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).
Quenya
olca
evil, bad, wicked
olca
adjective. bad, wicked
Changes
ŏlca→ olca ✧ PE17/170Cognates
- S. ogol “bad, evil, wrong; gloom(y)” ✧ PE17/149; PE17/170; VT48/32
Derivations
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
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
urra
adjective. bad
Changes
unca→ urra “bad” ✧ PE22/168Derivations
- √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
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.