A word for “hunter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of the verb N. fara- “to hunt” with the agental suffix N. -dir (Ety/SPAR). It had a (class) plural form faradrim; perhaps in this case the class plural was also used as the ordinary plural. This word shows i-affection from its suffix -dir, causing the a’s in the word to become e’s. This is unusual, especially in later Sindarin, where in “recognized compounds” the initial element of the compound did not normally undergo i-affection: compare S. randir “wanderer” with initial element from ran-.
Noldorin
faron
noun. hunter
faron
noun. hunter
Element in
- N. Elfaron “Sky-hunter” ✧ Ety/SPAR
Elements
Word Gloss fara- “to hunt” -(r)on “agental suffix”
faradrim
noun. hunters
feredir
noun. hunter
feredir
noun. hunter
Derivations
- ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” ✧ Ety/SPAR; EtyAC/PHAR²
Element in
- ᴺS. feredis “hunter (f.)”
Elements
Word Gloss fara- “to hunt” dîr “man, adult male; agental suffix” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√SPAR > feredir [sparadēr] > [sparadīr] > [sɸaradīr] > [ɸaradīr] > [faradīr] > [feredīr] > [feredir] ✧ Ety/SPAR ᴹ√PHAR² > feredir [pʰaradīr] > [ɸaradīr] > [faradīr] > [feredīr] > [feredir] ✧ EtyAC/PHAR²
A word for “hunter” in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as an element in the name N. Elfaron “Sky-hunter”, an agental form of the verb N. fara- “to hunt” (Ety/SPAR).