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)

Sindarin 

dorn

adjective. stiff, tough

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

tarch

adjective. stiff, tough

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

tharn

stiff

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

tarlanc

stiff-necked

(obstinate), lenited darlanc, pl. terlainc.

dorn

stiff

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

dorn

stiff

(tough), lenited dhorn, pl. dyrn

tarias

stiffness

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

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!

Doriathrin

thrôn

adjective. stiff, hard

An adjective meaning “stiff, hard” derived from primitive ᴹ✶starāna (Ety/STARAN). First the unstressed vowel in the first syllable vanished to produce the favored combination [tr], after which the [[ilk|initial [s] spirantalized the following [t] to [θ] (“th”)]], while the [[ilk|long [ā] became [ō]]]. All these developments were suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/thrôn).

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶starāna “stiff, hard” ✧ Ety/STARAN
    • ᴹ√STARAN “*stiff, hard” ✧ Ety/STARAN

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶starāna > thrôn[starā́na] > [strā́na] > [strṓna] > [θrṓna] > [θrṓn]✧ Ety/STARAN
Doriathrin [Ety/STARAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

starāna

adjective. stiff, hard

Derivations

  • ᴹ√STARAN “*stiff, hard” ✧ Ety/STARAN

Derivatives

  • Ilk. thrôn “stiff, hard” ✧ Ety/STARAN
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/STARAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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