Naira

dreadful, horrible, unendurable

naira (3) adj. "dreadful, horrible, unendurable" (PE17:151)

naira

adjective. dreadful, horrible, unendurable, dreadful, horrible, unendurable, [ᴱQ.] dire, grievous

Cognates

• S. naer “dreadful, horrible, unendurable, dreadful, horrible, unendurable; [N.] lamentable, sad” ✧ PE17/151

Derivations

• √NAY “cause bitter grief or pain, cause bitter grief or pain, [ᴹ√] lament” ✧ PE17/151

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√NAY > naira	[naira]	✧ PE17/151

Variations

• naira ✧ PE17/151

nainima

adjective. lamentable

Elements

Word	Gloss
naina-	“to lament”

nainaima

adjective. lamentable

Elements

Word	Gloss
naina-	“to lament”

lemba

adjective. sad

Derivations

• ᴹ√DEM “sad, gloomy”

naer

adjective. dreadful

_ adj. _dreadful, horrible, unendurable. Q. naira.

naer

adjective. sad, lamentable

naer

adjective. dreadful, horrible, unendurable, dreadful, horrible, unendurable; [N.] lamentable, sad

Cognates

• Q. naira “dreadful, horrible, unendurable, dreadful, horrible, unendurable, [ᴱQ.] dire, grievous” ✧ PE17/151

Derivations

• √NAY “cause bitter grief or pain, cause bitter grief or pain, [ᴹ√] lament” ✧ PE17/151

Element in

• S. Cabed Naeramarth “Leap of Dreadful Doom” ✧ S/224
• ᴺS. naeras “sorrow, woe”
• S. naergon “woeful lament”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√NAY > naer	[nairā] > [naira] > [nair] > [naer]	✧ PE17/151

Variations

• Naer ✧ S/224

daer

adjective. dreadful

_ adj. _dreadful, horrible, ghastly.

nûr

adjective. sad

For an earlier discussion, see Klockzo, 4th volume, p. 160 §147: The meaning of Núrnen long remained highly hypothetical. The current definition is based on Christopher Tolkien's index to UT and on the unfinished index of names published in RC. The Gnomish Lexicon listed nur- (nauri) "growl, grumble", nurn "plaint, lament, a complaint" and nurna- "bewail, lament, complain of" (PE/11:61). Likewise, the Qenyaqetsa included a root NURU- with several derivatives with similar meanings (PE/12:68). See also Q. nurrula "mumbling" (from nurru- "murmur, grumble") in the final version of the poem The Last Ark (MC/222-23). Patrick Wynne therefore noted: S. *nûr in Núrnen "Sad Water" is apparently "sad" in the sense "bewailing, lamenting, complaining, grumbling", no doubt a reference to the general mood of the hapless laborers in "the great slave-worked fields" beside the lake. (See Lambengolmor/856-860)

goeol

adjective. dreadful, terrifying

naer

dreadful

(lamentable, woeful, sad); no distinct pl. form.

naer

sad

(dreadful, lamentable, woeful); no distinct pl. form.

naer

lamentable

naer (dreadful, sad, woeful); no distinct pl. form.

naer

lamentable

(dreadful, sad, woeful); no distinct pl. form.

naer

woeful

naer (dreadful, lamentable, sad); no distinct pl. form.

naer

woeful

(dreadful, lamentable, sad); no distinct pl. form.

gaer

dreadful

1) gaer (awful, fearful; holy); lenited aear; no distinct pl. form. Note: homophones mean "reddish, copper-coloured, ruddy" and also "sea". 2) naer (lamentable, woeful, sad); no distinct pl. form.

gaer

dreadful

(awful, fearful; holy); lenited ’aear; no distinct pl. form. Note: homophones mean "reddish, copper-coloured, ruddy" and also "sea".

naergon

woeful lament

(pl. naergoen)

nûr

sad

(pl. nuir). Note: homophones mean ”deep” and ”race”.

dem

sad

1) dem (gloomy), lenited dhem, pl. dhim; 2) naer (dreadful, lamentable, woeful); no distinct pl. form. 3) nûr (pl. nuir). Note: homophones mean ”deep” and ”race”.

dem

sad

(gloomy), lenited dhem, pl. dhim

gaer

adjective. dreadful

gaer

adjective. dreadful

Derivations

• On. gērrha “dreadful” ✧ Ety/GÁYAS
  • ᴹ✶gaisrā “dreadful” ✧ Ety/GÁYAS
  • ᴹ√GAYAS “fear” ✧ Ety/GÁYAS

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. gērrha > gaer	[gę̄rra] > [gę̄rr] > [gaerr] > [gaer]	✧ Ety/GÁYAS

noer

adjective. sad, lamentable

dem

adjective. sad, gloomy

No language indication in the Etymologies, but Noldorin from context and phonological evidence

gorgor

adjective. dreadful

Derivations

• √ÑGOR “dread, terror, fear, horror”

Element in

• N. Kirith Gorgor “Dreadful Pass” ✧ WR/122

Variations

• Gorgor ✧ WR/122