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Middle Primitive Elvish

tarag

root. *tough, stiff

An unglossed root in The Etymologies of the 1930s with derivatives like ᴹQ. tarya/N. tara “tough, stiff” and N. tarlanc “stiff-necked, obstinate” (Ety/TÁRAG). As pointed out by Christopher Tolkien, this last word is undoubtedly connected to S. tarlang in Tarlang’s Neck (LotR/790), which elsewhere was glossed “stiff-neck(ed)” (PE17/92, 98). In rough notes for Tolkien’s 1967 discussion of the Nomenclature of the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien indicated the initial element of this name was S. tarch, perhaps representing a shift of this root to ✱√TARAK (RC/536).

Neo-Eldarin: For purposes of Neo-Eldarin, I’d stick with the better-known earlier form of this root: ᴹ√TARAG.

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶targā “tough, stiff” ✧ Ety/TÁRAG
    • Ilk. targ “tough, stiff” ✧ Ety/TÁRAG
    • ᴹQ. tarya “tough, stiff” ✧ Ety/TÁRAG
    • On. targa “tough, stiff” ✧ Ety/TÁRAG
    • N. tara “tough, stiff” ✧ Ety/TÁRAG; PE22/034
  • S. tarch “stiff, rough (or tough)”
  • N. tarias “stiffness, toughness, difficulty” ✧ Ety/TÁRAG

Variations

  • TÁRAG ✧ Ety/TÁRAG
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