PEN, PENE is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "lack, have not; be without"[1][2]
Derivatives
- Quenya: pen ("without, not having"); penin ("no; I haven't")[1]
- Sindarin: pen-[1]
- Telerin: Pendi ("the lacking, the poor")[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 171, 173 (root appearing as "√PEN", "√PENE")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: B. Meanings and use of the various terms applied to the Elves and their varieties in Quenya, Telerin, and Sindarin", pp. 375, 408 (root appearing as *PEN)