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avar

recusant, one who refuses to act as advised or commanded

avar noun "recusant, one who refuses to act as advised or commanded"; pl. Avari Elves that refused to join in the westward march to Aman (WJ:371, singular Avar in WJ:377 and VT47:13, 24).The Etymologies gives Avar or Avaro, pl. Avari "Elves who never left Middle-earth or began the march" (AB/ABAR)

avar

proper name. Refuser, Elf who did not journey to Aman

The Elves who refused to journey to Aman, an agental formation of the ancient verb ava- “to refuse” with the common agental suffix -r(o) (VT47/13, WJ/371). This name most frequently appeared in its plural form Avari referring to this entire people (S/52).

Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Avar(o) first appeared in plural form * in Tolkien’s linguistic notes from the 1930s with the gloss “The Departing”, and referred to those elves who left Middle-earth, whereas those who remained were referred to by the earlier name the ᴹQ. Lembi “Lingerers” (LR/169-170). Tolkien soon revised this name to refer to the Elves who remained behind, effectively replacing the term Lembi (LR/200). This name appeared in The Etymologies* with essentially the same derivation as given above (Ety/AB).

Cognates

  • S. Avar “Refuser” ✧ PE17/139; WJ/380; VT47/24
  • T. Abar “Dark Elf; (lit.) Refuser” ✧ WJ/380; WJI/Abari; VT47/24; WJI/Avari

Derivations

  • BĀ/ABA “refuse, forbid, prohibit, say nay (in refusal or denial), refuse, forbid, prohibit, say nay (in refusal or denial), [ᴹ√] deny; away, go away, depart” ✧ PE17/143
  • abar(o) “refuser, recusant, one who refuses to act as advised or commanded” ✧ VT47/13; VT47/24; WJ/371; WJ/380
    • BĀ/ABA “refuse, forbid, prohibit, say nay (in refusal or denial), refuse, forbid, prohibit, say nay (in refusal or denial), [ᴹ√] deny; away, go away, depart” ✧ WJ/361; WJ/411

Element in

  • Q. Avarin “language(s) of the Avari, *of the Avari”

Elements

WordGloss
ava-“to refuse, forbid”
-r(o)“agental suffix”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ABA > avar[abaro] > [abar] > [aβar] > [avar]✧ PE17/143

Variations

  • avar ✧ PE17/139; PE17/143; VT47/13; VT47/24
Quenya [LT1I/Avari; LT2I/Avari; MRI/Avari; PE17/139; PE17/143; PE18/072; PM/029; PMI/Avari; S/052; SI/Avari; SMI/Avari; UTI/Avari; VT47/13; VT47/24; WJ/371; WJ/380; WJI/Abari; WJI/Avari] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Avamanyar

avamanyar

Avamanyar noun Elves that refused to go to Aman (= Avari) (WJ:370). Sg. Avamanya (PE17:143)