Q. fara- v. (a-verb) “to hunt” (Category: to Hunt)
A verb for “to hunt” based on the root √SPAR. In the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948, Tolkien gave it as an example of an a-verb with an inherently continuative sense (PE22/113).
References ✧ PE22/138, 164
Inflections
faran | aorist 1st-sg | ✧ PE22/164 | |
farále | aorist 2nd-sg | “you hunt” | ✧ PE22/138 |
faruvan | future 1st-sg | ✧ PE22/164 | |
faranen | past 1st-sg | ✧ PE22/164 | |
farnen | past 1st-sg; strong-past | ✧ PE22/164 | |
afārien | perfect 1st-sg | ✧ PE22/164 | |
fāran | present 1st-sg | ✧ PE22/164 | |
fārean | present 1st-sg | ✧ PE22/164 |
Element In
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
✶phár-alē > farále | [pʰaralē] > [ɸaralē] > [ɸarale] > [farale] | ✧ PE22/138 |
ᴹQ. fara- v. (a-verb) “to hunt” (Category: to Hunt)
References ✧ PE22/110-113, 116
Glosses
Variations
Changes
Inflections
farea | active-participle | “hunting, of prey” | ✧ PE22/111 |
farea | active-participle | “hunting” | ✧ PE22/116 |
fara | aorist | ✧ PE22/116 | |
farále | aorist with-2nd-sg-polite-object; prosodic-lengthening | “hunts you” | ✧ PE22/110 |
faráva | future | “will hunt, be hunting” | ✧ PE22/116 |
faráre | gerund | “hunting” | ✧ PE22/116 |
faráve | gerund | ✧ PE22/116 | |
faralya | imperfect-participle | ✧ PE22/116 | |
faraina | imperfect-passive-participle | ✧ PE22/116 | |
faranta | imperfect-passive-participle | ✧ PE22/116 | |
farina | passive-participle | “fugitive, hunted” | ✧ PE22/111 |
faralya | present; long-imperfect | “I am (on this occasion engaged in) hunting” | ✧ PE22/116 |
faralye | present; long-imperfect | “is hunting” | ✧ PE22/116 |
faralye | present; long-imperfect | “I am (on this occasion engaged in) hunting” | ✧ PE22/116 |
ye faralya | present; long-imperfect | “I am (on this occasion engaged in) hunting” | ✧ PE22/116 |
Element In
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
ᴹ✶farāyā́ > fárăyā > farea | [sparājā] > [ɸarājā] > [ɸarajā] > [ɸarea] > [farea] | ✧ PE22/111 |
ᴹ✶sparā > fara- | [spara-] > [ɸara-] > [fara-] | ✧ PE22/113 |