Eldamo : Early Quenya : ára

ᴱQ. ára n. “dry sand, grit” (Category: Sand, Grit)

⚠️ᴱQ. ára, n. “dry sand, grit” (Category: Sand, Grit): ᴹQ. litsë “sand”

A noun given as {āra >>} àra in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dry sand, grit” given as a derivative of ᴱ√ARA “be dry” (QL/32), also mentioned as āra in contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon alongside its Gnomish cognate G. ôr of similar meaning (GL/62). It is not clear what (if any) significance the grave accent à has.

References ✧ GL/62; QL/32

Glosses

“dry sand, grit” ✧ QL/32 (àra)

Variations

āra ✧ GL/62; QL/32 (āra)
àra ✧ QL/32

Changes

āra >> àra “dry sand, grit” ✧ QL/32

Cognates

G. ôr “dry sand” ✧ GL/62

Derivations

< ᴱ√ARA¹ “(be) dry” ✧ QL/32

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√ARA > àra

[ārā] > [āra]

✧ QL/32