Appendix:Sindarin/nâr

Sindarin

Etymology

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

nâr • 5~C6 (plural nair)

1. rat

References

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