA/alqua
Variations
- alak- ✧ SA/alqua
Noldorin
alag
adjective. rushing, impetuous
Cognates
- ᴹQ. alako “rush, rushing flight, wild wind” ✧ Ety/ÁLAK
Derivations
Element in
- N. alagos “storm (of wind)” ✧ EtyAC/ÁLAK
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶álākō > alag [alākō] > [alakō] > [alako] > [alak] > [alag] ✧ Ety/ÁLAK
alag
adjective. rushing, impetuous
gorn
adjective. impetuous
gorn
adjective. impetuous
Cognates
- ᴹQ. orna “hasty” ✧ Ety/GOR
Derivations
- ᴹ√GOR “violence, impetus, haste” ✧ Ety/GOR
Element in
- N. Celegorn “*Swift-impetuous” ✧ Ety/GOR
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√GOR > gorn [gorna] > [gorn] ✧ Ety/GOR
rimpa adj.? noun? "rushing, flying" (RIP; the word is more likely an adjective)