arato noun "a noble" (PE17:147), in PE17:118 given as aratō and there glossed "lord" (often = "king"). Cf. aráto. The form cited in the latter source, aratō with a long final vowel, is evidently very archaic (compare Enderō under Ender); later the vowel would become short. (PE17:118)
Quenya
arata
high, lofty, noble
arata
adjective. high, noble, exalted, lofty
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Q. Ambarto “*High and Lofty” ✧ PM/354
- Q. Artanga “*Noble Iron” ✧ PM/346
- Q. Aratar “High Ones, The Exalted, The Supreme”
- Q. Artaher “Noble Lord” ✧ PM/346
- Q. Artaresto
- Q. Artamir “*Noble Jewel”
- Q. Artanáro “*Noble Fire”
- Q. Artanis “Noble Woman” ✧ PM/346
- ᴺQ. artapano “chessboard”
- ᴺQ. artatúrë “government”
- Q. Artafindë “*Noble [Golden] Hair” ✧ PM/346
- Q. Varda Aratarya “Varda the lofty, Varda in her sublimity” ✧ WJ/369
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶(a)rātā > arata [arātā] > [aratā] > [arata] ✧ PE17/049 ✶áratā > arta [aratā] > [artā] > [arta] ✧ PE17/118 √ARAT > arta [arata] > [arta] ✧ PE17/147 ✶arāta > arata [arāta] > [arata] ✧ PE17/186 ✶arăta > arta- [arata-] > [arta-] ✧ PE17/186 Variations
- arta ✧ PE17/118; PE17/147; PM/354
- arta- ✧ PE17/186
- aráta- ✧ PM/346
arta
adjective. high, noble, exalted, lofty
arato
noble
Ara-
noble
Ara-, ar- a prefixed form of the stem Ara- "noble" (PM:344). In the masc. names Aracáno "high chieftain", mothername (amilessë, q.v.) of Fingolfin (PM:360, cf. 344), Arafinwë "Finarfin" (MR:230)
tá
high
tá 2) adj. "high" (LT1:264; there spelt tâ. This is hardly a valid word in Tolkien's later Quenya, but cf. tára "lofty".)
tar-
affix. high, high; [ᴹQ.] king or queen (in compounds)
Cognates
- S. -dor “*king, lord”
Derivations
- √TĀ/TAƷ “high, high, [ᴹ√] lofty; noble”
Element in
- Q. Alatar
- Q. Annatar “Lord of Gifts” ✧ SA/tar
- Q. Arantar “*High King”
- Q. Tar Calimos “*Royal Bright City”
- Q. Hyarantar “?Southern Height”
- Q. Sorontar “King of Eagles”
- Q. Taniquetil “High White Peak”
- Q. tára “lofty, tall, high” ✧ SA/tar
- Q. Tarannon
- Q. Tarcil “High Man, Númenórean”
- Q. Tarciryan
- Q. Tareldar “High-elves”
- Q. tarhanwa “throne, (lit.) high seat” ✧ PE22/148
- Q. tári “queen, queen, [ᴱQ.] mistress, lady” ✧ SA/tar
- Q. Tarindor “*High minded one”
- Q. tarma “pillar” ✧ SA/tar
- Q. Tarmenel “High Heaven”
- Q. tarminas “great towering building (fort/city/castle), tower”
- ᴺQ. tarolwen “sceptre, (lit.) royal branch”
- Q. Tarondor “?King of Stones”
- Q. Tarostar “?King of the Lands”
- Q. Tarquesta “High Speech, High Language”
- Q. Tarumbar “King of the World”
- S. Tarmund “Noble Bull”
Variations
- tar- ✧ PE22/148; SA/tar
halda
adjective. high, tall
tána
high, lofty, noble
tána (meaning unclear, probably adj. "high, lofty, noble") (TĀ/TA3). Compare tára.
arquen
noble
arquen noun "a noble" (WJ:372), "knight" (PE17:147)
arata
high, lofty, noble
arata adj. "high, lofty, noble" (PE17:49, 186). Also used as a a noun with nominal pl. form Aratar "the Supreme", the chief Valar, translation of the foreign word Máhani adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:402). Aratarya "her sublimity"; Varda Aratarya "Varda the lofty, Varda in her sublimity" (WJ:369). In one source, Aratar is translated as a singular: "High One" (PE17:186)
arata adj. "high, lofty, noble" (PE17:49, 186). Also used as a a noun with nominal pl. form Aratar "the Supreme", the chief Valar, translation of the foreign word Máhani adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:402). Aratarya "her sublimity"; Varda Aratarya "Varda the lofty, Varda in her sublimity" (WJ:369). In one source, Aratar is translated as a singular: "High One" (PE17:186)