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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== | ||
It is formed from words ''[[vala]]'', 'power' and ''[[rauco]]'', 'monster', possible [[Primitive Quendian]] as ''balaraukô''. | It is formed from words ''[[Valar|vala]]'', 'power' and ''[[rauco]]'', 'monster', possible [[Primitive Quendian]] as ''balaraukô''. | ||
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>{{HM|LR}}, [[The Etymologies]], RUK</ref> but this would derive Quenya *''nwalarauco''. | ||
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[[Category:Quenya nouns]] | [[Category:Quenya nouns]] | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 11 January 2011
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', possible Primitive Quendian as balaraukô.
In the Etymologies, the word Balrog is derived from ñgwalaraukô[3] but this would derive Quenya *nwalarauco.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p.415
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 39, July 1998 p.10
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Etymologies, RUK
