Appendix:Sindarin/adar

Sindarin

Etymology

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

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

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