Appendix:Sindarin/nâr

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Sindarin

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Etymology

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Only attested in Tolkien’s earlier conception of the language (‘Noldorin’). Diegetically explained as inherited from Primitive Elvish *nyadrō with an irregular loss of d (the expected development is attested in an archaic variant nadhor), from a root *nyad- (‘to gnaw’), and so cognate with Quenya nyarro.

Noun

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nâr • 5~C6 (plural nair)

  1. rat

References

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  • Paul Strack (2008–2023) “nâr”, in Eldamo – An Elvish Lexicon[1]