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==Root== | ==Root== | ||
*[[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]]: [[AR (root)|AR]] | *[[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]]: [[AR (root)|AR]] | ||
==[[Adûnaic]]== | ==[[Adûnaic]]== | ||
# A prefix used to denominate [[King of Númenor|kingship]], equivalent to [[Quenya]] ''[[tar|Tar-]]'' | # A prefix used to denominate [[King of Númenor|kingship]], equivalent to [[Quenya]] ''[[tar|Tar-]]''<ref name="ara">{{S|Appendix}}, ''ar(a)-''</ref> | ||
==[[Quenya]]== | ==[[Quenya]]== | ||
# "And" | # "And"<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 70</ref> | ||
# "Beside, outside, without" | # "Beside, outside, without"<ref name=PE17/> | ||
===Etymology=== | |||
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[ADA]]<ref name=PE17/> | |||
==[[Sindarin]]== | ==[[Sindarin]]== | ||
# "Beside, without" (archaic) | # "Beside, without" (archaic)<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''ar-''</ref> | ||
# A shorter form of ''[[ara]]'', "high, lofty, noble"<ref name="ara"/> | |||
# A shorter form of ''[[ara]]'', "high, lofty, noble" | |||
# '''Âr''' "king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)" | # '''Âr''' "king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)" | ||
==[[Noldorin]]== | |||
Tolkien apparently used the word ''ar'' to translate "and" in a Noldorin phrase inscribed on a draft of Thrór's Map.<ref name=AI/><ref name=H1/><ref name=Th/> | |||
===Examples=== | |||
*Phrase on a draft of [[Thrór's Map]]: "''[[Lheben]] [[tâl|teil]] [[brand (word)|brann]] [[i]] [[annon]] [[ar]] [[neledh]] [[neledhi]] [[gar]] [[godrebh]]''" ("Five feet '''high''' the gate and three by three they go through together"<ref name=AI>{{HM|AI}}, pp. 92, 150 (note 6)</ref> or "Five feet '''high''' the door and three may walk abreast"<ref name=H1>{{H|1}} (translation by [[Gandalf]] of the [[Old English]] [[runes]] on the map)</ref><ref name=Th>[http://www.jrrvf.com/~glaemscrafu/texts/cartedethror-a.htm Thrór's map inscription] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com] (accessed 27 June 2011)</ref>) | |||
==[[Westron]]== | ==[[Westron]]== | ||
# The name of the twenty-first [[Westron Tengwar|Tengwa]]. | # The name of the twenty-first [[Westron Tengwar|Tengwa]]. | ||
{{references}} | |||
<small> | |||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] at Ardalambion | * [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] at Ardalambion | ||
* [http://www.uib.no/people/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic] at Ardalambion | * [http://www.uib.no/people/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic] at Ardalambion | ||
* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]] | * [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]] | ||
* [[Jim Allan]], ''[[Report from Marquette]]'' | * [[Jim Allan]], ''[[Report from Marquette]]'' | ||
</small> | |||
[[Category:Quenya | {{title|lowercase}} | ||
[[Category:Quenya conjunctions]] | |||
[[Category:Quenya prepositions]] | |||
[[Category:Adûnaic words]] | [[Category:Adûnaic words]] | ||
[[Category:Sindarin | [[Category:Sindarin prefixes]] | ||
[[Category:Westron words]] | [[Category:Westron words]] | ||
[[Category:Noldorin conjunctions]] | |||
Latest revision as of 00:03, 22 October 2012
The word ar or âr can have various meanings:
Root[edit | edit source]
Adûnaic[edit | edit source]
Quenya[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Sindarin[edit | edit source]
- "Beside, without" (archaic)[3]
- A shorter form of ara, "high, lofty, noble"[1]
- Âr "king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)"
Noldorin[edit | edit source]
Tolkien apparently used the word ar to translate "and" in a Noldorin phrase inscribed on a draft of Thrór's Map.[4][5][6]
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Phrase on a draft of Thrór's Map: "Lheben teil brann i annon ar neledh neledhi gar godrebh" ("Five feet high the gate and three by three they go through together"[4] or "Five feet high the door and three may walk abreast"[5][6])
Westron[edit | edit source]
- The name of the twenty-first Tengwa.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", ar(a)-
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 70
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", ar-
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator, pp. 92, 150 (note 6)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party" (translation by Gandalf of the Old English runes on the map)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Thrór's map inscription at Jrrvf.com (accessed 27 June 2011)
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist at Ardalambion
- Adûnaic at Ardalambion
- Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary compiled by Didier Willis
- Jim Allan, Report from Marquette
