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'''''ar-''''' or '''''ara-''''' is a prefix in [[Quenya]] and [[Sindarin]] used to confer nobility or royalty. It was a reduced form of Quenya/Sindarin ''[[aran]]'', referring to a king. | '''''ar-''''' or '''''ara-''''' is a prefix in [[Quenya]] and [[Sindarin]] used to confer nobility or royalty.<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''ar(a)-''</ref> It was a reduced form of Quenya/Sindarin ''[[aran]]'', referring to a king. | ||
Examples | ==Examples== | ||
* [[Arwen]] = "Noble Maiden" | * ''[[Arwen]]'' = "Noble Maiden" | ||
* [[Aragorn]] = " | * ''[[Aragorn]]'' = "Revered King" | ||
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* [[Parma Eldalamberon]] 17 | * [[Parma Eldalamberon]] 17 | ||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] compiled by [[Helge | * [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] compiled by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | ||
* [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]] | ||
[[Category: Quenya | {{title|lowercase}} | ||
[[Category: Sindarin | [[Category: Quenya affixes]] | ||
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Revision as of 00:05, 22 October 2012
ar- or ara- is a prefix in Quenya and Sindarin used to confer nobility or royalty.[1] It was a reduced form of Quenya/Sindarin aran, referring to a king.
Examples
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", ar(a)-
- Parma Eldalamberon 17
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist compiled by Helge Fauskanger
- Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary compiled by Didier Willis
