#nev (#“hither,close”) + #rast (#“shore”) The later form of Nivrost.
Sindarin
nev
mut
Nevrast
noun. hither shore
Nevrast
'Hither Shore'
nevrast
place name. Hither Shore
A region on the coast of Beleriand translated “Hither Shore” (S/119), named in opposition to the shores of Aman called Haerast “Far Shore” (PE17/27). This name is a combination of nef “on this side of” and ras(t) “shore” (PE17/27).
Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this name was Ilk. Nivrost “West Vale” (LR/259), designated as Ilkorin in The Etymologies (Ety/NIB, ROS²). In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, it changed to Nevrast with its new translation (WJ/179, 197), though in one place Tolkien wrote Nevrost (WJ/318).
nev
near
(adj. pref.) nev- (hither, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.
nev
hither
(adj. pref.) nev- (near, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.
nev
near
(hither, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.
nev
hither
(near, on this side). Also used as a preposition nef ”on this side of”.
dev-
nev-
Q. nev-.
nev-
verb. to seem, appear
nevia-
verb. to localize, bring close, translate (into your own language), translate (into another language when used with the dative case)
nevra-
verb. to face, go forward
nevui
adjective. nearly
uilaw
adverb. never
S. adverb. Ui "ever" + Law "not", Ever + Not, which is the etymology for "never" in many Indo-European languages.
úlú
adverb. at no time, never
← ú- “no, not” + lû “time, occasion”, cp. Q. illumë *‘allways’.
In a conceptual predecessor of the Sindarin, Gnomish, the language had a feature called negative concord, meaning that two negatives affirm each other rather than cancelling out (similarly to the English “I didn’t do nothing” which denies involvement in a particular situation instead of confirming it). Thus an example sentence for this word could be:
allu
adverb. never
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dev-
verb. to try, to try, *experiment, test
nef
preposition. hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation], hither, on this (the speaker’s) side of; †beyond [loose translation]; *near
-d
suffix. you
2nd du. pron. suff. #you (two). Q. -star.See paradigm PE17:132.
-dh
suffix. you
{ð} 2nd du. pron. suff. #you (two). Q. -star.See paradigm PE17:132.
-dh
suffix. you
{ð} 2nd sg. pron. suff. #you. Q. -tar.See paradigm PE17:132.
-dhir
suffix. you
{ð} 2nd pl. pron. suff. #you. Q. -ltar.See paradigm PE17:132.
chîr
mut
mut. of cîr
de
pronoun. you
na
near
(as preposition, = ”at, by”) na (followed by lenition), with article nan (followed by ”mixed mutation”, according to David Salos reconstruction). The preposition has various meanings: ”with, by, near” and also ”to, toward, at; of”
na
near
(followed by lenition), with article nan (followed by ”mixed mutation”, according to David Salo’s reconstruction). The preposition has various meanings: ”with, by, near” and also ”to, toward, at; of”
mut. of nef >> Nevrast