pad-

verb. to step, walk

A verb in Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings (WPP) from the late 1950s or early 1960s, with glosses “step” and “walk” (PE17/34). In one place pad- “step” was contrasted with longer padra- “walk” from the same root.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would primarily use pad- for “step” and padra- for “walk”.

pad-

walk

_ v. _walk, step. Q. pata-. >> Tharbad

pada-

verb. to walk

pad

track

_ n. _track, road (only of 'roads' or tracks unpaved in open country).

padra-

walk

_ v. _walk. >> pad-

pada

walk

(on a track or path) pada- (i bada, i phadar)

pada

walk

(on a track or path) pada- (i bada, i phadar)

cidinn

?. [unglossed]

cinnog

?. [unglossed]

hand

noun. [unglossed]

madu

?. [unglossed]

maud

?. [unglossed]

pâd

noun. a step; track, road; ford, a step; track, road, [N.] way; ford

A word for a “track, road”, more specifically used “only of ‘roads’ or tracks unpaved in open country”, derived from ✶pat(a) of similar meaning (PE17/34). Tolkien said it could also mean “ford”. It was most notably used as an element in the name Tharbad “Crossway” (Ety/THAR) or “Road-crossing” (RC/15). In an unfinished note Tolkien translated pâd as “a step (action)” (PE17/34); in this note and elsewhere the root √PAT was associated with various verbs having to do with walking, such as S. padra- “walk” (PE17/34) and S. aphad- “follow, (orig.) walk behind” (WJ/387).

Conceptual Development: The name N. Thar-bad appeared in an entry added later to The Etymologies of the 1930s with a hard-to-read gloss, possibly “?Crossway” (Ety/THAR). It is possible this earlier appearance actually contained N. bâd “beaten track, pathway” < ᴹ√BAT “tread” (Ety/BAT). G. pad appeared (untranslated) in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s derived from ᴱ√pat-, along with G. padra- “walk” (GL/63).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would assume the primary meaning of pâd is “a step”, but it could mean “[series of] steps = track, road, way” in compounds like Tharbad. However, I would not use pâd for “ford”; for that I would using the better-attested athrad.

ruin

track

(slot, spoor, footprint), pl. r**ŷn (idh r**ŷn). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” ”rhoein” = rhöin, LR:364 s.v. RUN. Note: a homophone means ”blazing fire, red flame” and also ”fiery red, burning” as an adj.

râd

track

1) (path) râd, construct rad, pl. raid (idh raidh), 2) *ruin (slot, spoor, footprint), pl. rŷn (idh rŷn). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” ”rhoein” = rhöin, LR:364 s.v. __. Note: a homophone means ”blazing fire, red flame” and also ”fiery red, burning” as an adj.

râd

track

construct rad, pl. raid (idh raidh)