fara-

verb. hunt

farea

adjective. hunting

farale

noun. hunting

faralë

noun. hunting

A word for “hunting”, an abstract noun formation from the verb Q. fara- “to hunt” (PE22/110, 138).

Derivations

• ✶pharalē “hunting” ✧ PE22/138

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶phár-alē > fărăle	[pʰaralē] > [ɸaralē] > [ɸarale] > [farale]	✧ PE22/138

Variations

• fărăle ✧ PE22/138

raust

hunting, preying

raust noun "hunting, preying" (LT1:260; in LotR-style Quenya rather roimë [misreading "raime" in LR:384]. Normally, LotR-style Quenya does not permit final consonant clusters.)

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

faras

hunt, hunting

pl. ferais

faras

hunt, hunting

(noun) 1) faras, pl. ferais, 2) rui (ruiw), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rui, idh ruiw), 3) #farad, isolated from the compound faradrim *"hunting-people" = hunters.

fara

hunt

(verb) fara-

fara

hunt

farad

hunt, hunting

isolated from the compound faradrim ✱"hunting-people" = hunters.

rui

hunt, hunting

(ruiw), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rui, idh ruiw)

pharalē

noun. hunting

Derivatives

• Q. faralë “hunting” ✧ PE22/138

Variations

• phár-alē ✧ PE22/138

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

• ✶sparā- “to hunt, pursue”
  • Q. fara- “to hunt” ✧ PE22/138
• S. faroth “*hunting”

faras

noun. hunting

faras

noun. hunting

Derivations

• On. spharasse “hunt(ing)” ✧ Ety/SPAR; EtyAC/PHAR²
  • ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” ✧ Ety/SPAR; EtyAC/PHAR²

Element in

• N. Taur-na-Faroth “Forest of Hunting” ✧ Ety/SPAR; EtyAC/PHAR² (Taur na Faras*)

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. (s)pharasse > faras	[sɸarasse] > [ɸarasse] > [farasse] > [farass] > [faras]	✧ Ety/SPAR

fara-

verb. to hunt

farad

gerund noun. hunting

rhui

noun. hunt, hunting

rhuiw

noun. hunt, hunting

rhui(w)

noun. hunt, hunting

A noun appearing as N. rhui(w) “hunt, hunting” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√ROY “chase”, cognate to ᴹQ. roime (Ety/ROY¹). Here the initial r became voiceless rh as was usual in Noldorin, while it seems the medial m became w and then vanished.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had similarly formed G. raust “hunt, chase”, clearly based on the early root ᴱ√RAVA that was the bases for “hunt” words in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (GL/65; QL/79; LT1A/Meássë).

Neo-Sindarin: Since the unvoicing of initial liquids did not occur in Sindarin, many people adapt this word as ᴺS. rui for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, as suggested in HSD (HSD). I would extend its meaning to “hunt, hunting, ✱chase”, to make it more distinct from “hunting” words based on [N.] fara-.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. roime “hunt, hunting” ✧ Ety/ROY¹

Derivations

• ᴹ√ROY “chase” ✧ Ety/ROY¹

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ROY¹ > rhui(w)	[rojme] > [roime] > [ruime] > [ruim] > [r̥uim] > [r̥uiv] > [r̥ui]	✧ Ety/ROY¹