Quenya 

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

DevelopmentStagesSources
√NAY > nai-[nai-]✧ PE17/151

nai

ill, grievously, abominably

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)