engwa adj. "sickly"; nominal pl. Engwar "the Sickly", Elvish name of Mortal Men (Silm, GENG-WĀ)
Quenya
engwar
collective name. Men, (lit.) The Sickly
Elements
Word Gloss engwa “sickly”
engwa
sickly
engwa
adjective. sickly
An adjective for “sickly” in The Etymologies of the 1930s from the root ᴹ√GENG-WA “sick” (Ety/GENG-WĀ), used in its noun plural form ᴹQ. Engwar “The Sickly” as a name for Men (LR/245). Christopher Tolkien kept Engwar in the published version of The Silmarillion (S/103).
Derivations
- ᴹ√GENGWA “sick”
Element in
- Q. Engwar “Men, (lit.) The Sickly” ✧ S/103
A somewhat insulting Elvish term for Men (S/103), the plural of the adjective engwa “sickly”.
Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Engwar first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/245). It also appeared in The Etymologies (Ety/GENG-WĀ).