DAT

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DAT, or DANT, is a Primitive Quendian root signifying "fall down".^[1]

Derivatives

Exilic Noldorin: dad ("down"); dath ("hole, pit")^[1]
Quenya: latta ("hole, pit"); lanta ("a fall"); lanta- ("to fall")^[1]
Noldorin: dant- ("to fall"); dannen ("fallen")^[1]

Other versions

The ink version of the entry differs slightly from the published version in the Etymologies. DAT was given the signification "fall, down".^[2]

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. 354 (roots appearing as "DAT-, DANT-")
↑ 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. 8 (root appearing as "DAT-")

[LR-1] 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. 354 (roots appearing as "DAT-, DANT-")

[2] 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. 8 (root appearing as "DAT-")

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See also

References