Quenya 

olca

evil, bad, wicked

olca adj. "evil, bad, wicked" (VT43:23-24, VT48:32, VT49:14, PE17:149). The root meaning implies "wickedness as well as badness or lack of worth" (PE17:170). Variant of ulca.

naxa

adjective. evil

Quenya [PE 22:154] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

naxa

noun/adjective. evil

Element in

Variations

  • naxa ✧ PE22/154

ulca

evil, bad, wicked, wrong

ulca adj. "evil, bad, wicked, wrong" (QL:97, VT43:23-24, VT48:32, VT49:14; compounded in henulca "evileyed", SD:68); variant olca, q.v. Compare noun ulco. The adj. ulca may also itself be used as a noun "evil", as in the ablative form ulcallo "from evil" (VT43:8, 10) and the sentence cé mo quetë ulca *"if one speaks evil" (VT49:19).

ulco

evil

ulco (stem #ulcu-) noun "evil", pl. *ulqui (VT43:23-24; the stem-form is attested in the ablative case: ulcullo "from evil", VT43:12)

ulco

noun. evil

Derivations

  • UK “nasty”

Element in

  • Q. násië “but deliver us from evil: Amen” ✧ VT43/24; VT43/23
  • ᴺQ. ulculóra “without evil”
Quenya [VT43/23; VT43/24] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úmëa

evil

úmëa (2) adj. "evil" (UGU/UMU). Obsoleted by #1 above? Possibly connected to úmëai in Narqelion, if that is a "Qenya" plural form.

úro

evil

úro noun "evil" (VT43:24); Tolkien may have abandoned this form in favour of ulco, q.v.

úra

evil, nasty

úra (1) adj. "evil, nasty" (VT43:24, VT48:32)

urra

adjective. bad

Changes

  • uncaurra “bad” ✧ PE22/168

Derivations

  • UG “dislike”

Element in

Variations

  • unca ✧ PE22/168 (unca)

ú-

prefix. bad, uneasy, hard

Quenya [PE 22:160] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Sindarin 

ogol

bad

_ adj. _bad, evil, wrong. Q. olca bad, wicked. oklā << ōklā. >> oew, ogron

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:149:170] < *_oklā_ < OKO evil, bad. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ogol

adjective. wicked, evil

Sindarin [VT/48:32] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ogol

ogol

pl1. ygil, ygli n.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:142] <_oklō_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ogol

egyl

pl1. egyl n.egyl < ogyl.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:142] < _okŏlō _pl. _okoli_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ogol

adjective. bad, evil, wrong; gloom(y)

Cognates

  • Q. olca “bad, wicked” ✧ PE17/149; PE17/170; VT48/32
  • Q. ulca “evil; dark, gloomy, sinister, evil; dark, gloomy, sinister; [ᴱQ.] bad, wicked, wrong” ✧ PE17/149; PE18/088

Derivations

  • OKO “evil, wicked, bad” ✧ PE17/149; VT48/32
  • ulka ✧ PE17/149
    • UK “nasty” ✧ VT48/32
  • oklā “bad, wicked” ✧ PE17/170
    • OKO “evil, wicked, bad” ✧ PE17/170; VT43/24
  • uklā “gloom, gloomy” ✧ PE18/088

Element in

  • ᴺS. oglas “wickedness, *evil”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
OKO > ogol[okla] > [okl] > [ogl] > [ogol]✧ PE17/149
UKLA > ogl[ukla] > [ukla] > [okl] > [ogl] > [ogol]✧ PE17/149
oklā > ogol[oklā] > [okla] > [okl] > [ogl] > [ogol]✧ PE17/170
ū̆k’la > ogl > ogol[ukla] > [ukla] > [okl] > [ogl] > [ogol]✧ PE18/088

Variations

  • ogl ✧ PE17/149
Sindarin [PE17/149; PE17/170; PE18/088; VT48/32] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ogol

noun. ?Elf

An untranslated term appearing between the names of different names for the Noldor and possibly other Elf-tribes on the back page of Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 (PE17/142). It stems from some very rough notes in which Tolkien considered many different forms listed one after the other, so the connections presented here are somewhat tentative.

It has multiple different plural forms: a regular form egyl < ✶okoli, and multiple forms for variants, where the word derives from ✶oklō, via syllabificaion of -l &gt; -ol:

  • ygl, ygil: The -l vocalizes to -il instead of -ol. Before the vocalization took place, the plural mutation was carried out to produce ygl, which explains, why the resulting form is ygil instead of egil, which would be usuall for o in non-final syllables.

  • ygli: This form is rather unusual for a Sindarin word, as final vowels usually vanish, but the note also includes what seems to be a dierct reference to this rule “?ḷ́ < li, ṛ́ < ri” (PE17/142).

Derivations

  • oklō ✧ PE17/142; PE17/142; PE17/142; PE17/142

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
okli > ygli[okli] > [ukli] > [ykli] > [ygli]✧ PE17/142
okli > ygil[okli] > [ukli] > [ykli] > [ygli] > [ygl] > [ygil]✧ PE17/142
oklō > ogl[oklō] > [ogl] > [ogol]✧ PE17/142
okoli > ogyl[okoli] > [okuli] > [œkyli] > [œgyli] > [œgyl] > [egyl]✧ PE17/142

Variations

  • ogl ✧ PE17/142; PE17/142
  • ogol ✧ PE17/142; PE17/142; PE17/142
  • ogdl ✧ PE17/142 (ogdl)
Sindarin [PE17/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ogarol

wicked

_ adj. _wicked, doing wrong. rhugarol << ogarol. >> ogol, ogron, rhugarol. This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:170] < OKO + ?. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

rhugarol

adjective. wicked

_ adj. _wicked, doing wrong. rhugarol << ogarol. >> rhugar

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:170] < SRUGU + ?. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

rhû

evil

adj. evil, wicked. Q. hruo. >> Rhudaur

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:115] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

rhû

evil

_ adj. _evil, wicked. Q. hrúa, hrúya. >> rhu-, Rhudaur

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:170] < S-RŪGU. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

thu

bad

_adj. _bad. >> thugar. This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:172] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

um

bad

um (evil), pl. ym. David Salo would read *ûm with a long vowel. (According to VT46:20, it may be that um is intended as a base rather than as a ”Noldorin” word.)

um

bad

(evil), pl. ym. David Salo would read ✱ûm with a long vowel. *(According to VT46:20, it may be that um is intended as a base rather than as a ”Noldorin” word.)*

ogol

evil

1) ogol (wicked), pl. egyl (archaic ögyl) (VT48:32), 2) possibly also um (bad), pl. ym (or uim?) (David Salo would read *ûm with a long vowel. According to VT46:20, it may be that Tolkien intended um as a primitive base rather than as a ”Noldorin” word; the word ogol may therefore be preferred.)

ogol

evil

(wicked), pl. egyl (archaic ögyl) (VT48:32)

ogol

wicked

ogol (evil), pl. egyl (archaic ögyl) (VT48:32)

faeg

bad

*faeg (poor, mean). No distinct pl. form. (Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” foeg.)

faeg

bad

(poor, mean). No distinct pl. form. (Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” foeg.)

um

evil

(bad), pl. ym (or uim?) (David Salo would read ✱ûm with a long vowel. According to VT46:20, it may be that Tolkien intended um as a primitive base rather than as a ”Noldorin” word; the word ogol may therefore be preferred.)

ummas

noun. evil

Derivations

  • ᴹ√UMU “negative stems”
    • ᴹ√ “no, not” ✧ Ety/UGU; Ety/GŪ
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

úmarth

evil fate

(pl. úmerth).

Noldorin 

um

adjective. bad, evil

Noldorin [Ety/396] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

úmea

adjective. evil

Cognates

  • ᴺS. um “bad, evil”

Derivations

  • ᴹ√UMU “negative stems” ✧ EtyAC/UGU
    • ᴹ√ “no, not” ✧ Ety/UGU; Ety/GŪ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√um > úmea[ūmea]✧ EtyAC/UGU

Variations

  • ūmea ✧ Ety/UGU
Qenya [Ety/UGU; EtyAC/UGU] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uvana

adjective. wicked

Derivations

  • ᴹ√BAN “*beauty”

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish

uklaina

adjective. wicked

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KAL “shine”

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/65] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ūmanā

adjective. wicked

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MAN “holy spirit”

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [PE21/65] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

olch

adjective. bad

ulch

adjective. bad

fech

adjective. bad

Early Noldorin

feg

adjective. bad, bad, [G.] poor, wretched

Derivations

Early Noldorin [PE13/125; PE13/143] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

ulqa

adjective. evil

falka

adjective. bad

qarda

adjective. bad

Cognates

  • G. cwarth “evil, bad, wicked” ✧ GL/28

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QṚÐṚ “*wicked, evil” ✧ QL/078

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QṚŘṚ > qarda[kʷṝðā] > [kʷṝða] > [kʷarða] > [kʷarda]✧ QL/078

Variations

  • Qarda ✧ PE15/32
Early Quenya [GL/28; PE15/32; PME/078; QL/078] Group: Eldamo. Published by