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Gnomish

rog

masculine name. Rog

Changes

  • RôgRog ✧ LT2/203

Cognates

Variations

  • Rôg ✧ LT2/203 (Rôg)
Gnomish [LT2/203; LT2A/Rog; LT2I/Rog; PE13/104; SMI/Rog] Group: Eldamo. Published by

brog

noun. horse

Element in

Variations

  • Brog ✧ GL/24
Gnomish [GG/09; GL/24; GL/64] Group: Eldamo. Published by

prog

noun. [unglossed]

rôg

adjective. doughty, strong

Variations

  • rog ✧ GL/65; LT2A/Rog
Gnomish [GL/65; LT2A/Rog] Group: Eldamo. Published by

grôg

noun. demon

noun. [unglossed]

Variations

  • ✧ GG/14 ()

clidhron

noun. [unglossed]

Cognates

  • Eq. qilde “quiet, rest, hush” ✧ GL/23

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√qḷd > clidhron[kwḷðron] > [kḷðron] > [kliðron]✧ GL/23

mair

noun. horse

An (archaic) word for “horse” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {mairog >>} mair, cognate to ᴱQ. mairo (GL/56), which appeared as ᴱQ. mairu in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MAẎA (QL/60).

Changes

  • mairogmair ✧ GL/56

Cognates

  • Eq. mairu “(horse) mane, flowing hair; charger” ✧ GL/56

Derivations

Element in

  • G. mairos “mane, long hair”

Variations

  • mairog ✧ GL/56 (mairog)

rab-

verb. [unglossed]

trum

?. [unglossed]

umeg

?. [unglossed]

’ôs

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√OSO “*enclosure” ✧ QL/041

brid-

verb. [unglossed]

Derivations

Element in

  • G. bridol “changing, varying, variable”

dôn

?. [unglossed]

Derivations

gatha

?. [unglossed]

@@@ form does not appear elsewhere and similar forms are not relevant

graug

noun. demon

Cognates

  • Eq. (a)rauke “demon, fiend” ✧ GL/42; LT1A/Balrog; PE13/099; QL/032

Derivations

Element in

  • G. Balrog “(Evil) Demon” ✧ GL/21; GL/42; LT1A/Balrog; QL/032

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ʒǝroukē > grôg[ɣǝroukē] > [gǝroukē] > [groukē] > [grōkē] > [grōk] > [grōg]✧ QL/032

Variations

  • grôg ✧ QL/032
Gnomish [GL/21; GL/42; LT1A/Balrog; PE13/099; QL/032] Group: Eldamo. Published by

thelg

noun. [unglossed]

thion

noun. [unglossed]

thrim

?. [unglossed]

praust

noun. [unglossed]

climbol

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TELE “cover in; close; finish”

Element in

Variations

  • Climbol ✧ PE13/104

beb

adverb. [unglossed]

Element in

noun. [unglossed]

pad

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√PATA “*rap, tap” ✧ GL/63

sind

noun. [unglossed]

sinthi

pronoun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SI(N) “this here by me” ✧ GL/68

thail

noun. [unglossed]

Cognates

  • Eq. saile “[unglossed]” ✧ GL/72

thel

noun. [unglossed]

thil

noun. [unglossed]

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SILI “*gleam”

thû-

verb. [unglossed]

tûn

noun. [unglossed]

ulthanc

noun. [unglossed]