Quenya 

heru

lord, master

heru (also hér) noun "lord, master" (PM:210, KHER, LT1:272, VT44:12); Letters:283 gives hér (heru); the form Héru with a long vowel refers to God in the source where it appears (i Héru "the Lord", VT43:29). In names like Herumor "Black Lord" and Herunúmen "Lord of the West" (SA:heru). The form heruion is evidently a gen.pl. of heru "lord": "of the lords" (SD:290); herunúmen "Lord-of-West" (LR:47), title of Manwë. Pl. númeheruvi "Lords-of-West" (*"West-lords") in SD:246, a title of the Valar; does this form suggest that #heruvi is the regular plural of heru?

hér

lord

hér noun "lord" (VT41:9), also heru, q.v.

hér

noun. lord

condo

noun. lord

túrin

noun. lord

Derivations

  • TUR “dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power, dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power; [ᴹ√] victory; [ᴱ√] am strong”

Element in

Variations

  • Túrin ✧ Minor-Doc/1973-05-30
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Malantur

lord, ruler

Malantur, masc. name. Apparently includes -(n)tur "lord, ruler". The initial element is unlikely to connect with the early "Qenya" element mala- "hurt, pain", and may rather reflect the root MALAT "gold" (PM:366): Malat-ntur > Malantur "Gold-ruler"? (UT:210)

herunauco

9V7J5.DaH noun. dwarf-lord, dwarven lord

Quenya [Compound of heru and nauco] Group: Neologism. Published by

Sindarin 

heron

lord

(i cheron, o cheron) (master), pl. heryn (i cheryn), coll. pl. heronnath** (VT45:22). Since the pl. heryn clashes with the fem. sg. heryn** ”lady”, other words for ”lord” may be preferred.

brannon

lord

(i** vrannon), pl. brennyn (i** mrennyn), coll. pl. brannonnath

hîr

lord

1) hîr (i chîr, o chîr; also hir-, her- at the beginning of compounds) (master), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîr), coll. pl. híriath (Letters:282, 386; VT41:9); 2) heron (i cheron, o cheron) (master), pl. heryn (i cheryn), coll. pl. heronnath (VT45:22)._ _Since the pl. heryn clashes with the fem. sg. heryn ”lady”, other words for ”lord” may be preferred. 3) brannon (i vrannon), pl. brennyn (i mrennyn), coll. pl. brannonnath; 4) tûr (i dûr, o thûr, construct tur) (mastery, power, control; master, victor), pl. tuir (i thuir), coll. pl. túrath.

hîr

lord

(i chîr, o chîr; also hir-, her- at the beginning of compounds) (master), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîr), coll. pl. híriath (Letters:282, 386; VT41:9)

tûr

lord

(i** dûr, o thûr, construct tur) (mastery, power, control; master, victor), pl. tuir (i** thuir), coll. pl. túrath.

Adûnaic

kherû

masculine name. Lord

A rejected draft version of the Adûnaic name for Morgoth translated “Lord”, replaced by Arûn of the same meaning (SD/376). It is transparently a derivative of the Elvish root ᴹ√KHER, as suggested by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynn (AAD/18). A later form of this word, ✱khôr “lord”, may appears as an element in the name Adûnakhôr “Lord of the West”.

Changes

  • KherūArûn “Lord” ✧ SD/376
  • KherūArûn ✧ SDI2/Arûn

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess”

Variations

  • Kherū ✧ SD/376 (Kherū); SDI2/Arûn (Kherū)
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arûn

masculine name. Lord

An Adûnaic name for Morgoth, perhaps coined by Sauron when he introduced the worship of the dark god to the Númenóreans, translated as “Lord” (SD/376). It is derived from the word ârû “king” and was sometimes used in a compound together with Morgoth’s true Adûnaic name: Arûn-Mulkhêr (SD/367). In other writings (SD/357) it was the original Adûnaic name of Morgoth before he fell to evil, but that hardly makes sense in the conceptual scenario of the later Silmarillion, in which Morgoth had already become evil before men awoke.

Elements

WordGloss
ârû“king”
Adûnaic [SD/357; SD/376; SDI2/Arûn] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bâr

noun. lord

A noun translated as “lord” (SD/311, 428). This nouns wins the prize for “most inflected Adûnaic noun”, since we have declensions for this noun in both the draft Adûnaic grammar and the later grammar of Lowdham’s Report. As such, it is very helpful for comparing how the noun declensions changed as Tolkien developed Adûnaic grammar. For example, comparing its draft plurals bāri/bārim to its later plural bârî/bârîm indicate the draft plural was originally formed with a short rather than long i. There are a few lingering examples of this short-i plural in later writings (SD/247, 251).

Conceptual Development: In earlier writings the rejected name Kherû “Lord” (SD/376) indicates a possible earlier form of this noun; Kherû itself was changed to Arûn. A similar form reappears in later writings in the name Adûnakhôr “Lord of the West”: either akhôr or khôr “lord”. Whether or not this later word replaced bâr is unknown.

Element in

Variations

  • Bār ✧ SD/428
  • bār ✧ SD/429; SD/437; SD/438; SD/438
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khôr Reconstructed

noun. lord

An element meaning “lord” appearing only in the name Adûnakhôr “Lord of the West”, though a similar form appears in the earlier names Kherû “Lord” and Mulkhêr “Lord of Darkness”. It isn’t clear whether this element is ✱akhôr or ✱khôr, but khôr resembles the Primitive Elvish root √KHER “rule, govern, possess”, to which it may be related.

This possible relationship has been suggested by various authors (AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/KHUR). Andreas Moehn rejected the relationship, pointing out that Primitive Elvish ✶khēru “lord” would have developed phonetically into Ad. ✱✱khîru (EotAL). However, khôr may be derived from some more ancient Avari loan word, which underwent different phonetic developments than those of the Eldarin languages, perhaps ✶kher- > khar > khaur > Ad. khôr.

Cognates

  • Q. heru “lord, master”

Derivations

  • KHER “possess, possess, [ᴹ√] rule, govern, [ᴱ√] have power”

Element in

Primitive elvish

árātō

noun. lord

Derivations

  • RĀ/ARA “noble, high, royal” ✧ PE17/118

Derivatives

  • Q. aráto “champion, eminent man, noble, lord, king” ✧ PE17/118
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Noldorin 

brannon

noun. lord

Noldorin [Ety/351] Group: SINDICT. Published by

brannon

noun. lord

Noldorin [Ety/BARÁD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

mandu

noun. lord

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MANA “*good (moral)”

Doriathrin

garon

noun. lord

A Doriathrin noun for “lord” derived from the root ᴹ√ƷAR or possibly ᴹ√GAR (Ety/ƷAR), perhaps from a primitive form ✱✶ɣarān-. If so, the [[ilk|initial [ɣ] became [g]]], while the long [[ilk|[ā] became [ō]]] and then [[ilk|shortened to [o] in the final syllable of a polysyllable]].

Conceptual Development: An earlier version of this entry had Dor. garan, which likely had a short [a] in the second syllable which was preserved. Since it did not undergo the Ilkorin Syncope, the primitive form likely either had no final vowel or ended in a short [a], so the second [a] was in the final syllable, which seems to have prevented the syncope; this theory is supported by its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. haran.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. haran “king, chieftain, lord or king of a specified region” ✧ EtyAC/ƷARA

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ƷAR “have, hold” ✧ Ety/ƷAR; EtyAC/ƷARA

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ƷAR > garon[ɣarān] > [ɣarōn] > [garōn] > [garon]✧ Ety/ƷAR
ᴹ√ƷAR > garan[ɣarana] > [ɣaran] > [garan]✧ Ety/ƷAR

Variations

  • garan ✧ EtyAC/ƷAR (Dor. garan); EtyAC/ƷARA (Dor. garan)
Doriathrin [Ety/ƷAR; EtyAC/ƷAR; EtyAC/ƷARA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

hermon

noun. lord

Cognates

túrin

masculine name. Lord

Gnomish [LT2I/Túrin; PE15/61] Group: Eldamo. Published by

malc

noun. lord

Cognates

  • Eq. malko “lord, sir”

Derivations

Element in

  • G. malcos “lordship, power, a province or principality” ✧ GL/56
  • G. malcrin “lordly, noble, mighty” ✧ GL/56

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶malkŭ- > malc[malku] > [malk]✧ GL/56

Variations

  • malc ✧ GL/56

Early Noldorin

hîr

noun. lord

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HERE “rule, have power”

Variations

  • hír ✧ PE13/147
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Early Quenya

heru

noun. lord

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HERE “rule, have power” ✧ LT1A/Valahíru; QL/040

Element in

  • Eq. heruni “lady” ✧ QL/040
  • Eq. heruvesto “husband, (lit.) lord husband” ✧ QL/040

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HERE > heru[xerū] > [xeru] > [heru]✧ QL/040

Variations

  • hēru ✧ GL/49
Early Quenya [GL/49; LT1A/Valahíru; PME/040; QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by