Quenya 

saura

foul, evil-smelling, putrid

saura (þ) adj. "foul, evil-smelling, putrid" (THUS), "foul, vile" (PE17:183). This adjective underlies the name Sauro, Sauron (q.v.) Alternatively explained to mean "cruel" (PE17:184); a deleted gloss defined the word as "bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched" (PE17:172). Tolkien did not consistently hold that the initial s represents older þ; sometimes he derived saura (and so implicitly Sauron) from stems with original s-.

Sindarin 

thaur

saura

Q. saura. . This gloss was rejected.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:172] < SAWA bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

thaur

adjective. abominable, abhorrent

Sindarin [S/438] Group: SINDICT. Published by

thaur

adjective. abominable, horrible

Cognates

  • Q. saura “cruel, evil, vile; stinking, foul; bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched, stinking, foul, [ᴹQ.] evil-smelling, putrid; [Q.] cruel, evil, vile; [Q.] bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched” ✧ PE17/172

Derivations

  • √SAW “disgusting, foul, vile; bad, unhealthy, ill, wretched” ✧ PE17/172
  • ✶thaurā “detestable, abominable, horrible” ✧ SA/thaur
    • √THAW “cruel; stink” ✧ Let/380
    • √THOW “stink” ✧ PE17/068

Element in

  • S. Gorthaur “?Mist of Fear” ✧ SA/thaur

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√SAWA > thaur[tʰaurā] > [tʰaura] > [θaura] > [θaur]✧ PE17/172
Sindarin [PE17/172; SA/thaur] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thaur

foul

thaur (detestable, abhorrent, abominable), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.

thaur

foul

(detestable, abhorrent, abominable), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.

thaur

abominable

thaur (destestable, abhorrent, foul), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.

thaur

abominable

(destestable, abhorrent, foul), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.

thaur

abhorrent

thaur (destestable, abominable, foul), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.

thaur

abhorrent

(destestable, abominable, foul), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.

thaur

detestable

thaur (abhorrent, abominable, foul), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.

thaur

detestable

(abhorrent, abominable, foul), pl. thoer. Note: a homophone means ”fenced”.

deleb

abominable

deleb (horrible, loathsome), lenited dheleb; pl. delib

deleb

abominable

(horrible, loathsome), lenited dheleb; pl. delib

Primitive elvish

thaurā

masculine name. detestable, abominable, horrible

Derivations

  • √THAW “cruel; stink” ✧ Let/380
    • √THOW “stink” ✧ PE17/068

Derivatives

  • S. thaur “abominable, horrible” ✧ SA/thaur

Element in

Variations

  • θaurā ✧ Let/380
  • thaur ✧ SA/thaur
Primitive elvish [Let/380; SA/thaur] Group: Eldamo. Published by