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'''MOR''' is a [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] signifying "black, dark".<ref name=L297>{{L|297}} (root appearing as "√MOR")</ref><ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, pp. 73, 81 , 165 (root appearing as "√MOR-")</ref> | '''MOR''' is a [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] signifying "black, dark".<ref name=L297>{{L|297}} (root appearing as "√MOR")</ref><ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, pp. 73, 81 , 165 (root appearing as "√MOR-")</ref><ref name=SApp>{{S|Appendix}} (element appearing as "''mor''", signifying "dark")</ref> | ||
==Derivatives== | ==Derivatives== | ||
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==Other versions== | ==Other versions== | ||
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the root MOR-, yielding [[Primitive Quendian]] ''mori'' ("black"). From this root derives such words as:<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, | In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the root MOR-, yielding [[Primitive Quendian]] ''mori'' ("black"). From this root derives such words as:<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 373-4</ref> | ||
*Quenya: ''[[morna]]'' ("gloomy, sombre"); ''[[mordo]]'' ("shadow, obscurity, stain, smear, dimness")<ref name=VT45a/> | *Quenya: ''[[morna]]'' ("gloomy, sombre"); ''[[mordo]]'' ("shadow, obscurity, stain, smear, dimness")<ref name=VT45a/> | ||
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*[[Ilkorin]]: ''môr'' ("night") | *[[Ilkorin]]: ''môr'' ("night") | ||
==Examples== | |||
The element ''mor'' appears in a large number of compounds. [[Christopher Tolkien]] notes in the [[Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] that the entry MOR- is "''extremely confused through changes and afterthought additions''" and that it is not clear if "''all the forms given were intended to stand''".<ref name=LR/> It can therefore be hard to know if the element ''mor'' in a compound is supposed to consist of a certain derivative of MOR. | |||
*''[[Morannon|'''Mor'''annon]]''<ref name=L297/> | |||
*''[[Mordor|'''Mor'''dor]]''<ref name=SApp/><ref name=L297/> | |||
*''[[Morgoth|'''Mor'''goth]]''<ref name=SApp/><ref name=L297/> | |||
*''[[Morgul|'''Mor'''gul]]''<ref name=L297/> | |||
*''[[Moria|'''Mor'''ia]]''<ref name=SApp/><ref name=L297/> | |||
*''[[Moriquendi|'''Mor'''iquendi]]''<ref name=SApp/> | |||
*''[[Mormegil|'''Mor'''megil]]''<ref name=SApp/> | |||
*''[[Morwen|'''Mor'''wen]]''<ref name=SApp/> | |||
==Inspiration== | |||
Based on manuscripts held at the [[Cushing Memorial Library and Archives collection]], Madeline J. Keyser has suggested that [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] was inspired by a real-world word ''mora'', which "''seems to be of North (Scandinavian) and West Germanic origin — the Latin root is found in Modern English words such as murky, and in other Germanic words associated with darkness''". A manuscript note appears to consist of the glosses ''mora'' "dark", ''moranya'' "darker", and ''moranta'' "darkest".<ref name=Sixteen>{{webcite|author=Madeline J. Keyser|articleurl=http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/1066-Sixteen-philological-books-notes-library-of-Tolkien.php|articlename=Sixteen Philological Books and Notes from the Library of J.R.R. Tolkien|dated=30 December 2012|website=TL|accessed=3 January 2013}}</ref> | |||
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[[Category:Roots]] | [[Category:Roots]] |
Latest revision as of 17:51, 9 May 2019
MOR is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "black, dark".[1][2][3]
Derivatives[edit | edit source]
Other versions[edit | edit source]
In the Etymologies appears the root MOR-, yielding Primitive Quendian mori ("black"). From this root derives such words as:[4]
- Ilkorin: môr ("night")
Examples[edit | edit source]
The element mor appears in a large number of compounds. Christopher Tolkien notes in the Etymologies that the entry MOR- is "extremely confused through changes and afterthought additions" and that it is not clear if "all the forms given were intended to stand".[4] It can therefore be hard to know if the element mor in a compound is supposed to consist of a certain derivative of MOR.
Inspiration[edit | edit source]
Based on manuscripts held at the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives collection, Madeline J. Keyser has suggested that Tolkien was inspired by a real-world word mora, which "seems to be of North (Scandinavian) and West Germanic origin — the Latin root is found in Modern English words such as murky, and in other Germanic words associated with darkness". A manuscript note appears to consist of the glosses mora "dark", moranya "darker", and moranta "darkest".[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 297, (dated August 1967) (root appearing as "√MOR")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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), pp. 73, 81 , 165 (root appearing as "√MOR-")
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names" (element appearing as "mor", signifying "dark")
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pp. 373-4
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 35
- ↑ Madeline J. Keyser, "Sixteen Philological Books and Notes from the Library of J.R.R. Tolkien" dated 30 December 2012, Tolkien Library (accessed 3 January 2013)