Eldamo : Quenya : yára

Q. yára adj. “old, ancient” (Category: Old)

Q. yára, adj. “old, ancient, [ᴹQ.] belonging to or descending from former times” (Category: Old): ᴱQ. yara “a gloom, blight, lowering darkness”

The usual Quenya word for “old” appearing in numerous places (RC/579.0903; VT49/40; Ety/YA.030; PE22/21, 119). In The Etymologies of the 1930s ᴹQ. yára was glossed “ancient, belonging to or descending from former times” and was derived from the root ᴹ√YA “there, over there; of time, ago” (Ety/YA).

References ✧ PE18/76; RC/579; VT49/40

Glosses

“ancient” ✧ PE18/76 (#Yára)
“old” ✧ RC/579 (yāra)

Variations

#Yára ✧ PE18/76
yāra ✧ RC/579

Inflections

anyáran

intensive dative

“*very old”

✧ VT49/40

Element In

ᴺQ. !amyára “elder”
ᴺQ. !anyára “elder, senior”
ᴺQ. !yárahan “older brother”
ᴺQ. !yáranet “older sister”
ᴺQ. !yáraquetta “archaism, archaic word”
ᴺQ. !yarië “antiquity”
Q. yárië “age”
Q. Elainen tárin Periandion ar meldenya anyáran “*to Elaine, queen of Hobbits and my very old friend” ✧ VT49/40
Q. Yáranoldorin “Ancient Noldorin” ✧ PE18/76

Cognates

S. iaur “old” ✧ RC/579

Derivations

< √YA “*there, over there; (of time) back, ago”

ᴹQ. yára adj. “old, ancient, belonging to or descending from former times” (Category: Old)

See Q. yára for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/YA; PE18/26; PE22/21, 119

Glosses

“ancient, belonging to or descending from former times” ✧ Ety/YA
“old” ✧ PE18/26; PE22/21 (yāra); PE22/119

Variations

yára ✧ Ety/YA; PE18/26; PE22/119
yāra ✧ PE22/21

Element In

ᴹQ. me·láner fasta sa yára Túro “we were not pleased [that old Túro...]” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. Yára-noldorin “Old Noldorin” ✧ PE18/26
ᴹQ. yára Túro mante ilqa masta ha mé·ne úmahtale “old Túro’s eating of all the bread was a nuisance to us” ✧ PE22/119

Cognates

N. iaur “ancient, old(en)” ✧ Ety/YA

Derivations

< ᴹ√YA “there, over there; (of time) back, ago” ✧ Ety/YA

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√YA > yára

[jāra]

✧ Ety/YA