Eldamo : Quenya : urda

Q. urda adj. “hard, difficult, arduous” (Category: Difficult)

Q. urda, adj. “difficult, arduous, hard” (Category: Difficult)

An adjective appearing in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959 glossed “hard, difficult, arduous” based on the root √GUR of similar meaning (PE17/154).

Neo-Quenya: I believe that urda has a connotation of “difficult, arduous” due to the inherent complexity or difficulty of the task, as opposed to hraia or hranga meaning “difficult, hard” due to resistance from the thing or people being worked upon.

Reference ✧ PE17/154 ✧ “hard, difficult, arduous”

Cognates

S. gordh¹ “difficult, laborious” ✧ PE17/154 (gorð)

Derivations

< √GUR “hard, stiff, difficult, cumbrous, slow” ✧ PE17/154

Phonetic Developments

√GUR > urda

[gurda] > [ɣurda] > [urda]

✧ PE17/154