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ᴱQ. nal (nald-) n. “dale, dell” (Category: Dale, Valley)

⚠️ᴱQ. nal (nald-), n. “dale, dell” (Category: Dale, Valley): Q. imbë² “deep valley, (wide) ravine, [ᴹQ.] glen, dell, (lit.) tween-land”

In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s there were a pair of similar nouns derived from the root ᴱ√NḶĐḶ: ᴱQ. nal (nald-) “dale, dell” and ᴱQ. nalle “dell” (QL/66). The latter was derived from ᴱ✶nḷdle and the former probably from *nḷd-. The word nalle also appeared unglossed in Early Qenya Word-lists from the 1920s (PE16/144).

References ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda; PE16/144; QL/66

Glosses

“dale, dell” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda (nal(lë)); QL/66
“dell” ✧ QL/66 (nalle)

Variations

nal ✧ QL/66
nal(lë) ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda
nalle ✧ PE16/144; QL/66

Inflections

nald-

stem

✧ QL/66

Cognates

G. nal¹ “dale, vale” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda

Derivations

< ᴱ√NḶĐḶ “*dell” ✧ LT1A/Murmenalda (NḶDḶ); QL/66 (nḷřḷ)
< ᴱ✶nḷdle “dell” ✧ QL/66
- < ᴱ√NḶĐḶ “*dell” ✧ QL/66 (nḷřḷ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√nḷřḷ > nal	[nḹð] > [nalð] > [nald] > [nal]	✧ QL/66
ᴱ✶nḷdle > nalle	[nḹðlē] > [nḹðle] > [nalðle] > [naldle] > [naldle]	✧ QL/66