BAD
From Tolkien Gateway
BAD is a Primitive Quendian root with two different etymologies (BAD[1] and BAD[2]). Both appear without any any signification, besides from what can be determined from their derivatives.[1][2]
Derivatives of BAD[1]
- Common Eldarin: bad- ("judge")[1]
There were no Quenya derivatives of BAD[1].[1]
Derivatives of BAD[2]
- Common Eldarin: banda ("prison, Hell")[2]
- Quenya: vanda ("prison, Hell")[2]
- Noldorin: band, bann ("prison, Hell")[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 350 (root appearing as "BAD-")
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 6 (root appearing as "BAD[2]-")
