mára

adjective. good

mára

useful, fit, good

mára adj. "useful, fit, good" (of things) (MAG; see MA3; Arct, VT42:34, VT45:30). Nás mara nin "I like it", literally "it is good to me" (VT49:30; read mára for mara?) As the comparative of mára, the unrelated adjective arya "excelling" is used in the sense of "better"; for the superlative *"best", one adds the article: i arya (with genitive to express "the best of…") (PE17:57),

Amarië

good

Amarië fem. name; perhaps derived from mára "good" with prefixing of the stem-vowel and the feminine ending -ië (Silm)

ala-

good

ala- (3), also al-, a prefix expressing "good" or "well" (PE17:146), as in alaquenta (q.v.) Whether Tolkien imagined this ending to coexist with the negative prefix of the same form (#2 above) is unclear and perhaps dubious.

maer

good

_ adj. _good.

maer

good

adj. good, proper, excellent. Q. mára good, proper, Q. maira excellent. >> mae-. This gloss was rejected.

maer

adjective. excellent

_ adj. _excellent. Q. maira admirable, excellent, precious. >> maer-, maeron

maer

adjective. good, excellent, fair, good, excellent, fair; [N.] useful, fit, good (of things)

Cognates

• Q. maira “admirable, excellent, precious, splendid, sublime” ✧ PE17/163; PE17/163; PE17/172
• Q. mára “good, proper, good, proper; [ᴹQ.] useful, fit, good (of things), [ᴱQ.] excellent; mighty, power, doughty” ✧ PE17/172

Derivations

• √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ PE17/162; PE17/163; PE17/163
• √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state, good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state; [ᴹ√] use, handle” ✧ PE17/172

Element in

• ᴺS. maeras “goodness”
• ᴺS. novaer “goodbye, farewell, (lit.) be well”
• ᴺS. navaer “farewell, (lit.) be well”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√MAY > maer	[mairā] > [maira] > [mair] > [maer]	✧ PE17/162
√MAG > maer	[magrā] > [magra] > [maɣra] > [maira] > [mair] > [maer]	✧ PE17/172

ma

adjective. good

_ adj. _good. Archaic and obsolete except as interjection 'good, excellent, that's right'.

bain

good

_ adj. _good, wholesome, blessed, fair (esp. of weather). . This gloss was rejected.

raud

excellent

_ adj. _excellent, noble, eminent.

maer

good

_(”useful” of things _ not of moral qualities) maer (lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (fit, useful). For ”good” as an adjective describing human qualities, the word fael ”fair-minded, just, generous” may be considered.

maer

good

(lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (fit, useful). For ”good” as an adjective describing human qualities, the word fael ”fair-minded, just, generous” may be considered.

maer

useful

maer (lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (fit, good [of things])

maer

useful

(lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (fit, good [of things])

maer

fit

maer (lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (useful, good [of things])

maer

fit

(lenited vaer, no distinct pl. form) (useful, good [of things])

manrā

adjective. good

Derivations

• √MAN “good (morally), blessed, holy, unmarred, free from evil, good (morally), blessed, holy, unmarred, free from evil; [ᴹ√] holy spirit” ✧ PE17/162

Derivatives

• Q. mára “good, proper, good, proper; [ᴹQ.] useful, fit, good (of things), [ᴱQ.] excellent; mighty, power, doughty” ✧ PE17/162

maer

adjective. useful, fit, good (of things)

maer

adjective. useful, fit, good (of things)

Cognates

• ᴹQ. mára “good (of things), useful, fit” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG

Derivations

• ᴹ✶magrā “useful, fit, good (of things)” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG
  • ᴹ√MAG “use, handle” ✧ Ety/MAƷ|MAG

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶magrā > maer	[magrā] > [magra] > [maɣra] > [maira] > [mair] > [maer]	✧ Ety/MAƷ	MAG