Adûnaic
narû
noun. man, male
Derivations
- √N(D)ER “male (person), man”
Variations
- naru ✧ SD/434; SD/437 (naru)
- narū ✧ SD/437
narû
noun. man, male
Derivations
- √N(D)ER “male (person), man”
Variations
- naru ✧ SD/434; SD/437 (naru)
- narū ✧ SD/437
A noun translated “soldier” and fully declined as an example of an (archaic) masculine Strong II noun (SD/437). The archaic form of this word is †naru which is a Strong II noun since it ends in a single short vowel. Its non-archaic form is narû, which is presumably declined as a Weak II noun; most masculine and feminine nouns became weak in Classical Adûnaic (SD/436). It may be related to the Primitive Elvish root √N(D)ER, as suggested by several authors (AAD/20, AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/NERE).