Appendix:Sindarin/adar

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Sindarin

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Etymology

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Modified from ador in Tolkien’s earlier conception of the language (‘Gnomish’). Diegetically explained as inherited from Primitive Elvish *atar, and so cognate to Quenya atar.

Noun

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adar • 2#6E (plural edair)

  1. father
  2. Father, God the Father, the first hypostasis of the Holy Trinity
  3. (in edenedair) leading male ancestor, patriarch

References

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  • Paul Strack (2008–2023) “adar”, in Eldamo – An Elvish Lexicon[1]