N. barad¹ n. “fort, tower, fortress” (Category: Tower)

References ✧ Ety/BARAT; EtyAC/BARAT; WR/326, 340

Glosses

• “fort, tower, fortress” ✧ Ety/BARAT

Variations

• barad ✧ Ety/BARAT

Changes

• barad “tower, fortress” »» barad “fort, tower, fortress” ✧ EtyAC/BARAT

Inflections

Bered	plural		✧ WR/340
Varad	soft-mutation; b-mutation	“defended”	✧ WR/326

Element In

• N. Barad Amroth “Castle Amroth”
• N. Barad-dûr “Dark Tower”
• N. Bered Ondrath “*Towers of the Stone Road” ✧ WR/340
• N. Tol Varad “Defended Isle” ✧ WR/326

Derivations

• < ᴹ√BARAT “*tower” ✧ Ety/BARAT
  • < ᴹ√BAR “raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)”

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√BARAT > barad

[barata] > [barat] > [barad]

✧ Ety/BARAT