Eldamo : Sindarin : balch

S. balch adj. “fierce, ferocious” (Category: Anger)

S. balch, adj. “fierce, ferocious; [N.] cruel” (Category: Anger): G. grum “fierce”; G. orcômin “fierce and bloody minded”; G. sagruin “ferocious; full of hate towards”; G. torod “fierce, violent”

Reference ✧ PE17/154 ✧ “fierce, ferocious”

√GWAL “be stirred, excited” died out in Sindarin except in balch “fierce, ferocious” ✧ PE17/154
Wes. balc “horrible” may be derived from balch “fierce, ferocious”

Cognates

Derivations

< ✶walka “fierce, ferocious” ✧ PE17/154 (wal-ka)
- < √GWAL “be stirred, excited; emotion, movement of feelings” ✧ PE17/154

Phonetic Developments

✶wal-ka > balch

[gwalka] > [balka] > [balkʰa] > [balxa] > [balx]

N. balch [mb-] adj. “cruel” (Category: Emotion (other))

Reference ✧ Ety/ÑGWAL ✧ “cruel”

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√ÑGWAL > balch

[ŋgwalka] > [mbalka] > [mbalkʰa] > [mbalxa] > [balxa] > [balx]

G. balc adj. “cruel, evil” (Category: Emotion (other))

References ✧ GL/21; LT1A/Balrog; LT2A/Balcmeg; PE15/21

Glosses

Elements

bal	“anguish, pain; evilness”	✧ GL/21; LT1A/Balrog
#-c	“noun or adjective suffix”	✧ GL/21 (#-c)

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Cognates