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'''''már''''' (pl. *'''''mardi''''')<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 46]] p.13</ref><ref>[[Parma Eldalamberon 17]], p.64</ref> and its alternative forms '''''-mar, -bar''''', means "house" or "home" in [[Quenya]]. | '''''már''''' (pl. *'''''mardi''''')<ref>[[Vinyar Tengwar 46]] p.13</ref><ref>[[Parma Eldalamberon 17]], p.64</ref> and its alternative forms '''''-mar, -bar''''', means "house" or "home" in [[Quenya]]. | ||
It also refers to a "House" as in "family line, dynasty" (cf. [[Mardil]]). | |||
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[[PQ]] *''mbard-'' from [[root]] [[MBAR]] "dwelling, habitation"<ref>{{HM|LR}}, "[[The Etymologies]]"</ref> | [[PQ]] *''mbard-'' from [[root]] [[MBAR]] "dwelling, habitation"<ref>{{HM|LR}}, "[[The Etymologies]]"</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:44, 31 August 2009
már (pl. *mardi)[1][2] and its alternative forms -mar, -bar, means "house" or "home" in Quenya.
It also refers to a "House" as in "family line, dynasty" (cf. Mardil).
Etymology
PQ *mbard- from root MBAR "dwelling, habitation"[3]
Other forms
- Mardello "from home" (poet. "World")
Cognates
See also
- Eldamar
- Eämbar = "Sea Home"
- Vinyamar = "New Home"
- Ingwemar
- mar "dwell"
- oromar "high hall"
- mardo "dweller"
- Mardil
References
- The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth by Ruth S. Noel
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Kåre Fauskanger
Notes
The above article suggests that már (mard-) is one word that refers to "home, family" and poetically to the "world" (Ambar)
Helge Fauskanger believes that már is unlikely to have the stem-form mard- and that the above word is actually two words: már (mar-) for "home, house", whereas mar (mard-) for "earth, world".
