Eldamo : Early Quenya : mear

ᴱQ. mear (mearn-) n. “gore, blood” (Category: Blood)

⚠️ᴱQ. mëar (mëarn-), n. “gore, blood” (Category: Blood): ᴺQ. ^mehar “gore”

A noun appearing as ᴱQ. mear “gore” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MEHE “ooze‽”, with stem forms mearn- or meas- (QL/60). The H in the root represents voiceless velar spirant χ, which was voiced to ɣ and then vanished between vowels in Early Qenya (PE12/18).

Neo-Quenya: I would adapt this word as ᴺQ. mehar “gore” for purposes of Neo-Quenya since the voicing of medial χ did not occur in later Quenya. I would assume it is derived from a Neo-Root ᴺ√MEKH of similar meaning, perhaps from primitive *mekhar or *mekhār.

References ✧ LT1A/Meássë; PME/60; QL/60

Glosses

“gore” ✧ LT1A/Meássë; PME/60
“gore, blood” ✧ QL/60

Variations

mear ✧ LT1A/Meássë; PME/60; QL/60

Inflections

mearn-	stem	✧ QL/60
meas-	stem	✧ QL/60

Cognates

G. †mais “gore”
G. mechor “gore” ✧ LT1A/Meássë

Derivations

< ᴱ√MEHE “ooze‽” ✧ LT1A/Meássë; QL/60

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√MEHE > mear

[mexarn] > [mexar] > [meɣar] > [mear]

✧ QL/60