annatar

masculine name. Lord of Gifts

A name used by Sauron while he deceived the Elves of Eregion into crafting the rings of power (S/287, UT/254). It is a compound of anna “gift” and the affix -tar “lord” (SA/anna, tar).

Elements

Word	Gloss
anna	“gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, *present”
tar-	“high, high; [ᴹQ.] king or queen (in compounds)”

anna

gift

anna noun "gift" (ANA1, SA), "a thing handed, brought or sent to a person" (PE17:125), also name of tengwa #23 (Appendix E); pl. annar "gifts" in Fíriel's Song. Masc. name Annatar "Lord of Gifts, *Gift-lord", name assumed by Sauron when he tried to seduce the Eldar in the Second Age (SA:tar). Eruanna noun "God-gift", gift of God, i.e. "grace" (VT43:38)

anna, anwa

noun. gift

anwa

noun. gift

ann

noun. gift

n. gift.

ann

noun. gift

Cognates

• Q. anna “gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, *present” ✧ PE22/163

Derivations

• ✶annā “gift” ✧ PE17/090
  • √NA/ANA “to, towards; at side of, alongside, besides; moreover, in addition, plus”
• √HAN “add to, increase, enhance, enrich, honour (especially by gift); give” ✧ PE22/163

Element in

• S. Melian “Dear Gift”
• S. Rían “Crown-gift”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶annā > ann	[annā] > [anna] > [ann]	✧ PE17/090

Variations

• ann ✧ PE17/090
• anw ✧ PE22/163

anw

noun. gift

anw

noun. gift

ant

gift

ant, pl. aint, coll. pl. annath. Also ann (-an at the end of compounds), pl. ain.

ant

gift

pl. aint, coll. pl. annath. Also ann (-an at the end of compounds), pl. ain.

yô Reconstructed

noun. gift

An element in the name Yôzâyan “Land of Gift” (UT/184, SD/241). The final element of this name is zâyan “land”, so its initial element yô most likely means “gift”, as suggested by several authors (AAD/24, AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/YAW), though Andreas Moehn points out this word could have the form yôz instead (EotAL/YAW).

Element in

• Ad. Yôzâyan “Land of Gift”

annā

noun. gift

Derivations

• √NA/ANA “to, towards; at side of, alongside, besides; moreover, in addition, plus”

Derivatives

• Q. anna “gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, gift, (orig.) thing handed, brought or sent to a person, *present” ✧ SA/anna
• S. ann “gift” ✧ PE17/090

Element in

• ✶Melyanna “Dear Gift”
• S. Melian “Dear Gift” ✧ SA/anna

Variations

• anna ✧ SA/anna

ant

noun. gift

ant

noun. gift

Changes

• ann → ant ✧ Ety/ANA¹

Cognates

• ᴹQ. anna “gift” ✧ Ety/ANA¹

Derivations

• ᴹ√NĀ/ANA “to, towards” ✧ Ety/ANA¹

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√ANA¹ > ant	[anta] > [antʰa] > [anθa] > [anθ] > [ant]	✧ Ety/ANA¹

Variations

• ann ✧ EtyAC/ANA¹ (ann)