ᴱQ. móre (móri-) n. and adj. “night, darkness; black, dark” (Category: Dark, Murky)

References ✧ LT1A/Mornië; MC/214, 221; PE16/60, 62, 64, 72, 74, 76-77; PME/63; QL/62

Glosses

• “darkness” ✧ MC/214
• “night” ✧ LT1A/Mornië (mori); PME/63 (mōre); QL/62 (mōri)

Variations

• móre ✧ MC/214; PE16/60; PE16/64 (móre); PE16/76 (móre)
• mori ✧ LT1A/Mornië
• more ✧ PE16/62
• moore ✧ PE16/72
• mōre ✧ PME/63; QL/62 (mōre)
• mōri ✧ QL/62

Changes

• móren >> mórin ✧ PE16/64
• mórin >> morin “dark” ✧ PE16/64
• móre >> more ✧ PE16/64
• móre >> móri ✧ PE16/76
• mōre >> mōri “night” ✧ QL/62

Inflections

móren	nominative		✧ PE16/64
moorin	nominative plural		✧ PE16/72; PE16/77
morin	nominative plural	“dark”	✧ PE16/62
mórin	nominative plural		✧ PE16/64; PE16/76
moori	plural		✧ PE16/77
móri	plural	“black”	✧ MC/221
móri	plural		✧ PE16/74
mōri	stem		✧ PME/63
mōri-	stem		✧ QL/62

Element In

• ᴱQ. mandulómi anta móri Ambalar “the East raised black shadows out of hell” ✧ MC/221; PE16/62; PE16/72; PE16/74
• ᴱQ. mórilanta “nightfall” ✧ QL/62 (mōrilanta)
• ᴱQ. Ruamóre “*Still Night”
• ᴱQ. aire móre ala tinwi “the old darkness beyond the stars” ✧ MC/214
• ᴱQ. hísimandulómi anta móri rauqi n·Ambalár “*the black mist-clouds of hell come rushing from the East” ✧ PE16/77
• ᴱQ. lutsilya móre veasse ✧ PE16/60
• ᴱQ. morinda “of the night, nightly” ✧ QL/62
• ᴱQ. Moritarnon “Door of Night” ✧ LT1A/Moritarnon
• ᴱQ. móriva “nocturnal” ✧ QL/62 (mōriva)
• ᴱQ. morqilea “of the hue of night” ✧ QL/62
• ᴱQ. ondoin mórin ninkuváron, núni silmerána tindon “*the dark rocks will shine white, shining under the gleaming-moon” ✧ PE16/77
• ᴱQ. ondolin ninqanéron “the rocks lay white” ✧ PE16/62; PE16/72

Cognates

• G. mûri “darkness, †night” ✧ LT1A/Móru (múri)

Derivations

• < ᴱ√MORO “*black, dark” ✧ LT1A/Mornië; QL/62; QL/62

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√MORO > mōri	[mōrī] > [mōri]	✧ QL/62
ᴱ√MORO > mōre	[mōri] > [mōre]	✧ QL/62