minas

noun. tower, fort, city (with a citadel and central watch tower)

Cognates

• Q. minassë “fort, city (with a citadel and central watch tower)” ✧ VT42/24

Derivations

• √MIN “one, first of a series, one, first of a series; [ᴹ√] stand alone, stick out” ✧ VT42/24

Element in

• S. Annúminas “Tower of the West” ✧ SA/minas
• S. Arminas “?Noble Tower”
• S. Minas Anor “Tower of the (Setting) Sun” ✧ SA/minas
• S. Minas Ithil “Tower of the (Rising) Moon”
• S. Minas Morgul “Tower of Sorcery”
• S. Minas Tirith “Tower of Guard, Tower of Watch” ✧ SA/minas
• N. Minas Tirith “Tower of Guard”
• S. Mindolluin “Towering Blue-head”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√MIN > minas	[minasse] > [minass] > [minas]	✧ VT42/24

minas

noun. tower

minas

noun. fort, city with a citadel and central watch-tower

minas

tower

(i vinas), pl. minais (i minais), coll. pl. minassath

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

noun. tower, fortress

barad

tower

1b n. tower.

barad

tower

1c n. tower. Q. marto.

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.