nai-
prefix. ill, grievously, abominably
Derivations
- √NAY “cause bitter grief or pain, cause bitter grief or pain, [ᴹ√] lament” ✧ PE17/151
Element in
- Q. naiquet- “to curse or blaspheme” ✧ PE17/151
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NAY > nai- [nai-] ✧ PE17/151
nai
ill, grievously, abominably
lhaew
ill
*lhaew (sick, sickly), lenited ?thlaew or ?laew (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thloew, flaew.
lhaew
ill
(sick, sickly), lenited ?thlaew or ?laew (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thloew, flaew.
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cwam
adjective. ill
A word glossed {“sick, unwell” >>} “ill” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/28). In an earlier but deleted version of the entry it was connected to adjective ᴱQ. qamba, and hence it was based on the early root ᴱ√QAMA (QL/76).
Changes
cwam→ cwam “sick, unwell” ✧ GL/28Cognates
- Eq. qamba “unwell, sick” ✧ GL/28
Derivations
- ᴱ√QAMA “*sick”
qolina
adjective. ill
qolda
adjective. ill
The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had several similar adjectives under the early root ᴱ√QOLO: ᴱQ. qolda or qolina “ill” and ᴱQ. qolima “sickly, ailing” (QL/78).
Neo-Quenya: I’d adopt ᴺQ. quolina for all these meanings: “ill, sickly, ailing”. I would further assume it applies to any kind of physical ailment, including injury. For someone sick specifically by disease I would use [ᴺQ.] hlaiwa. Not all Neo-Quenya writers accept quo- as a valid combination; see the entry on how [[q|[wo] became [o]]] for further discussion.
Derivations
- ᴱ√QOLO “*disease” ✧ QL/078
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√QOLO > qolda [kʷolā] > [kʷola] ✧ QL/078 Variations
- qolina ✧ QL/078
nai (2) prefix "ill, grievously, abominably" (PE17:151), cf. naiquet-. Earlier material also lists an interjection nai "alas" _(NAY; this may be obsoleted by # 1 above; _Namárië uses ai! in a similar sense)