#quendya

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Digital calligraphy of the draft version of Galadriel's lament, using Quanta Sarme as exemplified in PE18 (with length tehtar).

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early Quenya ř

Earlier stages of Q(u)enya contained an untrilled r. It derived from primitive d (either directly as ř < ð < d [PE17:71] or as ř < z [< ð?] < d [PE17:41, WJ/363]) and is transcribed as ř in the Latin alphabet [PE17:71] and as óre in an unattested Tengwar mode [AppE]. The pronunciation should be more or less [ɹ] and it is found in the following words:

auřel [ˈɑʊɹɛl] - Elf who departed from Beleriand to Aman • ᴅᴇʟ- (S. ódhel) ◊ WJ/363 ař [ɑɹ] - and • ᴀᴅ- (S. að) ◊ PE17:71 hyař- [çɑɹ] - to cleave • sʏᴀᴅ- (cf. N. hâð, cleaver) ◊ Ety/389 íře [ˈiːɹɛ] - desire • ɪᴅ- ◊ Ety/361 ířima [ˈiːɹimɑ] - lovely, desirable • ɪᴅ- (cf. N. idhren, thoughtful) ◊ Ety/361 lářa [ˈɫɑːɹɑ] - flat • ʟᴀᴅ- (or ᴅᴀʟ- [ˈɫɑːrɑ]) ◊ Ety/361 manař [ˈmɑnɑɹ] - doom, final end, fate, fortune • ᴍᴀɴᴀᴅ- (N. manadh) ◊ Ety/371 mařya [ˈmɑɹjɑ] - pale, fallow, fawn • ᴍᴀᴅ- (N. meið/maið) ◊ Ety/371 niřwa [ˈniɹwɑ] - bolster, cushion • ɴɪᴅ- (N. nedhw) ◊ Ety/378 oař [ˈɔ.ɑɹ] - away • awā-da ◊ WJ/366 oařel [ˈɔ.ɑɹɛl] - Elf who departed from Beleriand to Aman • ᴅᴇʟ- (S. ódhel) ◊ WJ/363 reř- [rɛɹ] - to sow • ʀᴇᴅ- (N. rheði) ◊ Ety/383 séře [ˈseːɹɛ] - peace, rest, repose • sᴇᴅ- (N. sîdh) ◊ Ety/385 tař [tɑɹ] - thither • ᴛᴀ-, tad ◊ Ety/389 véře [ˈveːɹɛ] - bond, troth, compact, oath • wᴇᴅ- (N. gwaeð) ◊ Ety/397

Furthermore the early Qenya nier "honeycomb" [LT1:262] apparently shares a root with later Noldorin nîdh [VT/45:38] which also hints to a form in ř < d.