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.

olca

adjective. bad, wicked

Changes

• ŏlca → olca ✧ PE17/170

Cognates

• S. ogol “bad, evil, wrong; gloom(y)” ✧ PE17/149; PE17/170; VT48/32

Derivations

• √OKO “evil, wicked, bad” ✧ PE17/149; VT48/32
• ✶oklā “bad, wicked” ✧ PE17/170; VT43/24
  • √OKO “evil, wicked, bad” ✧ PE17/170; VT43/24

Element in

• Q. násië “but deliver us from evil: Amen” ✧ VT43/23

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√OKO > olca	[oklā] > [olkā] > [olka]	✧ PE17/149
✶oklā > olca	[oklā] > [olkā] > [olka]	✧ PE17/170
✶oklā > olca	[oklā] > [olkā] > [olka]	✧ VT43/24
√oko > olca	[oklā] > [olkā] > [olka]	✧ VT48/32

Variations

• ŏlca ✧ PE17/170 (ŏlca)

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”

urra

adjective. bad

Changes

• unca → urra “bad” ✧ PE22/168

Derivations

• √UG “dislike”

Element in

• Q. umbë nin i hríve nauva urra (si loa) “I have a feeling that winter will be bad (this year)” ✧ PE22/168

Variations

• unca ✧ PE22/168 (unca)

úra

evil, nasty

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

naxa

adjective. evil

naxa

noun/adjective. evil

Element in

• Q. carë mára quí tyarë naxa “doing good may cause evil” ✧ PE22/154

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.

úro

evil

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

ú-

prefix. bad, uneasy, hard

ogol

bad

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

thu

bad

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

rhû

evil

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

rhû

evil

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

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)

úmarth

evil fate

(pl. úmerth).

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

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.)*

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√GŪ “no, not” ✧ Ety/UGU; Ety/GŪ

oklā

adjective. bad, wicked

Derivations

• √OKO “evil, wicked, bad” ✧ PE17/170; VT43/24

Derivatives

• Q. olca “bad, wicked” ✧ PE17/170; VT43/24
• S. ogol “bad, evil, wrong; gloom(y)” ✧ PE17/170

um

adjective. bad, evil