lahlaraitë

adjective. deaf, (lit.) unable to hear

A neologism for “deaf” coined by Paul Strack in 2022 specifically for Eldamo, a combination of la- “not”, hlar- “hear”, and the suffix -itë “apt to do”, patterned after lacenítë “blind” (PE22/153). Helge Fauskanger instead used the neologism hlárelóra “deaf, ✱without-hearing” in his NQNT (NQNT), having the suffix [ᴹQ.] -lóra “without”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
la-	“not, in-, un-”
hlar-	“to hear”
-itë	“adjectival ending; capable of doing, generally (and naturally) doing”