1c n. tower. Q. marto.
Sindarin
barad
noun. tower, fortress
barad
tower
barad
tower
barad
noun. a great towering building
_ n. _a great towering building (fort, city, castle), tower. Q. taras, tarminas. >> Barad-dûr
barad
noun. tower, great towering building, tower, great towering building, [N.] fort, fortress
Cognates
- Q. marto “tower” ✧ NM/228; PE17/066
Derivations
- √M(B)ARAT “doom, fate” ✧ NM/228
- √MBAR “settle, dwell; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision, settle; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision; dwell, [ᴹ√] inhabit, [ᴱ√] live”
- √BARAT “lofty, high, height combined with strength/size/majesty” ✧ PE17/022; PE17/065; PE17/066
- √BAR “[ᴹ√] raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)”
Element in
- S. Barad-dûr “Dark Tower” ✧ PE17/022; PE17/085; RC/274; SA/barad
- S. Barad Eithel “Tower of the Well” ✧ SA/barad
- S. Barad Nimras “White Horn Tower” ✧ SA/barad
- S. Emyn Beraid “Tower Hills” ✧ LotR/1097; SA/barad
- S. Gilbarad
- S. Halbarad
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √BARAT > barad [barata] > [barat] > [barad] ✧ PE17/022 √BARAT > barad [barata] > [barat] > [barad] ✧ PE17/065 √BAR-AT > barad [barata] > [barat] > [barad] ✧ PE17/066
raud
lofty
taer
lofty
adj. lofty. Q. tāra.
taer
adjective. lofty, lofty, *high
Cognates
- Q. tára “lofty, tall, high” ✧ PE17/186; PE17/186
Derivations
Element in
- S. Targon
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶tagra > taer [taɣra] > [tagra] > [taɣra] > [taira] > [tair] > [taer] ✧ PE17/186
minas
noun. tower
minas
noun. fort, city with a citadel and central watch-tower
barad
tower
1) barad (fortress, fort) (i varad), pl. beraid (i meraid). Note: barad is also an adjective "doomed", but this is derived from a stem in mb- and would have different mutations. 2) (tower or city with citadel/central watchtower) minas (i vinas), pl. minais (i minais), coll. pl. minassath
barad
tower
(fortress, fort) (i varad), pl. beraid (i meraid). Note: barad is also an adjective "doomed", but this is derived from a stem in mb- and would have different mutations.
barad
doomed
barad (lenited marad), pl. beraid. Note: barad is also a noun "fortress, fort, tower", but this is derived from a stem in b- and would have different mutations. 1) fend (threshold), construct fen, pl. find, coll. pl. fennath, 2) fennas (gateway), pl. fennais, coll. pl. fennassath, 3) annon (great gate), pl. ennyn
barad
doomed
(lenited marad), pl. beraid. Note: barad is also a noun "fortress, fort, tower", but this is derived from a stem in b- and would have different mutations.
barad
fort, fortress
(fortress, tower) (i varad), pl. beraid (i meraid). Note: barad is also an adjective "doomed", but this is derived from a stem in mb- and would have different mutations.
brand
lofty
(high, noble, fine), lenited vrand, pl. braind
arth
lofty
1) arth (noble, exalted), pl. erth, 2) brand (high, noble, fine), lenited vrand, pl. braind, 3) orchall (superior, eminent), pl. erchail (for archaic örchail), 4) taur (also tor-, tar- in compounds) (high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, mighty, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.
arth
lofty
(noble, exalted), pl. erth
taur
lofty
(also tor-, tar- in compounds) (high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, mighty, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.
garth
fort, fortress
1) garth (i **arth) (stronghold), pl. gerth (i ngerth = i ñerth), 2) ost (city, stronghold), pl. yst (WJ:414). The word may appear as os- or oth- before certain consonants in compounds, e.g. Osgiliath ”Citadel (Fortress) of the Stars” (LotR), ostirion (q.v.), Othram ”fortress-wall” (WR:288). 3) barad (fortress, tower) (i varad), pl. beraid (i meraid). Note: barad** is also an adjective "doomed", but this is derived from a stem in mb- and would have different mutations.
garth
fort, fortress
(i ’arth) (stronghold), pl. gerth (i ngerth = i ñerth)
orchall
lofty
(superior, eminent), pl. erchail (for archaic örchail)
ost
fort, fortress
(city, stronghold), pl. yst (WJ:414). The word may appear as os- or oth- before certain consonants in compounds, e.g. Osgiliath ”Citadel (Fortress) of the Stars” (LotR), ostirion (q.v.), Othram ”fortress-wall” (WR:288).
minas
tower
(i vinas), pl. minais (i minais), coll. pl. minassath
ostirion
fortress with a watchtower
(pl. ostiryn).
1b n. tower.