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Gnomish

nictha-

verb. to rain, hail, snow

An impersonal verb in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. nictha “it is raining, hailing, is snowing” (GL/60), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√NIQI “white” (QL/66) with qt [kʷt] > cth [xθ].

Neo-Sindarin: If updated to Neo-Sindarin, this verb would be ᴺS. nítha- since since k spirantalized and then vocalized before th. However, I would limit its use to “snow, hail”, and for the verb “rain” I’d instead use ᴺS. uil.

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NIQI “white”

Variations

  • nictha ✧ GL/60

ubra-

verb. to rain

Cognates

  • Eq. uqu- “to rain”