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'''''atar''''' (pl. ''atari'') is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "father".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''atar''</ref> | |||
[[Category:Quenya | ==Etymology== | ||
*[[CE]] ''atar''<ref>{{PE|21}}, pp. 71, 74-77, 83</ref> | |||
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[ATA]]<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "ATA"</ref> | |||
==Other forms== | |||
*'''''atar'''inya'' = "my father"<ref>{{LR|P1III2}}, p. 70</ref> | |||
*'''''atar'''emma'' = "Our father" | |||
*'''''atar'''en'' (dative) = "To father"<ref>{{VT|43a}}, p. 8</ref> | |||
==See also== | |||
*''[[Atanatári|Atanatar]]'' | |||
*''[[Ilúvatar]]'' | |||
*''[[atto]]/[[atya]]'' | |||
*''[[atarince]]'' "little father" | |||
==Cognates== | |||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[adar]]'' | |||
==Inspiration== | |||
''Atar'' can be compared to Greek/Latin ''pater''. | |||
In Gothic and Celtic branches the Indoeuropean initial p- was lost thence we have forms similar to ''atar'', like Irish ''athair'' (from Proto-Celtic ''*ɸatīr'') and [[Gothic]] ''atta''. | |||
Note also Turkish ''atto''. | |||
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Revision as of 11:42, 27 April 2020
atar (pl. atari) is a Quenya word meaning "father".[1]
Etymology
Other forms
See also
Cognates
Inspiration
Atar can be compared to Greek/Latin pater.
In Gothic and Celtic branches the Indoeuropean initial p- was lost thence we have forms similar to atar, like Irish athair (from Proto-Celtic *ɸatīr) and Gothic atta.
Note also Turkish atto.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", atar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Qenya Noun Structure", in Parma Eldalamberon XXI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Patrick H. Wynne and Arden R. Smith), pp. 71, 74-77, 83
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry "ATA"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part One: III. The Lost Road, (ii) The Númenórean chapters", p. 70
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "'Words of Joy': Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne, Arden R. Smith, and Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 43, January 2002, p. 8
