Quenya 

alas

marble

alas (alast-) noun "marble" (QL:30, GL:39).

orro

interjection. alas!

Quenya [PE 22:23] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

ai

interjection. ah, alas

Element in

Variations

  • Ai! ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58; RGEO/58
  • ai! ✧ PE17/061
Quenya [LotR/0377; PE17/061; RGEO/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

horro

ugh, alas! ow!

horro (also orro) interjection "ugh, alas! ow!" (said to be an interjection "of horror, pain, disgust") (VT45:17)

orro

ugh, alas! ow!

orro (also horro) "ugh, alas! ow!" (interjection "of horror, pain, disgust") (VT45:17)

ai!

ah!

ai! interjection "Ah!", "Alas!" (Nam, RGEO:66; also twice in Narqelion, untranslated.) In one (abandoned) version of the Quenya Lord's Prayer, Tolkien may seem to use ai as a vocative particle: ai Ataremma ?"o our Father" (VT43:10, 13)

nai

ill, grievously, abominably

nai (2) prefix "ill, grievously, abominably" (PE17:151), cf. naiquet-. Earlier material also lists an interjection nai "alas" _(NAY; this may be obsoleted by # 1 above; _Namárië uses ai! in a similar sense)

alas

noun. marble

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. galast- “marble, (orig.) thing pleasant to touch”
    • ᴹ√GALAS “joy, be glad”
    • ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA

Element in

  • ᴺQ. alasta “of marble, marble”

Sindarin 

ai

interjection. ah!

Though attested in LotR, this word might relate to ae.1 , with the regular change from ai to ae between Noldorin and Sindarin

Sindarin [LotR/I:XII] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nae

alas

(interjection) nae

nae

alas

alae!

ah

! (interjection) alae!

alae!

ah

glast

noun. marble

Cognates

  • ᴺQ. alas “marble”

Derivations

  • ᴺ✶. galast- “marble, (orig.) thing pleasant to touch”
    • ᴹ√GALAS “joy, be glad”
    • ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA

Element in

  • ᴺS. glathren “[of or like] marble”

lhaew

ill

*lhaew (sick, sickly), lenited ?thlaew or ?laew (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thloew, flaew.

lhaew

ill

(sick, sickly), lenited ?thlaew or ?laew (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thloew, flaew.

Noldorin 

nae

interjection. alas

Noldorin [Ety/375] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nae

interjection. alas

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. nai “alas” ✧ Ety/NAY

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NAY “lament” ✧ Ety/NAY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NAY > nae, nae[nai] > [nae]✧ Ety/NAY

Variations

  • nae, nae ✧ Ety/NAY
Noldorin [Ety/NAY; EtyAC/NAY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

nai

interjection. alas

Cognates

  • N. nae “alas” ✧ Ety/NAY

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NAY “lament” ✧ Ety/NAY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√NAY > nai[nai]✧ Ety/NAY

horro

interjection. ugh, alas!, ow!

orro

interjection. ugh, alas!, ow!

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ƷOR ✧ EtyAC/ƷOR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ƷOR > horro[ɣorro] > [horro]✧ EtyAC/ƷOR

Variations

  • orro ✧ EtyAC/ƷOR; PE22/023
  • horro ✧ EtyAC/ƷOR
Qenya [EtyAC/ƷOR; PE22/023] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

glast

noun. marble

A noun appearing as G. glast “marble” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/39), probably derived from ᴱ✶ʒalast- like its cognate ᴱQ. alas (alast-) “marble” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/30).

Neo-Sindarin: I think this word may be salvageable in Neo-Sindarin as ᴺS. glast, reconceived as a derivative of ᴹ√GALAS “joy, be glad”, perhaps from ᴺ✶galast- originally with the sense “thing pleasant to touch”.

Cognates

  • Eq. alas “marble”

Derivations

Element in

Gnomish [GL/24; GL/39] Group: Eldamo. Published by

a nech(a)

alas, o, woe

Changes

  • nech! → a nech ✧ GL/59
  • necha! → (a) necha! ✧ GL/59

Variations

  • a nech ✧ GL/59
  • (a) necha! ✧ GL/59
  • nech! ✧ GL/59 (nech!)
  • necha! ✧ GL/59 (necha!)

glastrin

adjective. marble

An adjective appearing as G. glastrin “marble” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of G. glast (GL/39).

Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, I think this word would become ᴺS. glathren: compare S. othrond from S. ost + S. rond.

Cognates

  • Eq. alasta “of marble, marble”

cwam

adjective. ill

A word glossed {“sick, unwell” >>} “ill” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/28). In an earlier but deleted version of the entry it was connected to adjective ᴱQ. qamba, and hence it was based on the early root ᴱ√QAMA (QL/76).

Changes

  • cwam → cwam “sick, unwell” ✧ GL/28

Cognates

  • Eq. qamba “unwell, sick” ✧ GL/28

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QAMA “*sick”
Gnomish [GL/26; GL/28] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

alas

noun. marble

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. alas (alast-) “marble” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶ʒalast- (QL/30).

Neo-Quenya: I think this word may be salvageable in Neo-Quenya as ᴺQ. alas, reconceived as a derivative of ᴹ√GALAS “joy, be glad”, perhaps from ᴺ✶galast- originally with the sense “thing pleasant to touch”.

Cognates

Derivations

Element in

  • Eq. alasta “of marble, marble” ✧ QL/030
  • Eq. alaswa “like marble” ✧ QL/030

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ʒalast- > alas[ɣalastǝ] > [ɣalast] > [ɣalas] > [alas]✧ QL/030
Early Quenya [PME/030; QL/030] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qolda

adjective. ill

The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had several similar adjectives under the early root ᴱ√QOLO: ᴱQ. qolda or qolina “ill” and ᴱQ. qolima “sickly, ailing” (QL/78).

Neo-Quenya: I’d adopt ᴺQ. quolina for all these meanings: “ill, sickly, ailing”. I would further assume it applies to any kind of physical ailment, including injury. For someone sick specifically by disease I would use [ᴺQ.] hlaiwa. Not all Neo-Quenya writers accept quo- as a valid combination; see the entry on how [[q|[wo] became [o]]] for further discussion.

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QOLO “*disease” ✧ QL/078

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QOLO > qolda[kʷolā] > [kʷola]✧ QL/078

Variations

  • qolina ✧ QL/078
Early Quenya [QL/078] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qolina

adjective. ill