Quenya 

tauca

stiff, wooden

tauca ("k") "stiff, wooden" (PE17:115)

norna

stiff, tough; hard, firm, resistant

norna adj. "stiff, tough; hard, firm, resistant" (WJ:413, PE17:106), "thrawn, tough, obdurate", mainly applied to persons (PE17:181)

taryassë

noun. stiffness, toughness, difficulty

Elements

WordGloss
tarya“tough, stiff”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Sindarin 

tarch

adjective. stiff, tough

Sindarin [tarch-lang RC/536] Group: SINDICT. Published by

dorn

adjective. stiff, tough

Sindarin [WJ/413] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tarias

stiffness

(i darias, o tharias) (toughness, difficulty), pl. teriais (i theriais) if there is a pl.

tarias

stiffness

tarias (i darias, o tharias) (toughness, difficulty), pl. teriais (i theriais) if there is a pl.

tarias

toughness

tarias (i darias, o tharias) (stiffness, difficulty), pl. teriais (i theriais) if there is a pl.

tarias

toughness

(i darias, o tharias) (stiffness, difficulty), pl. teriais (i theriais) if there is a pl.

tarias

difficulty

tarias (i darias, o tharias) (stiffness, toughness), pl. teriais (i theriais) if there is a plural form; coll. pl. tariassath

tarias

difficulty

(i darias, o tharias) (stiffness, toughness), pl. teriais (i theriais) if there is a plural form; coll. pl. tariassath

tarlanc

stiff-necked

(obstinate), lenited darlanc, pl. terlainc.

tharn

stiff

(sapless, rigid, withered), pl. thern.

dorn

stiff

1) dorn (tough), lenited dhorn, pl. dyrn; 2) tharn (sapless, rigid, withered), pl. thern.

dorn

stiff

(tough), lenited dhorn, pl. dyrn

Noldorin 

tarias

noun. stiffness, toughness, difficulty

Noldorin [Ety/390] Group: SINDICT. Published by

tarias

noun. stiffness, toughness, difficulty

Derivations

  • ᴹ√TARAG “*tough, stiff” ✧ Ety/TÁRAG

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√TÁRAG > tarias[targasse] > [targasse] > [tarɣasse] > [tarɣass] > [tariass] > [tarias]✧ Ety/TÁRAG
Noldorin [Ety/TÁRAG] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Middle Primitive Elvish

star

root. stiff

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. sara “stiff dry grass, bent, stiff dry grass, bent [as a type of grass]” ✧ Ety/STAR
  • ᴺQ. sarassë “hassock, footstool”
  • ᴹQ. thar- “[unglossed]” ✧ PE22/112
  • N. gwastar “hummock” ✧ Ety/STAR
  • N. thâr “stiff grass” ✧ Ety/STAR
  • On. stharna “sapless, stiff, rigid, withered” ✧ Ety/STAR
    • N. tharn “sapless, stiff, rigid, withered” ✧ Ety/STAR

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/BEL; Ety/DING; Ety/STAR; Ety/WŌ; PE22/112] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

archod

noun. difficulty