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'''BARAT''', '''BARATH''', '''BARAD''', '''BARAS''' are [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|roots]] signifying "great height combined with strength, size, majesty". The root also appears as '''BAR-AT/AD''', signifying "lofty, high".<ref>{{PE|Eldarin}}, | '''BARAT''', '''BARATH''', '''BARAD''', '''BARAS''' are [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|roots]] signifying "great height combined with strength, size, majesty". The root also appears as '''BAR-AT/AD''', signifying "lofty, high".<ref>{{PE|Eldarin}}, pp. 22-3, 150 (stems appearing as "√BARAT, √BARATH, BARAD, BARAS" and "√BAR-AT/AD")</ref> | ||
==Derivatives== | ==Derivatives== | ||
*[[ | *BARAT | ||
*[[ | **[[Sindarin]]: ''[[barad]]''; ''[[brand (word)#Sindarin|brand, brann]]'' | ||
*BARATH | |||
**Sindarin: ''[[bereth]]'' | |||
*BARAD | |||
**[[Quenya]]: ''[[Varda]]''; ''[[varanda]]'' | |||
*BARAS | |||
**Sindarin: ''brasta-'' ("tower up, loom"); 'brass'' ("great cliff"); ''avras'' ("a precipice") | |||
==Other versions of the legendarium== | ==Other versions of the legendarium== |
Revision as of 20:27, 30 June 2011
BARAT, BARATH, BARAD, BARAS are Primitive Quendian roots signifying "great height combined with strength, size, majesty". The root also appears as BAR-AT/AD, signifying "lofty, high".[1]
Derivatives
- BARAT
- BARATH
- Sindarin: bereth
- BARAS
- Sindarin: brasta- ("tower up, loom"); 'brass ("great cliff"); avras ("a precipice")
Other versions of the legendarium
In the Etymologies appear the roots BARÁD- ("lofty, sublime"), BARAT- (from which was derived Noldorin barad "tower, fortress"), and BARATH- (from which was derived Barathī "spouse of Manwe, Queen of Stars").[2]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 22-3, 150 (stems appearing as "√BARAT, √BARATH, BARAD, BARAS" and "√BAR-AT/AD")
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 351