carda noun "deed" (PE17:51). Cf. car #3. The word may contain the ending -da (q.v.) denoting the result of the corresponding verbal action.
Quenya
car
deed
carda
deed
carda
noun. deed
carda
noun. deed
Quenya noun for a “deed”, a combination of the verb car- “to do” and the verbal suffix -da used for the product of an action (PE17/51; PE22/152), thus literally “✱a thing done”.
Conceptual Development: Perhaps the earliest precursor of this word is ᴱQ. karma “shape, fashion; act, deed” in the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s of similar derivation (QL/45). In The Etymologies from the 1930s, the word appeared as ᴹQ. kar (kard-), but this gloss was rejected and replaced by ᴹQ. kar “building” (Ety/KAR). The form karma “deed” also appeared in some later writings, but was rejected (PE22/138).
Cognates
- S. carth “deed”
Elements
Word Gloss car- “to do, make, to do, make, [ᴹQ.] build” -da “product of an action” Variations
- karda ✧ PE17/051; PE22/152
- karma ✧ PE22/138 (
karma)
carma
noun. deed
car (card-) (3) ("k")noun "deed" (rewritten >) "building, house" (KAR). Cf. carda.