men-
verb. to go
Derivations
- √MEN “go, move, proceed (in any direction); make for, go towards; have as object, (in)tend; direction, object, point moved toward; region”
Element in
- S. dadwen- “to return, go back”
- S. nidhin mened “I have a mind to go, I intend to go” ✧ PE22/165
yad-
verb. to go
Element in
- Ad. adûn izindi batân tâidô ayadda “[the] road west once went straight, (lit.) west straight road once went” ✧ SD/247; SD/312
ledh-
verb. to go, to go, *travel, journey
@@@ extended meanings suggested by Fiona Jallings
Derivations
Element in
- N. neledh- “*to go in, enter” ✧ TAI/150
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lith-
verb. to go, depart, be over, finish, end, die
Derivations
- ᴱ√LIÞI “*flow of time”
Element in
- G. lithin “bygone, ended” ✧ GL/54
Variations
- lith ✧ GL/54
liþi
root. *flow of time
A root for various words in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s having to do with the flow of time, such as G. lith- “go, depart, be over, finish, end, die”, G. lithin “bygone, ended”, and G. lint “quick, agile, nimble, light” (GL/54), as well as G. laith “time, the course of time; lapse”, and G. laith(r)a- “let slip, lose, mislay, forget; (intr.) to be lost” (GL/52). The last of these was “a confusion of two distinct roots — see lech and lith-”, referring to ᴱ√lech “smooth, slippery” whose derivatives included laitha- “slip (intr.), slide by” (GL/53).
Derivatives
Variations
- lith- ✧ GL/52
tie-
verb. to go
Derivations
- ᴱ√TEHE “‽pull”
Variations
tie✧ PE16/133 (tie)
ere-
verb. to go
Derivations
- ᴱ√EÐE “out”
Variations
ere✧ PE16/133 (ere)
A verb appearing in the Lament of Akallabêth in the form ayadda “(it) went” (SD/247, VT24/12). Its initial element is the 3rd persons neuter plural suffix a- “it”. This leaves the basic verb form yadda, which is the past tense according to the theories used here.
Conceptual Development: It appeared in the form yadda in the first draft version of the Lament, and this form was also briefly considered as a replacement for unakkha “he-came” in the first sentence of the Lament (SD/312).