Eldamo : Sindarin : pad-

S. pad- v. “to step, walk” (Category: to Walk)

S. pad-, v. “to step, ⚠️walk” (Category: to Walk)

A verb in Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings 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”.

References ✧ PE17/34

Glosses

“step” ✧ PE17/34
“walk” ✧ PE17/34
“walk, step” ✧ PE17/34

pâd “a step (action)” ✧ PE17/34

Element In

S. aphad- “to follow”
S. padra- “to walk” ✧ PE17/34
S. Tharbad “Crossway, Crossing” ✧ PE17/34

Cognates

ᴺQ. !pat- “to step, take a (single) step”
Q. pata- “to walk” ✧ PE17/34

Derivations

< *√PAT “*step, walk”