Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : sab-

ᴺS. !sab- v. “to dig” (Category: to Dig, Delve)

ᴺS. !sab-, v. “to dig” [created by Paul Strack] (Category: to Dig, Delve): G. dol- “to dig”

See G. saptha- for discussion.

Cognates

ᴺQ. sap- “to dig”

Derivations

< ᴺ√SAP “[ᴱ√] dig, excavate”

G. saptha- v. “to dig, bite into” (Category: to Dig, Delve)

A verb appearing as G. saptha- “to dig, to bite into” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√SAPA “dig, excavate” (GL/67).

Neo-Sindarin: The root √SAP reappeared in Tolkien’s later writings, but for purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would adapt G. saptha- as a basic verb ᴺS. sab- “to dig” to avoid questions of how its phonetics would have changed in later Sindarin.

References ✧ GL/67

Glosses

“to dig, bite into” ✧ GL/67

Variations

saptha- ✧ GL/67

Inflections

sapthani	past	✧ GL/67
†sôbi	past	✧ GL/67

Cognates

ᴱQ. sapa- “to dig”

Derivations

< ᴱ√SAPA “dig, excavate” ✧ GL/67 (sab-)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√sab- > saptha-

[sapta-] > [sapθa-] > [sapθa-]

✧ GL/67