ᴱQ. Sarqin (Sarqind-) pn. “Cannibal-ogre”
A name of a race of Cannibal-ogres in the earliest Lost Tales (LT2/254), its singular form Sarqin appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa from the 1910s (PME/86). Its initial element might be a variant of sarqa “fleshy”, as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT2A/Sarqindi).
References ✧ LT2/254; LT2A/Sarqindi; LT2I/Sarqindi; PE13/99; PE14/9; PME/86
Variations
Inflections
| Sarqindi | plural | “Cannibal-ogres” | ✧ LT2/254; LT2A/Sarqindi; LT2I/Sarqindi |
| Sarqindi | plural | “ogresses, giantesses” | ✧ PE13/99 |
| sarqindi | plural | “ogres of the south” | ✧ PE14/9 |
Elements
| sarqa | “fleshy” | ✧ LT2A/Sarqindi |