nṛqṛ

root. to wither, fade, shrivel

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “to wither, fade, shrivel”, its most notable derivative being ᴱQ. Narqelion “Autumn” along with ᴱQ. narqa “faded, shrivelled” and ᴱQ. narqa- “(intr.) wither” (QL/68). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon it had derivatives like G. drib- “rot, decay, wear out”, explicitly derived from nṛq- (GL/30) and other derivatives like G. narcos “rot, decay” (GL/59), these being the result of differing phonetic developments for short and long syllabic [ṛ]. In later writings, ᴹQ. Narqelion became “Fire-fading” = ᴹ√NAR + ᴹ√KWEL (Ety/KWEL, NAR), so the early root was almost certainly abandoned.

Derivatives

• Eq. narqa “faded, shrivelled” ✧ QL/068
• Eq. narqa- “to wither” ✧ QL/068
• Eq. narqele “fading, withering” ✧ QL/068
• G. drib- “to rot, decay, wear out” ✧ GL/30
• G. narcos “rot, decay”
• G. narp “rotten, decayed, corrupt; overripe”

Variations

• nṛq- ✧ GL/30