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nehta-

to slay

#nehta- (2) vb. "to slay" if such a stem can be isolated from #nehtar (see below). The (variant?) form nahta- is given in VT49:24.

nehta-

deprive

nehta- (3) vb. "deprive" (PE17:167)

nehta-

verb. to deprive

Derivations

  • NEK “divide, separate, part; deprive” ✧ PE17/167

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Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
NEK > nehta-[nekta-] > [nexta-]✧ PE17/167

nahta-

slay

nahta- (1) verb "slay" (nahtan "I slay"). Possible variant #nehta- see #nehtar. Passive participle nahtana in the phrase nahtana ló Túrin *"slain by Turin". (VT49:24)

nahta-

verb. slay

Quenya [PE 22:102, 114; PE 22:159] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

nehtar

slayer

#nehtar noun "slayer", isolated from Morinehtar "Darkness-slayer" (PM:384, 385). It may be that a verbal stem #nehta- "to slay, kill" can also be isolated from this noun, though the attested form is actually nahta- (a possible example of A/E variation).

nehtar

noun. slayer

An element in Morinehtar “Darkness-slayer”, a name of one of the Blue Wizards (PM/384). It seems to be an agental form of nahta- “to slay”, but the reason why the vowel is e is unclear.

Cognates

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Elements

WordGloss
nahta-“to slay; to hurt, injure, wound, to slay, [ᴱQ.] slay cruelly; [Q.] to hurt, injure, wound”