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'''RUKU''' is an [[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]] signifying "''the dreadful shapes ... taken by the servants of [[Melkor]]''"<ref>{{MR|Myths|}}, "[Section] X", p. 416</ref> that haunted the [[Elves]] and "''the terror that they inspired''"<ref name=AC>{{WJ|AC}}, pp. 389-391, 415 (Author's note 28)</ref>.
'''RUKU''' (or '''RUK'''<ref>{{VT|39a}}, p. 10</ref>) is an [[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]] signifying "''the dreadful shapes ... taken by the servants of [[Morgoth|Melkor]]''"<ref>{{MR|Myths|}}, "[Section] X", p. 416</ref> that haunted the [[Elves]] and "''the terror that they inspired''"<ref name=AC>{{WJ|AC}}, pp. 389-391, 415 (Author's note 28)</ref>.


==Derivatives<ref name=AC/>==
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**[[Khuzdul]]: ''[[Rukhs]]''
**[[Khuzdul]]: ''[[Rukhs]]''


==Other versions of the legendarium==
==Other versions==


In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the root RUK, signifying "[[demons|demon]]".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 384</ref>
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the root '''RUK''', signifying "[[demons|demon]]".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 384</ref>
 
Also in the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']] appears the root '''ÓROK''', from which derive words signifying "[[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|goblin]]":<ref name=LR379>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 379</ref>
 
*[[Primitive Quendian]]: ''órku''
**[[Quenya]]: ''orko'' (pl. ''orqi'')
**[[Noldorin]]: ''orch'' (pl ''yrch'', archaic ''yrchy''<ref>{{VT|46a}}, p. 7</ref>)
**[[Nandorin|Danian]]: ''urc'' (pl. ''yrc'')
**[[Doriathrin]]: ''urch'' (pl. ''urchin'')


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 21:12, 14 September 2013

RUKU (or RUK[1]) is an Elvish root signifying "the dreadful shapes ... taken by the servants of Melkor"[2] that haunted the Elves and "the terror that they inspired"[3].

Derivatives[3][edit | edit source]

Other versions[edit | edit source]

In the Etymologies appears the root RUK, signifying "demon".[4]

Also in the Etymologies appears the root ÓROK, from which derive words signifying "goblin":[5]

See also[edit | edit source]

References