Eldamo : Quenya : hrón

Q. hrón n. “matter, substance, flesh; body” (Category: Thing)

⚠️Q. hrón, n. “matter, substance, flesh; body” (Category: Thing): Q. hröa “body, bodily form, ⚠️flesh; physical matter”; Q. erma “(physical) matter”

TBD revisit @@@ This form initially appeared as hrón (sometimes rhón) with the sense “body”, but it was altered >> hrondo, later >> hröa (MR/231). The sense of hrón was changed to the “substance, matter” of Arda, but this was later changed >> orma (MR/218), which was elsewhere erma.

References ✧ MR/209, 218, 229, 231, 233, 470-471; PE17/183

Glosses

“body” ✧ MR/229 (rhōn); MR/471 (rhón)
“body (of an incarnate being)” ✧ MR/470 (hrón)
“flesh or substance” ✧ MR/231 (hrōn)
“flesh/substance of Arda, matter” ✧ PE17/183 (hrōn)
“matter” ✧ MR/231 (hrōn)
“physical matter” ✧ MR/471

Variations

hrón ✧ MR/471; MR/218 (hrón); MR/470 (hrón)
hrôn ✧ MR/209
rhōn ✧ MR/229
hrōn ✧ MR/231; MR/231; PE17/183
hrōn/hróm/hrôn ✧ MR/231
rhón ✧ MR/471

Changes

hrôn >> hrondo ✧ MR/209
hrón >> orma ✧ MR/218
rhōn “body” >> hrondo ✧ MR/229
hrōn/hróm/hrôn >> hrondo ✧ MR/231
hróni >> hrondor ✧ MR/233
hrón “body (of an incarnate being)” >> hrondo ✧ MR/470
hrón “physical matter” >> erma ✧ MR/471
rhón “body” >> hrón “body (of an incarnate being)” ✧ MR/471

Inflections

hróni	plural	✧ MR/233
hróni	plural	✧ MR/471
hrŏm-	stem	✧ MR/231

Cognates

S. rhû² “matter” ✧ PE17/183

Derivations

< √SRON “flesh, substance, matter” ✧ MR/231 (s-ron); PE17/183
- < √RON² “solid, tangible, firm” ✧ PE17/183
  - < RON, variant ✧ PE17/183

Phonetic Developments

√s-ron > hrōn	[srōn] > [r̥ōn]	✧ MR/231
√SRON > hrōn	[srōn] > [r̥ōn]	✧ PE17/183