fara-
verb. hunt
fara-
verb. to hunt
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. farasta “hunting, the chase”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶phár-alē > farále [pʰaralē] > [ɸaralē] > [ɸarale] > [farale] ✧ PE22/138
roimë
hunt, hunting
roimë noun "hunt, hunting" (the spelling "raime" in the entry ROY1 in the Etymologies as printed in LR is a misreading, VT46:12)
rui
noun. hunt, hunting
fara
hunt
(verb) fara-
fara
hunt
farad
hunt, hunting
isolated from the compound faradrim ✱"hunting-people" = hunters.
faras
hunt, hunting
pl. ferais
rui
hunt, hunting
(ruiw), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rui, idh ruiw)
spar
root. hunt, hunt, [ᴹ√] pursue
The root ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like N. faro “to hunt” and N. feredir “hunter” (Ety/SPAR). Tolkien first considered making this root ᴹ√PHAR⁽²⁾ (EtyAC/PHAR²). The root ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” reappeared in the Quenya Verbal System of the 1940s with the derived verb ᴹQ. fara- “hunt” (PE22/113). √SPAR “hunt” was mentioned a couple times in Tolkien’s later writings as well (PE17/83; PE18/94).
Derivatives
fara-
verb. to hunt
fara-
verb. to hunt
A verb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “to hunt” derived from primitive ᴹ✶sparā- under the root ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” (Ety/SPAR). The root form was initially given as ᴹ√PHAR (EtyAC/PHAR²).
Cognates
- ᴹQ. fara- “to hunt”
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources On. (s)pharóbe > faro [sɸara-] > [ɸara-] > [fara-] ✧ Ety/SPAR
rhui
noun. hunt, hunting
rhuiw
noun. hunt, hunting
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fara-
verb. to hunt
Cognates
- N. fara- “to hunt”
Derivations
Element in
- ᴹQ. alfárima “impossible to pursue”
- ᴹQ. efarále “[he] hunts you” ✧ PE22/110
- ᴹQ. fafarra- “*to keep on hunting” ✧ PE22/112
- ᴹQ. farale “hunting”
- ᴹQ. faraste “hunting, the chase”
- ᴹQ. farea nasto “hunting animal, beast of prey” ✧ PE22/111; PE22/116
- ᴹQ. farina “fugitive, hunted” ✧ PE22/111
- ᴹQ. farino “hunted man, outlaw, fugitive” ✧ PE22/111
- ᴹQ. Orome tauresse fara “Orome hunts in forests” ✧ PE22/116
- ᴹQ. Sinar Orome i·tauresse faralye “today O. is hunting in the forest” ✧ PE22/116
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶farāyā́ > fárăyā > farea [sparājā] > [ɸarājā] > [ɸarajā] > [ɸarea] > [farea] ✧ PE22/111 ᴹ✶sparā > fara- [spara-] > [ɸara-] > [fara-] ✧ PE22/113 Variations
- pharā ✧ PE22/112 (pharā)
sphara-
verb. to hunt
Derivations
Derivatives
- N. fara- “to hunt” ✧ Ety/SPAR; EtyAC/PHAR²
Element in
- On. spharasse “hunt(ing)”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SPAR > (s)pharóbe [spara-] > [sɸara-] ✧ Ety/SPAR ᴹ√PHAR² > pharóbe [pʰara-] > [ɸara-] ✧ EtyAC/PHAR² Variations
- pharóbe ✧ EtyAC/PHAR² (
pharóbe)
farā-
verb. farā-
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. fara- “to hunt” ✧ PE22/111
A verb for “to hunt” based on the root √SPAR. In the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948, Tolkien gave it as an example of an a-verb with an inherently continuative sense (PE22/113).