Quenya 

penya

adjective. lacking, inadequate, lacking, inadequate; *poor

@@@ used for “poor” in NQNT

Derivations

  • √PEN “lack, be without, have not”

Element in

  • ᴺQ. aupenya “complete, without lack”
  • ᴺQ. penyalë “poverty, deprivation”
Quenya [VT39/06; VT39/19] Group: Eldamo. Published by

urra

adjective. bad

Changes

  • unca → urra “bad” ✧ PE22/168

Derivations

  • √UG “dislike”

Element in

Variations

  • unca ✧ PE22/168 (unca)

penya

lacking, inadequate

penya adj. "lacking, inadequate"; pl. penyë in penyë tengwi "lacking signs", "inadequate signs"; in early Elvish analysis of Quenya the term for vowels with no preceding consonant, held (in many cases incorrectly) to have lost such a consonant (VT39:6, 8)

tele

verb. mean, intend

Quenya [PE 22:99n,118] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

ú-

prefix. bad, uneasy, hard

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

Sindarin 

faeg

adjective. mean, poor, bad

Sindarin [Ety/387, X/OE] Group: SINDICT. Published by

faeg

poor

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

faeg

poor

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

faeg

adjective. mean, poor, bad

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

faeg

mean

(adj.) faeg (poor, bad); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” foeg.

faeg

bad

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

faeg

mean

(poor, bad); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” foeg.

faeg

bad

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

thel

mean

(verb) ?thel- (intend, purpose, resolve, will)

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.)

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

pen

adverb. lacking

adv. lacking, without.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:145] -. 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

pen

lacking

(lenited ben) (without, -less) (WJ:375) Not to be confused with the pronoun pen ”one, somebody, anybody”.

thel

mean

(intend, purpose, resolve, will)

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.)*

Noldorin 

foeg

adjective. mean, poor, bad

Noldorin [Ety/387, X/OE] Group: SINDICT. Published by

foeg

adjective. mean, poor, bad

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. faika “contemptible, mean” ✧ Ety/SPAY

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SPAY “despise, contemn” ✧ Ety/SPAY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√SPAY > foeg[spajka] > [spaika] > [sɸaika] > [ɸaika] > [faika] > [faik] > [faig] > [foeg]✧ Ety/SPAY
Noldorin [Ety/SPAY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

um

adjective. bad, evil

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

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Gnomish

fêg

adjective. bad, poor, wretched

Cognates

  • Eq. faika “bad, worthless, useless” ✧ GL/34

Derivations

Element in

  • G. fectha- “to destroy, ruin, spoil” ✧ GL/34
  • G. fecthi “less bad; baddish, naughty” ✧ GL/34
  • G. fegla “worse” ✧ GL/34
  • G. nin·ista feg “I feel ill” ✧ GL/52
  • G. emfeg “infamous, of evil name” ✧ GL/32

Variations

  • feg ✧ GG/16; GL/32 (feg); GL/34; GL/52; PE13/114
  • [fe]ch ✧ PE13/114
Gnomish [GG/16; GL/32; GL/34; GL/52; PE13/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fech

adjective. bad

olch

adjective. bad

ulch

adjective. bad

Early Noldorin

feg

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

Derivations

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

Early Primitive Elvish

oyo

root. *poor

An unglossed root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. oika “poor”, ᴱQ. oise “poverty” and ᴱQ. oito- “lack” (QL/71). In later writings √OY usually referred to “eternity”.

Derivatives

  • Eq. oika “poor” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. oista- “to bereave” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. oito- “to lack” ✧ QL/071
  • Eq. oise “poverty” ✧ QL/071
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/071] Group: Eldamo. Published by

manga

root. lacking

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “lacking”, with derivatives ᴱQ. mange “lack, want, shortage” and ᴱQ. manka “few” (QL/59). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, and it may have been replaced by √PEN “lack” in the 1950s and 60s.

Derivatives

  • Eq. manka “few” ✧ QL/059
  • Eq. mange “lack, want, shortage” ✧ QL/059
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/059] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

oika

adjective. poor

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OYO “*poor” ✧ QL/071

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√OYO > oika[ojkā] > [ojka] > [oika]✧ QL/071
Early Quenya [QL/071] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oiswa

adjective. poor

Early Quenya [QL/071] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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