N. bâd n. “beaten track, pathway” (Category: Path)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “beaten track, pathway” derived from ON. bata < ᴹ✶batā̆ under the root ᴹ√BAT “tread” (Ety/BAT).
Conceptual Development: A deleted noun G. {bad “way, path”} appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, apparently replaced by bad “building, outhouse, shed”; a similar word bad- “travel” was mentioned but not deleted (GL/21). The word bad also appeared (undeleted) in the name G. Bad Uthwen or Uswen “Way of Escape” in contemporaneous narratives and name lists of the 1910s (LT2/203; PE13/102; PE15/21). In this early period it was likely derived from the early root ᴱ√VAHA having to do with departure and travel (QL/99).
ᴱN. bad “way” reappeared in the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s (PE13/120) and Early Noldorin Word-lists from the same period (PE13/137, 160). A possible later variant can be seen in S. pâd “road, track” mentioned in an explanation of the name Tharbad (PE17/34); see that entry for discussion.
References ✧ Ety/BAT; EtyAC/BAT
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| ON. bata > bád | [bata] > [bat] > [bad] > [bād] | ✧ Ety/BAT |
ᴱN. bad n. “way” (Category: Path)
References ✧ PE13/120, 137, 160
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| i·maid | nasal-mutation plural; b-mutation | ✧ PE13/120 |
| baid | plural | ✧ PE13/137; PE13/160 |
| i·bhad | soft-mutation; b-mutation | ✧ PE13/120 |
| i·badui | stop-mutation dual; b-mutation | ✧ PE13/120 |