Quenya 

narwa

ruddy, red of hair

*narwa adj. "ruddy, red of hair" (PE17:154), also "fiery red" in general _(NAR1; only the archaic form narwā is given in the Etymologies)_

narwa

adjective. ruddy, red of hair

roina

ruddy

roina adj. "ruddy" (ROY2)

runya

adjective. fiery red

Cognates

  • S. ruin “red flame; fiery red” ✧ PM/366

Derivations

  • RUN “red, glowing” ✧ PM/366

Element in

  • ᴺQ. runyaril “garnet, (lit.) fiery red radiance”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
RUN > runya[runja]✧ PM/366

nísima

fragrant

#nísima adj. "fragrant", isolated from Nísimaldar, q.v.

nísima

adjective. fragrant

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
nis-“*to smell sweetly”
-ima“-able, possibility, -able, [ᴹQ.] -ible, able to be done, [ᴱQ.] possible”

Sindarin 

gaer

ruddy

(copper-coloured, red, reddish); lenited ’aear; no distinct pl. form. (This is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” goer.) Note: homophones mean "dreadful, awful, fearful; holy" and also "sea".

crann

ruddy

(of face) crann (lenited grann, pl. crain).

crann

ruddy

1) (of face) crann (lenited grann, pl. crain), 2) gruin (lenited ruin, no distinct pl. form), 3) gaer (copper-coloured, red, reddish); lenited aear; no distinct pl. form. (This is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” goer.) Note: homophones mean "dreadful, awful, fearful; holy" and also "sea".

ruin

fiery red

ruin (burning); no distinct pl. form. Also used as noun ”red flame, blazing fire”. (Silm app, entry ruin; PM:366) Note: a homophone means ”slot, spoor, track, footprint”.

gruin

ruddy

(lenited ’ruin, no distinct pl. form)

Noldorin 

crann

adjective. ruddy (of face)

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gruin

adjective. ruddy

Noldorin [Ety/384] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gruin

adjective. ruddy

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. roina “ruddy” ✧ Ety/ROY²

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ROY “ruddy, red” ✧ Ety/ROY²

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GROJ > gruin[grojna] > [groina] > [gruina] > [gruin]✧ Ety/ROY²
Noldorin [Ety/ROY²] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

roina

adjective. ruddy

Cognates

  • N. gruin “ruddy” ✧ Ety/ROY²

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ROY “ruddy, red” ✧ Ety/ROY²

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ROY² > roina[roina]✧ Ety/ROY²

Middle Primitive Elvish

narwā

adjective. fiery red

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Derivatives

  • N. naru “red, [fiery] red” ✧ Ety/NAR¹
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/NAR¹; EtyAC/NAR¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

narwa

adjective. fragrant

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NṚŘṚ > narwa[nṛθwa] > [narθwa] > [narðwa] > [nardwa] > [narwa]✧ QL/068
Early Quenya [QL/068] Group: Eldamo. Published by