Doriathrin
olg
adjective. hideous, horrible
Cognates
- ᴹT. ulga “hideous, horrible” ✧ Ety/ÚLUG
Derivations
- ᴹ√ULUG “*hideous, deformed” ✧ Ety/ÚLUG
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√ÚLUG > olg [ulgā] > [ulga] > [olga] > [olg] ✧ Ety/ÚLUG
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An adjective meaning “hideous, horrible” derived from the root ᴹ√ULUG (Ety/ÚLUG). Its Telerin cognate ᴹT. ulga indicates a primitive form ✱✶ulgā, so that in the Ilkorin word the [[ilk|short [u] became [o] preceding the final [a]]] before that final vowel vanished.