Áre

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árë (stem ári-[1]) means "day" or "sunlight"[2], warmth, especially of the sun[1] in Quenya.

Etymology

The archaic form was ázë, from possible PQ *âsê, root *AS

Examples

Tengwa

Árë was the original name of Essë, the thirty-first letter of the Tengwar alphabet. The word árë was first pronounced "ázë", but over time the phonemes for "z" and "r" merged and the letter Árë became superfluous. Hence why Árë was renamed Essë.

Cognates

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