Eldamo : Neo-Sindarin : nast

ᴺS. [G.] nast n. “being (used for both a creature and the state of existence)” (Category: Be)

ᴺS. [G.] nast, n. “being (used for both a creature and the state of existence)” (Category: Be)

See G. nast for discussion.

Cognates

Q. návë “being”

Derivations

< √NĀ “be (the same as another), exist”

G. nast n. “being (abstract); being (creature)” (Category: Be)

A noun appearing as G. nast in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “1) being, abstract; 2) being, creature” (GL/59), a noun form of G. na- “is” (GL/58) based the early root ᴱ√NĀ “be, exist” (QL/64).

Neo-Sindarin: Since √NĀ “be” survived in Tolkien’s later writings, I would retain the noun ᴺS. nast “being”, used for both “a creature” and “the state of existence”.

Reference ✧ GL/59 ✧ “being (abstract); being (creature)”

Cognates

ᴱQ. nasta “existence, being, creature”

Derivations

< ᴱ√NĀ “be, exist”