parch

adjective. naked

_ adj. _naked, of persons. Q. parka.

parch

adjective. naked (of persons)

An adjective for “naked (of persons)” derived from √PAR “peel” appearing in notes from around 1959 (PE17/86).

Conceptual Development: There was a similar word G. falon or falin “naked” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/33), derived from the early root ᴱ√FALA “bare, nude” (QL/37).

Neo-Sindarin: I would avoid these words for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, using [N.] hell “naked” instead. In the case of 1959 parch, it conflicts with 1930s N. parch “dry”, and while we have number of options for “naked” words, there are not many good options for “dry”.

Cognates

• Q. parca “naked (of persons)” ✧ PE17/086

Derivations

• √PAR “peel, peel, *bare” ✧ PE17/086

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√PAR > parch	[parka] > [parkʰa] > [parxa] > [parx]	✧ PE17/086

apharch

adjective. very dry, arid

paran

adjective. naked

_ adj. _naked, bald, bare. Q. parne. >> baran, Dol Baran

lanc

noun. naked

lanc

adjective. naked

A word for “naked” in the name Amon Lanc “Naked Hill” (UT/280).

Element in

• S. Amon Lanc “Naked Hill” ✧ UT/280

Variations

• Lanc ✧ UT/280

parch

dry

parch (lenited barch; pl. perch);

parch

dry

(lenited barch; pl. perch);

apharch

very dry

(pl. epherch) (VT45:5, 36)

lanc

naked

(pl. lainc). Note: homophones means ”neck, throat” and also ”sharp edge, sudden end, brink”.

hell

naked

1) hell (lenited chell; pl. hill), 2) lanc (pl. lainc). Note: homophones means ”neck, throat” and also ”sharp edge, sudden end, brink”.

hell

naked

(lenited chell; pl. hill)