NEK

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NEK is an Elvish root, with two different meanings.

NEK1[edit | edit source]

Meaning: "deprive"[1]:167, "divide, part, separate"[2]

  • Quenya: nehta- "deprive"; nehtanō "one deprived, exile whose rights and goods have been confiscated"; -enca and nec- "without, -less"
  • Sindarin: neithan (cognate of nehtanō)

NEK2[edit | edit source]

Meaning: "narrow"[3]

  • Common Eldarin: nek-tē
    • Quenya: nehte "angle", nerca, nexa "sharp, angular", nekel "a thorn"
    • Sindarin: neith, naith "angle",[1]:55 "a spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow promontory"[3], neg(e)n "sharp, angular"

Compounds:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson)
  2. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005, p. 16
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", p. 282
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