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!
arp
adjective. barren, dry, desert
Cognates
- Eq. arqa “arid, parched, dry” ✧ GL/20
Derivations
- ᴱ√ARA “(be) dry”
Variations
- arf ✧ GL/20
- arg ✧ GL/20 (
arg)
arf
adjective. barren, dry, desert
gwivrin
adjective. barren
Derivations
- G. uivrin “barren” ✧ GL/46
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources G. uivrin > gwivrin [wivrin] > [gʷivrin] ✧ GL/46
ilgiol
adjective. barren
Elements
Word Gloss il- “the opposite, the reversal” giol “fecund; conceiving, having conceived, just pregnant”
uivrin
adjective. barren
An adjective appearing as G. uivrin “barren” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed, the negated form of G. ivrin “fertile” (GL/46, 74). It had a variant form G. gwivrin “barren” where with the “ui- being replaced by analogy” (GL/46).
Neo-Sindarin: I would update this word to ᴺS. aliavren “barren” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, based on the updated word ᴺS. iavren “fertile”.
Derivatives
- G. gwivrin “barren” ✧ GL/46
A word for “barren” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of G. giol “fecund” with the negative prefix G. il- (GL/50).