Gnomish
nab-
verb. to take, lay hold of
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nab-
verb. to take, lay hold of
A verb appearing as G. nab- “take, lay hold of” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/59), apparently derived from the early root ᴱ√NAPA which was a variant of ᴱ√MAPA “seize” (QL/59, 64). Its past form nôbi appeared in the untranslated phrase G. nôbi i·mab ’len suila ontha from the contemporaneous Gnomish Grammar, apparently “✱he took the slender hand of his daughter” (GG/11).
Neo-Sindarin: Since √NAP appears in Tolkien’s later writings with glosses like “grasp, seize quickly” (VT47/20), “take hold” (VT47/27), and “take, pick up” (VT47/28), I would retain ᴺS. nab- “to take, lay hold of” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin.