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.

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

úro

evil

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

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).

naxa

adjective. evil

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

naxa

noun/adjective. evil

Element in

Variations

  • naxa ✧ PE22/154

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.

úra

evil, nasty

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

Sindarin 

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

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
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úmarth

evil fate

(pl. úmerth).

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)

Primitive elvish

oko

root. evil, wicked, bad

Derivatives

  • oklā “bad, wicked” ✧ PE17/170; VT43/24
    • Q. olca “bad, wicked” ✧ PE17/170; VT43/24
    • S. ogol “bad, evil, wrong; gloom(y)” ✧ PE17/170
  • okma “an evil deed” ✧ PE17/170
    • Q. ongwë “crime” ✧ PE17/170
    • S. oew “an evil deed” ✧ PE17/170
  • Q. olca “bad, wicked” ✧ PE17/149; VT48/32
  • S. ogol “bad, evil, wrong; gloom(y)” ✧ PE17/149; VT48/32
  • S. ogron “wicked or evil person” ✧ PE17/170

Variations

  • oko ✧ VT43/24; VT48/32
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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

Early Quenya

ulqa

adjective. evil