Eldamo : Middle Primitive Elvish : NARAK

ᴹ√NARAK root. “tear, rend (tr. and intr.)”

ᴹ√NARAK root. “tear, rend (tr. and intr.)”: ᴱ√ḶQḶ “rend”; ᴱ√SṆKṆ “rend, tear”

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “tear, rend (tr. and intr.)”, with derivatives like ᴹQ. naraka “harsh, rending, violent” and N. narcha- “to rend” (Ety/NÁRAK). The element S. narch “bitter-biting” in S. Narchost from The Lord of the Rings is probably related (LotR/900; RC/601). This in turn hints that the early root ᴱ√NARA “(properly) bite at” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s was a likely precursor, though a parenthetical comment indicates the actual form of this root was ᴱ√ŊARA or ᴱ√ŊAŘA [ŊAÐA] (QL/64).

Reference ✧ Ety/NÁRAK ✧ NÁRAK “tear, rend (tr. and intr.)”

Derivatives

> ᴹ✶narāka “rushing, rapid, violent” ✧ Ety/NÁRAK
- > ᴹQ. naraka “harsh, rending, violent of (?sounds)” ✧ Ety/NÁRAK
- > N. Narog ✧ Ety/NÁRAK
  - ⇒ N. Nargothrond “fortress of Narog” ✧ Ety/NÁRAK; LR/254
  - ⇒ N. Narogardh “realm of Narog” ✧ Ety/NÁRAK
> ᴹQ. narka- “to rend” ✧ Ety/NÁRAK
> N. narch “*bitter-biting”
- ⇒ N. Narch
- ⇒ N. Narchost “*Bitter-biting Fort”
> N. narcha- “to rend” ✧ Ety/NÁRAK
> ᴺQ. narca “snappy, ill-tempered”
> ᴺQ. ^narcë “*rend, tear; [ᴱQ.] snap of a dog; spiteful remark”
> S. narch “bitter-biting”
- ⇒ S. Narchost “Bitter-biting Fort” ✧ RC/601

ᴱ√ŊARA root. “(properly) bite at”

See ᴹ√NARAK for discussion.

References ✧ QL/64

Glosses

“(properly) bite at” ✧ QL/64 (NARA)

Variations

ŊARA ✧ QL/64
NARA ✧ QL/64
[ŊA]ŘA ✧ QL/64

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. nara “strife” ✧ QL/64
> ᴱQ. nara- “to snap, quarrel” ✧ QL/64
> ᴱQ. nark “spiteful remark, snap of a dog” ✧ QL/64
- ⇒ ᴱQ. narka¹ “snappy, ill-tempered” ✧ QL/64
> ᴱQ. narte “bitter” ✧ QL/64