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'''''sar''''' is a noun meaning "stone" in [[Quenya]]. | __NOTOC__ | ||
'''''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. One would expect *''sarno'' > **''sár'' | |||
==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>{{VT|49a}}, p. 28</ref>. This, and the Sindarin word ''sarn'', point out that the stem was corrected by Tolkien to ''sarn-''. | |||
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* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]] | * ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]] | ||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge | * [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]]</small> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:13, 9 November 2012
sar (pl. *sarni) is a noun meaning "stone" in Quenya.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Sar is unusual in Quenya for being a proper one-syllable noun whose vowel is not compensatorily lengthened in the nominative case. One would expect *sarno > **sár
Example[edit | edit source]
Cognates[edit | edit source]
Other versions[edit | edit source]
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
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p. 28
