_ adj. _dreadful, horrible, ghastly.
Sindarin
naer
adjective. dreadful
naer
adjective. sad, lamentable
naer
adjective. dreadful, horrible, unendurable, dreadful, horrible, unendurable; [N.] lamentable, sad
Cognates
- Q. naira “dreadful, horrible, unendurable, dreadful, horrible, unendurable, [ᴱQ.] dire, grievous” ✧ PE17/151
Derivations
- √NAY “cause bitter grief or pain, cause bitter grief or pain, [ᴹ√] lament” ✧ PE17/151
Element in
- S. Cabed Naeramarth “Leap of Dreadful Doom” ✧ S/224
- ᴺS. naeras “sorrow, woe”
- S. naergon “woeful lament”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NAY > naer [nairā] > [naira] > [nair] > [naer] ✧ PE17/151 Variations
- Naer ✧ S/224
daer
adjective. dreadful
nûr
adjective. sad
For an earlier discussion, see Klockzo, 4th volume, p. 160 §147: The meaning of Núrnen long remained highly hypothetical. The current definition is based on Christopher Tolkien's index to UT and on the unfinished index of names published in RC. The Gnomish Lexicon listed nur- (nauri) "growl, grumble", nurn "plaint, lament, a complaint" and nurna- "bewail, lament, complain of" (PE/11:61). Likewise, the Qenyaqetsa included a root NURU- with several derivatives with similar meanings (PE/12:68). See also Q. nurrula "mumbling" (from nurru- "murmur, grumble") in the final version of the poem The Last Ark (MC/222-23). Patrick Wynne therefore noted: S. *nûr in Núrnen "Sad Water" is apparently "sad" in the sense "bewailing, lamenting, complaining, grumbling", no doubt a reference to the general mood of the hapless laborers in "the great slave-worked fields" beside the lake. (See Lambengolmor/856-860)
goeol
adjective. dreadful, terrifying
naer
dreadful
(lamentable, woeful, sad); no distinct pl. form.
naer
sad
(dreadful, lamentable, woeful); no distinct pl. form.
naer
lamentable
naer (dreadful, sad, woeful); no distinct pl. form.
naer
lamentable
(dreadful, sad, woeful); no distinct pl. form.
naer
woeful
naer (dreadful, lamentable, sad); no distinct pl. form.
naer
woeful
(dreadful, lamentable, sad); no distinct pl. form.
gaer
dreadful
1) gaer (awful, fearful; holy); lenited aear; no distinct pl. form. Note: homophones mean "reddish, copper-coloured, ruddy" and also "sea". 2) naer (lamentable, woeful, sad); no distinct pl. form.
gaer
dreadful
(awful, fearful; holy); lenited ’aear; no distinct pl. form. Note: homophones mean "reddish, copper-coloured, ruddy" and also "sea".
naergon
woeful lament
(pl. naergoen)
nûr
sad
(pl. nuir). Note: homophones mean ”deep” and ”race”.
dem
sad
1) dem (gloomy), lenited dhem, pl. dhim; 2) naer (dreadful, lamentable, woeful); no distinct pl. form. 3) nûr (pl. nuir). Note: homophones mean ”deep” and ”race”.
dem
sad
(gloomy), lenited dhem, pl. dhim
_ adj. _dreadful, horrible, unendurable. Q. naira.