Eldamo : Middle Quenya : ruk-

ᴹQ. ruk- v. (basic-verb) “to pluck” (Category: to Take)

⚠️ᴹQ. ruc-, v. (basic-verb) “to pluck” (Category: to Take): Q. #ruc- “to feel fear or horror; *to flee (to)”; ᴺQ. lep- “to take [with fingers], *pick, pluck”

A verb from the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948 based on the root ᴹ√RUK “pluck” (PE22/102).

Neo-Quenya: Elsewhere √RUK was the basis for demon words like S. Balrog, so for “pluck” I would use ᴱQ. lep- which is more obviously connected to fingers.

References ✧ PE22/102

Inflections

ruñke	past	✧ PE22/102
uruñkie	perfect; reformed-perfect	✧ PE22/102
urúkie	perfect	✧ PE22/102

Derivations

< ᴹ√RUK² “pluck” ✧ PE22/102

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√RUK > ruñke

[ruŋke]

✧ PE22/102