Eldamo : Noldorin : dram

N. dram n. “heavy stroke, heavy blow” (Category: to Hit, Strike, Beat)

N. dram, n. “heavy stroke, heavy blow” (Category: to Hit, Strike, Beat)

A noun appearing as dramb, dram(m) in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “a heavy stroke or blow” derived from the root ᴹ√DARAM “beat, hew” (Ety/DARÁM). ᴱN. dramb, dram “heavy blow” also appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/142).

References ✧ Ety/DARÁM; EtyAC/DARÁM

Glosses

“a heavy stroke or blow” ✧ Ety/DARÁM (dram(m))

Variations

dram(m) ✧ Ety/DARÁM

Changes

dram(m) “a heavy stroke, a blow” »» dram(m) “a heavy stroke or blow” ✧ EtyAC/DARÁM

Element In

ᴺS. !indram “shock, (lit.) mind-blow”
N. drambor “clenched fist; blow with a fist” ✧ Ety/DARÁM

Derivations

< ᴹ√DARAM “beat, hew” ✧ Ety/DARÁM (DARÁM)
- < dramb < DARÁM ✧ Ety/DARÁM

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√DARÁM > dramb > dram(m)

[darámba] > [dramba] > [dramb] > [dramb] > [dramm] > [dram]

✧ Ety/DARÁM

ᴱN. dram(b) n. “heavy blow” (Category: to Hit, Strike, Beat)

See N. dram for discussion.

References ✧ PE13/142

Glosses

“heavy blow” ✧ PE13/142 (dramb)

Variations

dramb ✧ PE13/142
dram ✧ PE13/142