arato noun "a noble" (PE17:147), in PE17:118 given as aratō and there glossed "lord" (often = "king"). Cf. aráto. The form cited in the latter source, aratō with a long final vowel, is evidently very archaic (compare Enderō under Ender); later the vowel would become short. (PE17:118)
Quenya
ar(a)-
prefix. noble, high
Derivations
- √RĀ/ARA “noble, high, royal” ✧ PE17/147; PM/344
Element in
- Q. Aracáno “High Chieftain” ✧ PM/344
- Q. Aracondo “*Noble Prince”
- Q. Aracorno “Aragorn”
- Q. Arafinwë “*Noble Finwë” ✧ PM/344
- ᴺQ. aranisquë “frankincense”
- Q. Aratan “*Noble Man”
- Q. Arcantiër “Major Patterns”
- Q. Arciryas “*Noble Ship”
- Q. Arfanyarassë “High Shining White Peak”
- Q. Argoldo “Noble Noldo”
- Q. Armenelos “City of the Kings; *(lit.) Noble Heaven City”
- Q. arquen “noble, knight”
- Q. Artano “High-smith”
- ᴺQ. arcöa “palace, (lit.) noble-house”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √ARA > ar/ara/aran [ara-] ✧ PE17/147 √Ara- > Ara-/ar- [ara-] ✧ PM/344 Variations
- ar/ara/aran ✧ PE17/147
- Ara-/ar- ✧ PM/344
Ara-
noble
arato
noble
arquen
noble
arquen noun "a noble" (WJ:372), "knight" (PE17:147)
Ara-, ar- a prefixed form of the stem Ara- "noble" (PM:344). In the masc. names Aracáno "high chieftain", mothername (amilessë, q.v.) of Fingolfin (PM:360, cf. 344), Arafinwë "Finarfin" (MR:230)