UR
From Tolkien Gateway
UR is an Elvish root meaning "warmth", "be hot" (compare root AS).[1][2]
Derivatives[edit | edit source]
- Quenya: urya- ("be hot"); Úrin; aurĭ- ("heat, period of sun"); aure ("day")[1]
- Sindarin: aur ("sunlight, day")
Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]
In the Etymologies, the meaning of root UR as "be hot" was changed to meaning "wide, large, great", with the derivatives Quenya úra ("large"), Úrien, and Noldorin ûr ("wide").[2][3]
In the Qenya Lexicon appears the root URU, with the Qenya derivative ūrin ("blazing hot").[4]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Root AS
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 148, 188
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 396
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 20
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne)