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'''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]].
 
'''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==
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It is formed from words ''[[Valar|vala]]'', 'power' and ''[[rauco]]'', 'monster', possible [[Primitive Quendian]] as [[Asterisk|*]]''balaraukô''.
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It is formed from words ''[[Valar|vala]]'', 'power' and ''[[rauco]]'', 'monster'.{{fact}}
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In ''[[The Etymologies]]'', the word ''Balrog'' is derived from ''[[ñgwalaraukô]]''.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, RUK</ref>
  
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In ''[[The Etymologies]]'', the word Balrog is derived from ''[[ñgwalaraukô]]''<ref>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]], RUK</ref> but this would derive Quenya *''nwalarauco''.
 
 
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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]]''.
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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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[[Category:Quenya nouns]]
 
[[Category:Quenya nouns]]

Latest revision as of 12:11, 27 July 2011

Valarauco pl. Valaraucar[1][2] is the Quenya name for the Maiarin followers of Morgoth better known in their Sindarin form: Balrogs.

[edit] Etymology

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

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

[edit] 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?]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p.415
  2. ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998 p.10
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", RUK
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