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'''Valaraukar'''<ref>{{HM|WJ}} p.415</ref><ref>{{VT|39}} p.10</ref> is the [[Quenya]] name for the [[Maiar]]in followers of [[Morgoth]] better known in their [[Sindarin]] form: [[Balrogs]].
'''Valarauco''' pl. '''Valaraucar'''<ref>{{HM|WJ}} p.415</ref><ref>{{VT|39}} p.10</ref> is the [[Quenya]] name for the [[Maiar]]in followers of [[Morgoth]] better known in their [[Sindarin]] form: [[Balrogs]].
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
It is formed from words ''[[vala]]'', 'power' and ''[[rauco]]'', 'monster', possible [[PQ]] *''balaraukô''
It is formed from words ''[[Valar|vala]]'', 'power' and ''[[rauco]]'', 'monster'.{{fact}}


In the [[Etymologies]], the word Balrog is derived from ''[[ñgwalaraukô]]''<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]], RUK</ref> but this would derive Quenya *''nwalarauco''
In ''[[The Etymologies]]'', the word ''Balrog'' is derived from ''[[ñgwalaraukô]]''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, RUK</ref>
 
==Note==
Valarauco is a paradox in the Quenya language as not forming a regular plural  [[Asterisk#Fandom|**]]''Valaraucor'' but changing the final vowel in the plural (-o > -ar). No other Quenya words have been attested to form the plural in such a manner, but cf. ''[[sundo]]''.{{fact}}
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Valarauco pl. Valaraucar[1][2] is the Quenya name for the Maiarin followers of Morgoth better known in their Sindarin form: Balrogs.

Etymology

It is formed from words vala, 'power' and rauco, 'monster'.[source?]

In The Etymologies, the word Balrog is derived from ñgwalaraukô.[3]

Note

Valarauco is a paradox in the Quenya language as not forming a regular plural **Valaraucor but changing the final vowel in the plural (-o > -ar). No other Quenya words have been attested to form the plural in such a manner, but cf. sundo.[source?]

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