ala, #ála (1) imperative particle á, a combined with the negation lá, -la "not" to express a prohibition (VT43:22; see lá #1). Also with 1st person suffix -lyë (alalyë and álalyë, VT43:10, 22, VT44:8) and 1st person pl. object suffix -më (alamë and álamë, "do not [do something to] us", as in álamë tulya, "do not lead us", VT43:12, 22). In the essay Quendi and Eldar, negative imperatives are rather indicated by áva, q.v., but this form can well coexist with ala, #ála.
Quenya
alahasta
unmarred
alahasta
adjective. unmarred
Element in
- Q. Arda Alahasta “Arda Unmarred” ✧ MR/254
Elements
Word Gloss al(a)- “in-, un-, not; †-less, without” hasta- “to mar” Variations
- Alahasta ✧ MR/254
ala
not
ala-
not
ala- (2) negative prefix "not", "un-", reduced to al- before a vowel (VT42:33, GALA, VT45:25), though the example Alcorin would suggest that al- can sometimes appear before a consonant as well. In a deleted entry in Etym, al(a)- was defined as "not" and said to be a "pure negative" (VT45:5). In alahasta, Alamanyar, alasaila, Alcorin.
úvana
unmarred
úvana adj. "unmarred" (PE17:150), rejected meaning: "monstrous" (PE17:149). The word for "unmarred" is alahasta (q.v.) in a more widely published source.
úχarin
unmarred
úχarin adj. "unmarred" (PE17:150), this would be úharin in more standard spelling (and later pronunciation). In a more widely published source, the word for "unmarred" is alahasta, q.v.
úχarin
adjective. unmarred
úharin Reconstructed
adjective. unmarred
alahasta adj. "unmarred" (MR:254)