farea

adjective. hunting

fárëa

enough

fárëa adj.? "enough" (presumably adjective, whereas the adverb is faren); ufárëa"not enough" _(FS). Etym has farëa "enough, sufficient" (PHAR)_

fara-

verb. to hunt

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).

Derivations

• ✶sparā- “to hunt, pursue” ✧ PE22/138
  • √SPAR “hunt, hunt, [ᴹ√] pursue”

Element in

• ᴺQ. farasta “hunting, the chase”

Phonetic Developments

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

faren

enough

faren, adv. "enough" (VT46:9)

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.)

far

enough

(adverb) far (sufficient, quite)

far

enough

(sufficient, quite)

farn

enough

(adj.) farn

farn

enough

pharalē

noun. hunting

Derivatives

• Q. faralë “hunting” ✧ PE22/138

Variations

• phár-alē ✧ PE22/138

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

• On. sphara- “to hunt” ✧ Ety/SPAR; EtyAC/PHAR²
  • ᴹ✶sparā- “hunt, pursue”
  • ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” ✧ PE22/113
  • ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” ✧ Ety/SPAR; EtyAC/PHAR²

Element in

• N. Faragon
• N. faron “hunter” ✧ Ety/SPAR
• S. faroth “*hunting”
• N. feredir “hunter”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. (s)pharóbe > faro	[sɸara-] > [ɸara-] > [fara-]	✧ Ety/SPAR

farad

gerund noun. 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

farn

adjective. enough

farn

adjective. enough

Cognates

• ᴹQ. fárea “enough, sufficient” ✧ Ety/PHAR; EtyAC/PHAR

Derivations

• ᴹ√PHAR “reach, go all the way, suffice” ✧ Ety/PHAR

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√PHAR > farn	[pʰarna] > [ɸarna] > [farna] > [farn]	✧ Ety/PHAR