√DER root. “hard, difficult”

√DER root. “hard, difficult”

References ✧ PE17/151, 154

Glosses

• “hard, difficult” ✧ PE17/151; PE17/154

Variations

• DER ✧ PE17/151; PE17/154
• DIR ✧ PE17/154

Related

• DER “hard, difficult” may be a (?obsolete) Sindarin variant of DOR “hard, tough”
• DER “hard, difficult” appears in the same note as GUR “hard, stiff, difficult, cumbrous, slow”
• DER “hard, difficult” may replace the DER form of ᴹ√(N)DER “adult male, man; bridegroom”

Changes

• DIR >> DER “hard, difficult” ✧ PE17/154

Derivatives

• > ✶dērā “hard, difficult” ✧ PE17/154
  • > S. dîr² “hard, difficult” ✧ PE17/154
    • ⇒ S. dirbedui “hard to utter, difficult to pronounce” ✧ PE17/154
• > ✶dirnā “tough” ✧ PE17/154
  • > S. dern “tough, thrawn” ✧ PE17/154