nev

mut

mut. of nef >> Nevrast

Nevrast

noun. hither shore

#nev (#“hither,close”) + #rast (#“shore”) The later form of Nivrost.

Nevrast

'Hither Shore'

topon. 'Hither Shore', the coast on the Middle-earth side of the Great Sea, hence the extreme west-coast of Middle-earth. It became used especially of the coast-land and its immediate hinterland between Dengrist and the Havens, where Turgon first dwelt. The opposite was Haerast. >> Haerast, nev

nevrast

place name. Hither Shore

A region on the coast of Beleriand translated “Hither Shore” (S/119), named in opposition to the shores of Aman called Haerast “Far Shore” (PE17/27). This name is a combination of nef “on this side of” and ras(t) “shore” (PE17/27).

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was Ilk. Nivrost “West Vale” (LR/259), designated as Ilkorin in The Etymologies (Ety/NIB, ROS²). In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, it changed to Nevrast with its new translation (WJ/179, 197), though in one place Tolkien wrote Nevrost (WJ/318).

nev

near

(adj. pref.) nev- (hither, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.

nev

hither

(adj. pref.) nev- (near, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.

nev

near

(hither, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.

nev

hither

(near, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.

dev-

nev-

Q. nev-.

nev-

verb. to seem, appear

nevia-

verb. to localize, bring close, translate (into your own language), translate (into another language when used with the dative case)

nevra-

verb. to face, go forward

nevui

adjective. nearly

uilaw

 adverb. never

S. adverb. Ui "ever" + Law "not", Ever + Not, which is the etymology for "never" in many Indo-European languages.

úlú

adverb. at no time, never

← ú- “no, not” + lû “time, occasion”, cp. Q. illumë *‘allways’.

In a conceptual predecessor of the Sindarin, Gnomish, the language had a feature called negative concord, meaning that two negatives affirm each other rather than cancelling out (similarly to the English “I didn’t do nothing” which denies involvement in a particular situation instead of confirming it). Thus an example sentence for this word could be:

• i·hîr ú·dhar úlú. ‘The river never stops.’

allu

adverb. never

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dev-

verb. to try, to try, *seek opportunity, experiment

A verb for “to try” based on the root √NDEB in notes from the 1960s (PE17/167). As suggested by Christopher Gilson, this appears to be a draft of Tolkien’s attempt to define the phrase “try harder” in Quenya. Of the root √NDEB, Tolkien said it “too obviously = endeavor”, and he wrote another root √RIK below it, with a Sindarin verb form ritha- or raitha. It seems Tolkien here changed √NDEB >> √RIK, but in later notes from 1969 Tolkien had the root √NDAB “endeavor, try, seek opportunity” (PE22/151), indicating that the concept of √NDEB was not entirely abandoned.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would mainly use ritha- for “to try (put forth effort)”, but I think dev- is worth retaining with a different connotation: “to try, ✱seek opportunity, experiment”. In other words, you use ritha- “try” when you are uncertain whether you are capable of performing the action, and dev- “try” when you know you are capable, but are uncertain what the result of the action will be.

nef

preposition. hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation], hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation]; *near

-d

suffix. you

2nd du. pron. suff. #you (two). Q. -star.See paradigm PE17:132.

-dh

suffix. you

{ð} 2nd du. pron. suff. #you (two). Q. -star.See paradigm PE17:132.

-dh

suffix. you

{ð} 2nd sg. pron. suff. #you. Q. -tar.See paradigm PE17:132.

-dhir

suffix. you

{ð} 2nd pl. pron. suff. #you. Q. -ltar.See paradigm PE17:132.

chîr

mut

mut. of cîr

de

pronoun. you

na

near

(as preposition, = ”at, by”) na (followed by lenition), with article nan (followed by ”mixed mutation”, according to David Salos reconstruction). The preposition has various meanings: ”with, by, near” and also ”to, toward, at; of”

na

near

(followed by lenition), with article nan (followed by ”mixed mutation”, according to David Salo’s reconstruction). The preposition has various meanings: ”with, by, near” and also ”to, toward, at; of”