'father-less' soft mut. of Pen-adar >> Pen-adar
Sindarin
atheg
noun. "litte father"
atheg
noun. thumb (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)
adar
noun. father
adar
noun. father
Ben-adar
'father-less' soft mut
edenedair
collective name. Fathers of Men
Edenedair
noun. fathers of men
plural of adanadar < adan (“man”) + adar (“father”)
Pen-ada
noun. fatherless
pen (“without, lacking”) + adar (“father”)
iarwain ben-adar
masculine name. Oldest and Fatherless
Pen-adar
'Fatherless'
(Ben-adar) prop. n. 'Fatherless', a title of Tom Bombadil.
penadar
adjective. 'fatherless'
adj. 'fatherless'. >> pen-
emel
noun. mother
emel
noun. mother
A word for “mother” in notes on Elvish Hands, Fingers and Numerals from the late 1960s, along with a diminutive form emelig (VT48/17 note #13). These forms were struck through and replaced by emig as the proper diminutive form from the root √EM (VT48/6), but that doesn’t necessarily invalidate emel = “mother”, which appeared elsewhere as (probably primitive) emel, emer in rough versions of these notes (VT48/19 note #16). These Sindarin forms are unusual in that the medial m did not become v, which means the primitive form was likely based on ✱emm- as suggested by Patrick Wynne (VT48/17 note #14).
Conceptual Development: G. amil “mother” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s along with rejected forms {anwin, amril} and an archaic variant †amaith (GL/19). The forms {emaith >>} amaith appeared unglossed in Gnomish Lexicon Slips revising that document (PE13/109). In The Etymologies of the 1930s there was a form N. †emil for “mother” under the root ᴹ√AM of the same meaning, but Tolkien said this word was archaic, apparently replaced by N. naneth (Ety/AM¹; EtyAC/AM¹). With N. emil, the a became e via i-affection, but the medial m failing to become v requires an explanation similar to that of 1960s S. emel.
Neo-Sindarin: I generally prefer derivatives of the earlier root √AM for “mother” words in Quenya, but in the case of Sindarin, I find emel and emig from √EM to be better and more widely accepted.
emmel
noun. mother
adar
father
adar (pl. edair);
ada
father
(pl. edai)
adar
father
(pl. edair);
adanadar
father of men
Adanadar, normally pl. Edenedair "Fathers of Men", the early Edain.
adanadar
father of men
Adanadar, normally pl. Edenedair "Fathers of Men", term used of the early Edain. For other terms for ”Men” as opposed to Elves, see FOLLOWER.
adanadar
father of men
normally pl. Edenedair "Fathers of Men", the early Edain.
naneth
mother
naneth (pl. nenith). Hypocoristic form (”mom”) nana, pl. nenai (but this word is probably rarely pluralized). In a higher style also †emil. No distinct pl. form; coll. pl. emillath. Variant form emel (pl. emil), also spelt emmel (pl. emmil). (VT48:17)
naneth
mother
(pl. nenith). Hypocoristic form (”mom”) nana, pl. nenai (but this word is probably rarely pluralized). In a higher style also †emil. No distinct pl. form; coll. pl. emillath. Variant form emel (pl. emil), also spelt emmel (pl. emmil). (VT48:17)
ada
daddy
ada (pl. edai)
emig
noun. "litte mother"
emig
noun. index finger (Elvish play-name used by and taught to children)
ada
daddy
(pl. edai)
emig
little mother
(no distinct pl. form except with article: in emig). Also used (in children’s play) as a name for the index finger (VT48:6, 17)
The Sindarin word for “father”, derived from the root √AT(AR) (PM/324; VT44/21-22; VT48/19).
Conceptual Development: N. adar “father” also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√ATA of the same meaning (Ety/ATA). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, however, G. †ador “father” was marked as archaic, and it seems {athon >>} G. nathon was the ordinary word for ”father” (GL/17, 59).