Eldamo : Quenya : mára

Q. mára adj. “good, proper” (Category: Good)

Q. mára, adj. “good, proper; [ᴹQ.] useful, fit, good (of things), [ᴱQ.] excellent; ⚠️mighty, power, doughty” (Category: Good)

References ✧ PE17/16, 57-59, 74, 93, 147, 162, 172; PE22/154, 166; VT42/33; VT49/12, 15, 30

Glosses

“good” ✧ PE17/58; PE17/59; PE17/74 (māra); PE17/93; PE17/162; PE17/162 (māra); PE22/154; PE22/166; VT42/33; VT49/12; PE17/162 (†marna)
“good, proper” ✧ PE17/172 (mára)

Variations

mára ✧ PE17/57; PE17/58; PE17/59; PE17/93; PE17/147; PE17/162; PE22/154; PE22/166; VT42/33; VT49/12; VT49/15; PE17/172 (mára)
māra ✧ PE17/16; PE17/74; PE17/162
†marna ✧ PE17/162
mara ✧ VT49/30

māra “good” [derivation] shown by [archaic] by-form †marna “good” ✧ PE17/162
arya functions as comparative in place of mára ✧ PE17/147
maira “excellent” is distinct from mára “good, proper” ✧ PE17/172

Inflections

máre

plural

“good”

✧ PE22/166

Element In

ᴺQ. !alamára “no-good”
Q. máralë “goodness” ✧ PE17/58
Q. márië “well, happily; goodness, good estate, being well, happiness” ✧ PE17/58; PE17/58; PE17/74 (mārie); PE17/162; PE17/162
Q. alasaila ná lá carë tai mo nave mára “it is unwise not to do what one judges good” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/34
Q. carë mára quí tyarë naxa “doing good may cause evil” ✧ PE22/154
Q. lá carita i hamil mára alasaila ná “not to do (in this case) what you judge good (would be) unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
Q. la navin caritalyas mára “I do not advise you to do so, (lit.) I don’t judge your doing (it) good” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
Q. mára ná “it is good” ✧ PE17/93
Q. mára tyen “good to you = like” ✧ PE22/166
Q. namárië “farewell, (lit.) be well, let it be well (to you)” ✧ PE17/59
Q. nás mára nin “I like it” ✧ VT49/30
Q. roccor i Erulingaron márë nár (ma naitë)? “the horses of the Rohirrim are good (are they not, lit. is it true)” ✧ PE22/166
Q. ta mára “so good” ✧ VT49/12
Q. úmara “bad, ill-used, evil, sinister” ✧ VT49/15

Cognates

S. maer “good, excellent, fair” ✧ PE17/172 (maer)

Derivations

< √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state” ✧ PE17/162 (MAGA); PE17/172 (MAG)
< ✶magrā “good, useful, proper, fit” ✧ PE17/16 (magra)
- < √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state” ✧ VT47/6 (MAGA)
< ✶manrā “good” ✧ PE17/162
- < √MAN “good (morally), blessed, holy, unmarred, free from evil” ✧ PE17/162

Phonetic Developments

✶magra > māra	[magra] > [maɣra] > [māra]	✧ PE17/16
√MAGA > mára	[magra] > [maɣra] > [māra]	✧ PE17/162
✶manrā > māra	[manrā] > [mārā] > [māra]	✧ PE17/162
√MAG > mára	[magra] > [maɣra] > [māra]	✧ PE17/172

ᴹQ. mára adj. “good (of things), useful, fit” (Category: Good)

References ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; EtyAC/MAƷ; LR/72; PE19/46; PE22/119, 123

Glosses

“(a) good (thing)” ✧ PE22/119
“good” ✧ PE22/123 (mára); EtyAC/MAƷ (māra)
“useful, fit, good (of things)” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG

Variations

mára ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; PE19/46; PE22/119; PE22/123 (mára)
māra ✧ EtyAC/MAƷ

alwara “useless, *worthless” might be an abnormal mutation of mára “good (of things), useful, fit”

Inflections

márie

stative

“it is good”

✧ LR/72

Element In

ᴹQ. Máraher “Good Steward”
ᴹQ. matie ye mára “eating is (a) good (thing)” ✧ PE22/119
ᴹQ. Melko Mardello lende: márie “Melko has gone from Earth: it is good.” ✧ LR/72
ᴹQ. mólome mára poldóreain “hard work (is) good for the strong-bodied” ✧ PE22/123

Cognates

N. maer “useful, fit, good (of things)” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG

Derivations

< ᴹ√MAG “use, handle” ✧ EtyAC/MAƷ (MAG)
< ᴹ✶magrā “useful, fit, good (of things)” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG; PE19/46 (magra)
- < ᴹ√MAG “use, handle” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶magrā > mára	[magrā] > [maɣrā] > [mārā] > [māra]	✧ Ety/MAƷ\|MAG
ᴹ✶magra > mára	[magra] > [maɣra] > [māra]	✧ PE19/46

ᴱQ. mára¹ adj. “mighty, power[ful], doughty; good, excellent, useful (of things)” (Category: Good)

References ✧ GG/10; LFC/30; PE13/122, 125; PE14/48, 81; PE15/32, 73; PE16/137, 140-141; QL/57

Glosses

“*good” ✧ PE15/32 (māra)
“good” ✧ GG/10 (māra); LFC/30; PE16/137
“good (not bad)” ✧ PE14/48 (măra); PE14/81 (mara)
“good, excellent, useful, not bad” ✧ PE15/73 (mara)
“mighty, power, doughty; (of things) good, useful” ✧ QL/57 (māra)

Variations

Mára ✧ LFC/30; PE16/137; PE16/140
māra ✧ GG/10; PE13/122; PE15/32; QL/57
mā-ra ✧ PE13/125
măra ✧ PE14/48
mara ✧ PE14/81; PE15/73

Inflections

maite	augmentative		✧ PE13/125
malda	augmentative		✧ PE15/73
māre	plural	“*good”	✧ PE15/32; PE15/32
márea	stative	“is good”	✧ PE16/140
maranye	stative-past		✧ PE16/141
meante	superlative		✧ PE13/125

Element In

ᴱQ. i limbelu tuktalla nai mára “*the long search may be good” ✧ PE15/32
ᴱQ. mal “better, best” ✧ PE14/81
ᴱQ. malda¹ “better, best” ✧ PE14/81
ᴱQ. mára mesta an ni véla tye ento, ya rato nea “good-bye until I see you next, and I hope it will be soon” ✧ LFC/30
ᴱQ. néri ur natsi nostalen máre “*men are not beings good by nature” ✧ PE15/32
ᴱQ. nostalen mára “good by nature” ✧ GG/10
ᴱQ. qentien no máre nar i hondor “*than good, I said, are the hearts” ✧ PE15/32

Cognates

ᴱN. maur “good” ✧ PE13/122 (môr); PE13/125 (môr)
G. mora “good”

Derivations

< ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ QL/57

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√MAHA > māra

[maxrā] > [maxra] > [maɣra] > [māra]

✧ QL/57