(hideous) *(only found as the initial element of names, like Ulwarth)*. See
Sindarin
ul
ugly
ul
ugly
Black Speech
-ul
suffix. 3rd-person-pl-object, them
Variations
- ul ✧ PE17/011
Primitive elvish
ul
root. pour (out), flow, pour (out), flow, [ᴱ√] flow fast
This root was used for “pour, flow” for much of Tolkien’s life. It first appeared as ᴱ√ULU⁽⁾ “pour, flow fast” with derivatives like ᴱQ. Ulmo and ᴱQ. ulto- “pour” (QL/97). It also had derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. ulin “liquid” and G. ultha- “pour out” (GL/74), but rejected forms like G. gul- “ooze, trickle” and G. gulta- “pour out” indicate Tolkien considered making the root be ✱ᴱ√ƷULU (GL/43). In The Etymologies of the 1930s the root was ᴹ√ULU “pour, flow” with derivatives like ᴹQ. ulunde “flood”, ᴹQ. ulya- “pour”, N. eil- “it is raining”, and N. oll “torrent, mountain-stream” (Ety/ULU). The root √UL(U) appeared a number of times in Tolkien’s later writings with glosses like “flow” (PE17/168), “pour” (PE22/133), and “pour out” (WJ/400). It may have been connected to ᴹ√LU “time” (PE17/168); see that entry for discussion.
Derivatives
Element in
Variations
- ULU ✧ PE17/168; PE17/188
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Gnomish
u-
prefix. negative prefix
Cognates
- Eq. ú- “un-”
Derivations
- ᴱ√Ū “not”
Element in
- G. uivrin “barren” ✧ GL/73
- G. gwivrin “barren” ✧ GL/52
- G. udathnarol “countless, innumerable” ✧ GL/73; LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol
- G. udathriol “countless” ✧ GL/73
- G. gwirn “unwished for, unwelcome” ✧ GL/52
- G. gwirth “unwillingness, reluctance” ✧ GL/46
- G. gwista- “to be ignorant of, not to know” ✧ GL/46
- G. unweg “nobody, no one” ✧ GL/73
- G. umir “nobody, no one (fem.)” ✧ GL/73
- G. uchir “recklessness; carelessness; security” ✧ GL/73
- G. udrug “intractable, fierce, untamed” ✧ GL/73
- G. ufedhron “lawless man” ✧ GL/73
- G. ufedhwed “lawless” ✧ GL/73
- G. ugwedriol “ineffable, unspeakable, awful” ✧ GL/73
- G. uir- “not to wish, not mean to, mean not to” ✧ GL/73
- G. uirol “unwilling, reluctant” ✧ GL/73
- G. unandrathrol “unabashed, shameless” ✧ GL/73
- G. unathriol “unreal; impossible” ✧ GL/73
- G. uthairiol “unintentional, unintended; reluctant” ✧ GL/73
- G. ufestog “breathless”
- G. uf(f)edhin “outlaw, outcast; one who changes his clan and goes to a new kinship” ✧ GL/73
Variations
- gw- ✧ GL/46 (gw-); GL/46 (gw-); GL/52 (gw-); GL/52 (gw-)
- uv- ✧ GL/50
- um- ✧ GL/50
- un- ✧ GL/50
- û- ✧ GL/73
- Û- ✧ LT2A/Nínin-Udathriol
gw-
prefix. negative prefix
Early Primitive Elvish
ḷ-
prefix. negative prefix
Derivatives
Variations
- ḷ ✧ GL/50; PE12/011; QL/097
Early Quenya
ul-
prefix. negative prefix; mis-
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶ḷ- > UL- [ḷb-] > [ulb-] ✧ QL/097 ᴱ✶ḷ > ul- [ḷɸ-] > [ulɸ-] > [ulf-] ✧ QL/097 Variations
- UL ✧ LT1A/Melko
- UL- ✧ QL/097
ul- (hideous) (only found as the initial element of names, like Ulwarth). See HIDEOUS.