S. gûl [ng-] n. “black arts, sorcery, (evil) knowledge” (Category: Magic, Witchcraft, Sorcery)

S. gûl [ng-], n. “black arts, sorcery, (evil) knowledge, [N.] magic; ⚠️[ᴱN.] wisdom” (Category: Magic, Witchcraft, Sorcery)

References ✧ MR/350, 470-471; PE17/31-32, 79, 125; SA/gûl; WJ/383

Glosses

• “black arts, sorcery” ✧ PE17/31; PE17/32; PE17/125
• “evil and necromatic arts” ✧ PE17/31
• “evil knowledge, sorcery” ✧ MR/470
• “knowledge” ✧ PE17/79
• “sorcery” ✧ SA/gûl

Related

• gûl became further darkened by its frequent use in the compound morgul “black arts” ✧ WJ/383

Element In

• S. guldur “black arts, sorcery” ✧ PE17/125 (gûl-dûr)
• S. morgul “black arts, sorcery, necromancy” ✧ MR/350; PE17/31; PE17/125; SA/gûl
• S. Dol Guldur “Hill of Sorcery” ✧ PE17/31; PE17/32; SA/gûl

Cognates

• BS. gûl “phantom, shadow of dark magic, wraith; †black arts, sorcery” ✧ MR/350; PE17/31 (gūl)
• Q. nólë “lore, knowledge, long study” ✧ MR/350 (ñólë); MR/470 (ñólë); MR/471 (ñólë); PE17/79 (ñōle); SA/gûl; WJ/383 (ñóle)
• Q. núlë “black arts, sorcery” ✧ PE17/31 (ñūle); PE17/125 (ñúle)
• T. góle “long study (of any subject)” ✧ WJ/383

Derivations

• < √ÑGOL¹ “knowledge, wisdom, lore” ✧ PE17/79 (ngōl-); SA/gûl (ngol-); WJ/383 (NGOL)
• < √ÑGUL “dark with sinister associations” ✧ PE17/125

Derivatives

• > BS. gûl “phantom, shadow of dark magic, wraith; †black arts, sorcery” ✧ PE17/31; PE17/125
  • ⇒ BS. gûldur “sorcery” ✧ PE17/79
  • ⇒ BS. Nazgûl “Ring-wraith” ✧ PE17/31; PE17/79; PE17/79; PE17/125; RC/762

Phonetic Developments

√ngōl- > gûl	[ŋgōle] > [gōle] > [gūle] > [gūl]	✧ PE17/79
√ÑGUL > gûl	[ŋgūle] > [gūle] > [gūl]	✧ PE17/125
√ngol- > gûl	[ŋgōle] > [gōle] > [gūle] > [gūl]	✧ SA/gûl
√NGOL > gûl	[ŋgōle] > [gōle] > [gūle] > [gūl]	✧ WJ/383

N. gûl [ng-] n. “magic” (Category: Magic, Witchcraft, Sorcery)

Reference ✧ Ety/ÑGOL ✧ “magic”

Element In

• N. durgul “sorcery”
• N. morgul “sorcery” ✧ EtyAC/ÑGOL

Cognates

• Ilk. durgul “sorcery” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL
• Ilk. morgul “sorcery” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL (mor(n)gul)
• ᴹQ. nóle “wisdom” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL (ñóle)

Derivations

• < ᴹ√ÑGOL “wise, wisdom, be wise” ✧ Ety/ÑGOL

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√ÑGOL > gûl

[ŋgōle] > [ŋgūle] > [gūle] > [gūl]

✧ Ety/ÑGOL

ᴱN. #gûl [ng-] n. “wisdom” (Category: Wise)

References ✧ PE13/156

Inflections

#ngúl

soft-mutation; ng-mutation

“wisdom”

✧ PE13/156

Element In

• ᴱN. u(r)ngúl “without wisdom” ✧ PE13/156

Derivations

• < ᴱ√ŊOLO “to know”