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Middle Primitive Elvish

dub

root. lie, lie heavy, loom, hang over oppressively (of clouds)

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “lie, lie heavy, loom, hang over oppressively (of clouds)” with derivatives like ᴹQ. lumna “burdensome, oppressive, ominous” and N. dofn “gloomy” (Ety/DUB). In later writings, the similar Quenya word Q. lumba “gloomy” was derived from the root √LUM/LUB “shadow, darkness”, but the root ᴹ√LUM “✱shadow” coexisted with ᴹ√DUB in The Etymologies, so perhaps it also survived later as an independent root (or was the result of d/l variation with √LUB).

Derivatives

  • Ad. dubud- “to fall (under influence/cover of)”
  • ᴹQ. lumna “lying heavy, burdensome, oppressive, ominous” ✧ Ety/DUB
  • ᴹQ. lumna- “to lie heavy, be heavy” ✧ Ety/DUB
  • ᴺS. dov- “to lie heavy”
  • N. dofn “gloomy” ✧ Ety/DUB
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/DUB; EtyAC/LUB] Group: Eldamo. Published by