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Middle Primitive Elvish

gar

root. keep, hold, possess; maintain, defend

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s, apparently a variant of ᴹ√ƷAR, and having extensions ᴹ√GARAD and ᴹ√GARAT (Ety/ƷAR). It was given various glosses in separate entries such as “hold, possess” and “keep, maintain, defend”, but these glossed entries were all deleted (Ety/GAR; EtyAC/GAR). Two notable derivatives of ᴹ√ƷAR/GAR were ᴹQ. arda “realm, region” and N. ardh “realm” (Ety/ƷAR), apparently transferred to here from the earlier root ᴱ√ƷARA “spread” (QL/32). Both these words reappeared in the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 as Q. arda and S. gardh “region” from primitive ✶gardā (WJ/402), hinting at the continued validity of the root √GAR, though its later meaning is unclear.

Derivatives

  • ᴹ√GARAT “*defend” ✧ Ety/ƷAR; EtyAC/GAR
    • ᴹQ. arda “realm, region” ✧ EtyAC/ƷAR
    • ᴹQ. arta “fort, fortress” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GARAT
    • N. garth “fort, fortress” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GARAT; EtyAC/GAR
    • ᴺS. gartha- “to defend, keep”
    • N. gartha- “to defend, keep” ✧ EtyAC/GAR
  • ✶gardā “region”
    • Q. arda “region, realm, particular land or region, region, realm, particular land or region; [ᴱQ.] place, spot” ✧ WJ/402
    • S. gardh “region” ✧ WJ/402
  • ᴹQ. arda “realm, region” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GAR
  • ᴹQ. armar “goods” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GAR; Ety/GAR
  • ᴹQ. arwa “possessing, having, in control of” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GAR; Ety/GAR
  • ᴹQ. aryon “heir” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GAR; Ety/GAR
  • ᴹQ. harwe “treasure, treasury” ✧ Ety/GAR
  • ᴹQ. harya- “to possess” ✧ Ety/GAR
  • Ilk. garth “realm” ✧ Ety/GAR
  • N. gar- “to hold, have, to hold, have, *possess” ✧ Ety/GAR; Ety/ƷAR|GAR; EtyAC/GAR
  • N. ardh “realm” ✧ Ety/GAR
  • N. garn “‘own’, property” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GAR
  • N. garth “fort, fortress” ✧ Ety/GAR
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GAR; Ety/ƷAR; Ety/ƷAR|GAR; EtyAC/GAR; EtyAC/ƷARA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

garat

root. *defend

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GAR “keep, hold, possess; maintain, defend” ✧ Ety/ƷAR; EtyAC/GAR

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. arda “realm, region” ✧ EtyAC/ƷAR
  • ᴹQ. arta “fort, fortress” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GARAT
  • N. garth “fort, fortress” ✧ Ety/ƷAR|GARAT; EtyAC/GAR
  • ᴺS. gartha- “to defend, keep”
  • N. gartha- “to defend, keep” ✧ EtyAC/GAR

Variations

  • GAR-AD ✧ EtyAC/ƷAR (GAR-AD)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ƷAR; Ety/ƷAR|GARAT; EtyAC/GAR; EtyAC/ƷAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by