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Quenya
raf-
verb. snatch
rihta-
jerk, give quick twist or move, twitch
rapa-
verb. to snatch
Sindarin
ritha-
verb. to jerk, twitch, snatch
ritha
snatch
ritha- (twitch, jerk) (i ritha, idh rithar)
ritha
snatch
(twitch, jerk) (i ritha, idh rithar)
raph-
verb. to snatch, seize, steal
Derivations
- √RAPH “seize, grab, seize, grab, [ᴹ√] snatch”
ritha-
verb. to jerk, twitch, snatch
rinc
jerk
(noun) rinc (twitch, trick, sudden move), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rinc); coll. pl. ringath.
rinc
jerk
(twitch, trick, sudden move), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rinc); coll. pl. ringath.
ritha
jerk
(verb) ritha- (twitch, snatch) (i ritha, idh rithar)
ritha
jerk
(twitch, snatch) (i ritha, idh rithar)
Noldorin
rhitha-
verb. to jerk, twitch, snatch
rhitha-
verb. to jerk, twitch, snatch
Cognates
- ᴹQ. rihta- “to jerk, give quick twist or move, twitch, to jerk, give quick twist or move, twitch, *wrench” ✧ Ety/RIK(H)
Derivations
- ᴹ√RIK(H) “jerk, sudden move, flirt” ✧ Ety/RIK(H)
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√RIK(H) > rhitho [rikta-] > [riktʰa-] > [rixθa-] > [rīθa-] > [r̥īθa-] > [r̥iθa-] ✧ Ety/RIK(H)
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Qenya
raf-
verb. to snatch, seize
Derivations
- ᴹ√RAPH “snatch” ✧ PE22/102
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√RAPH > raphe > rafe [rapʰe] > [raɸe] > [rafe] ✧ PE22/102 ᴹ√RAPH > raphe > rappe [rampʰe] > [rappʰe] > [rappe] ✧ PE22/102
Middle Primitive Elvish
raph
root. snatch
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. raf- “to snatch, seize” ✧ PE22/102
Gnomish
cilt
noun. jerk
Cognates
- Eq. kilt “tuck”
Derivations
- ᴱ√KḶTḶ “tilt; fling”
Early Primitive Elvish
rapa
root. drag, pull
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with a series of glosses “handle hastily, snatch, grab” >> “tear” >> “drag, pull” but no derivatives (QL/79). The similar form G. drab “labour, toil, irksome work” and other derived words from the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon might be related (GL/30), or could represent a distinct root ✱ᴱ√DRAP “labour, toil”. ᴱN. drauth “labour” and draust “work” from the Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s seem to be the last published iteration of these forms (PE13/142, 156). The original QL gloss “handle hastily, snatch, grab” might have reemerged in ᴹ√RAPH “snatch” from the 1940s; see the entry √RAPH for further details.
Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I think it is worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√(D)RAP “toil” to salvage Gnomish drab- words.
Changes
RAPA→ RAPA “tear” ✧ QL/079RAPA→ RAPA “handle hastily, snatch, grab” ✧ QL/079Derivatives
Early Quenya
hyekka
noun. jerk
hyehta-
verb. to jerk
Variations
- hyehta ✧ PE16/144
rihta- vb. "jerk, give quick twist or move, twitch" (RIK(H) )