Eldamo : Sindarin : faug

S. faug adj. “gape” (Category: Thirsty)

S. faug, adj. “[N.] thirsty, ⚠️[S.] gape” (Category: Thirsty): G. luista- “to be thirsty; to parch, dry up”

An adjective for “thirsty” appearing in names like Anfauglir “Jaws of Thirst”.

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the word for “thirsty” was G. luib (GL/55) clearly based on the early root ᴱ√LOYO (QL/56). By Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s, the word had become ᴱN. faug “thirsty” (PE13/143), and N. faug “thirsty” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√PHAU̯ “gape” (Ety/PHAU). Christopher Tolkien gave faug the gloss “gape” in The Silmarillion appendix (SI/faug), but that seems to refer to the root meaning from the 1930s.

Reference ✧ SA/faug ✧ faug- “gape”

Element In

S. Anfauglir “Jaws of Thirst” ✧ SA/faug
S. Anfauglith “Gasping Dust” ✧ SA/faug
S. Dor-nu-Fauglith “Land under Choking Ash” ✧ SA/faug

Derivations

< √PHAW “emit (foul breath), *breath, puff of breath”
- < √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)”

N. faug adj. “thirsty” (Category: Thirsty)

See S. faug for discussion.

Reference ✧ Ety/PHAU ✧ “thirsty”

Element In

N. Anfauglin “Jaws of Thirst”
N. Fauglith “Thirsty Sand” ✧ Ety/PHAU
ᴺS. !rhufaug “drunken”

Cognates

ᴹQ. fauka “thirsty, parched, (lit.) open-mouthed” ✧ Ety/PHAU
ON. phauka “thirsty” ✧ Ety/PHAU

Derivations

< ON. phauka “thirsty” ✧ Ety/PHAU
- < ᴹ√PHAW “gape” ✧ Ety/PHAU (PHAU̯)

Phonetic Developments

ON. phauka > faug

[ɸauka] > [fauka] > [fauk] > [faug]

✧ Ety/PHAU

ᴱN. faug adj. “thirsty” (Category: Thirsty)

See S. faug for discussion.

References ✧ PE13/138, 143

Glosses

“thirsty” ✧ PE13/143

Element In

ᴱN. balfaug “drunken” ✧ PE13/138

G. luib adj. “thirsty” (Category: Thirsty)

See S. faug for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/55 ✧ “thirsty”

Element In

G. magruluib “bloodthirsty”

Cognates

ᴱQ. loimea “thirsty”

Derivations

< ᴱ√LOYO “*thirst, parched”