PED

The name Pen refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Pen (disambiguation).

PED is a Common Eldarin root signifying "fall in steep slant, incline, slope, slant down".^[1]^[2]

Derivatives[edit]

Common Eldarin: pendā ("sloping"; "adjective = 'steeply sloping'")^[2]^[1]
- Quenya: penda ("steeply sloping"); penda- ("weak verb 'slope, incline'")
- Sindarin: pend, penn; penna- ("come down in a slant, fall")^[1]

In the Etymologies appears the Primitive Quendian root PEN, PÉNED. Among its derivatives are:^[3]

Quenya: pende ("slope, downslope, declivity")
Noldorin: penn, pend; am-benn^[4] ("uphill"); dadbenn ("downhill, inclined, prone (to do)"^[4])

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 171, 173 (root appearing as "√PED-")
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: B. Meanings and use of the various terms applied to the Elves and their varieties in Quenya, Telerin, and Sindarin", p. 375 (root appearing as "*PED")
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 380 (root appearing as "PEN-, PÉNED-")
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 8