S. edraith n. “rescue, saving” (Category: to Save, Rescue)
A noun meaning “rescue, saving”, most notably appearing in the phrase naur an edraith ammen “fire [be] for saving of us” (LotR/290; PE17/38; TI/169). It is a combination of primitive ✶et “out” with ✶rekti(e) “saving” from the root √REK “recover, get out/away, save from ruin/peril/loss” (PE17/38).
References ✧ LotR/290, 299; PE17/38
Glosses
Elements
| ✶et | “out (of), forth” | ✧ PE17/38 |
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶rekti(e) > edraith | [etrekte] > [etrektʰe] > [etrektʰe] > [etrexθe] > [etreiθe] > [etreiθ] > [edreiθ] > [edraiθ] | ✧ PE17/38 |