Eldamo : Quenya : namárië

Q. namárië interj. “farewell, (lit.) be well, let it be well (to you)” (Category: Please in Polite Phrases)

Q. namárië, interj. “farewell, (lit.) be well, let it be well (to you)” (Category: Please in Polite Phrases)

References ✧ Let/224; LotR/352, 378; PE17/58-59, 74, 162; RGEO/58-59; WJ/369; WJI/Namárië

Glosses

“be [thou] well, farewell” ✧ PE17/59 (na mārie)
“be well” ✧ PE17/162; PE17/162
“Farewell” ✧ LotR/378; LotR/378; PE17/58; RGEO/58 (Namā́rië́); RGEO/58 (Namā́rië́); RGEO/59 (Namārië); RGEO/59 (Namārië)
“farewell, be well” ✧ PE17/59
“let it be well (to you), let all that is good be (to you), farewell” ✧ PE17/74 (na-mārië)

Variations

namárië “be well” [as an ordinary sentence is] á na márie “be well” ✧ PE17/162
namárië “be well” only farewell is áva márie “go happily” ✧ PE17/162
namárië “be well” only greeting is (hara) máriesse “(stay) in happiness” ✧ PE17/162
namárië “farewell” [is] archaic for márienna ✧ PE17/58
namárië “be well” only farewell is márienna “to happiness” ✧ PE17/162
márienna “farewell, (lit.) towards/to what is good” a variant of na-mārië “let it be well (to you), let all that is good be (to you), farewell” ✧ PE17/74

Elements

ná-	“to be”	✧ PE17/58 (nā); PE17/59 (na); PE17/59 (na); PE17/74 (na)
márië	“well, happily; goodness, good estate, being well, happiness”	✧ PE17/58; PE17/59 (mārie); PE17/74 (mārie); PE17/162

mára	“good, proper”	✧ PE17/59

Element In

Q. Arwen vanimelda, namárië “Arwen beautiful and beloved, farewell” ✧ LotR/352
Q. nai elyë hiruva. namárië! “maybe even thou shalt find it. farewell!” ✧ LotR/378; RGEO/58
Q. namárië! nai hiruvalyë Valimar “farewell! maybe thou shalt find Valimar” ✧ LotR/378; RGEO/58
Q. Arwen vanimalda, namárië ✧ WJ/369
Q. nai elyë hiruva. namárië!² “be-it-that even you will find [it]. farewell!” ✧ RGEO/59
Q. namárië! nai hiruvalyë Valimar² “farewell! be-it-that you will find Valimar” ✧ RGEO/59