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nexa

sharp, angular

nexa adj. "sharp, angular" (PE17:55; the editor indicates that the reading is uncertain, so the variant nerca may be preferred.)

nexa

adjective. sharp, angular

Changes

  • nerta → nerca ✧ PE17/055
  • nerca → nerca ✧ PE17/055

Cognates

  • S. negen “sharp, angular” ✧ PE17/055

Derivations

  • √NEK “narrow, narrow; *angular, sharp” ✧ PE17/055

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√NEK > nerca[nerka]✧ PE17/055
√NEK > nexa[neksa]✧ PE17/055

Variations

  • nerca ✧ PE17/055; PE17/055 (nerca)
  • nerta ✧ PE17/055 (nerta)

nerca

sharp, angular

nerca adj. "sharp, angular" (PE17:55), variant nexa (reading uncertain).

nerca

adjective. sharp, angular

ecya

sharp

#ecya adj. "sharp" in Ecyanáro ("k") "Sharp Flame", masc. name, Sindarin Aegnor(VT41:14, 19). The Quenya form of Aegnor is elsewhere given as Aicanáro instead.

aica

sharp

aica (1) ("k") adj. "sharp" _(AYAK) or "fell, terrible, dire" (PM:347; according to PM:363 seldom applied to evil things)_. In Aicanáro, q.v.

maica

sharp, piercing

maica (1) ("k")adj. "sharp, piercing" (SA:maeg), cf. hendumaica and the noun maica below.