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'''''sar''''' is a noun meaning "stone" in [[Quenya]]. | '''''sar''''' (pl. *'''sarni''') is a noun meaning "stone" in [[Quenya]]. | ||
==Etymology== | |||
From [[PQ]] *''sarno'', [[root]] [[SAR]]. | |||
''Sar'' is unusual in Quenya for being a proper one-syllable noun whose vowel is not compensatorily lengthened in the nominative case. | ''Sar'' is unusual in Quenya for being a proper one-syllable noun whose vowel is not compensatorily lengthened in the nominative case. | ||
==Example== | |||
Example | * [[Elessar]] | ||
* [[ | ==Cognates== | ||
*[[Sindarin]]: ''[[sarn]]'' | |||
==Other versions== | |||
The ''[[Etymologies]]'' give the stem of the word as ''sard-'' (eg. plural ''sardi'') however in another source, the stem of the name [[Elessar]] is given as ''Elesarno''<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 49]] p.28</ref>. This, and the Sindarin word ''sarn'', point out that the stem was corrected by Tolkien to ''sarn-''. | |||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]] | * ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]] | ||
Revision as of 11:01, 12 September 2010
sar (pl. *sarni) is a noun meaning "stone" in Quenya.
Etymology
Sar is unusual in Quenya for being a proper one-syllable noun whose vowel is not compensatorily lengthened in the nominative case.
Example
Cognates
Other versions
The Etymologies give the stem of the word as sard- (eg. plural sardi) however in another source, the stem of the name Elessar is given as Elesarno[1]. This, and the Sindarin word sarn, point out that the stem was corrected by Tolkien to sarn-.
References
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 49 p.28
