Valaraukar
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This page should be merged with Balrog.Valarauco pl. Valaraucar[1][2] is the Quenya name for the Maiarin followers of Morgoth better known in their Sindarin form: Balrogs.
Etymology[edit]
It is formed from words vala ("power") and rauco ("monster").[3] Valarauco is not forming a regular plural **Valaraucor but changing the final vowel in the plural (-o > -ar). Helge Fauskanger suggests that the singular form uses the variant rauco, while the plural form uses the variant rauca for some reason.[4]
Other versions of the legendarium[edit]
In The Etymologies, the word Balrog is derived from ñgwalaraukô[3] displaying a derivation from root ñgwal- (referring to "torment, cruelty") instead of val-.[5] This derivation would produce the Quenya word **Nwalarauco.
In the Qenya Lexicon, the Qenya term is Malcarauce.[6][7]
See also[edit]
- sundo — Another Quenya word which displays similar properties.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p.415
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "From Quendi and Eldar, Appendix D" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998 p.10
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", RUK
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "Quettaparma Quenyallo" dated 25 December 2008, Ardalambion (accessed 21 March 2023)
- ↑ Conrad Dunkerson, "The Truth About Balrogs - What is the etymology of 'balrog'?", Tolkien Meta-FAQ (accessed 21 March 2023)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, entry "Balrog", p. 250
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon", in Parma Eldalamberon XII (edited by Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 58
