Sindarin 

teith

noun. a sign

_ n. _a sign, symbol, mark. Q. tehta. >> taith, teithant

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teithant

verb. teithant

v. pa.t. of teitha-. >> teitha-

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taith

noun. a sign

_ n. _a sign, symbol, mark. Q. tehta. >> teith, teithant

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teitha-

verb. make marks or signs

_ v. _make marks or signs, write, inscribe. >> taith, teith, teithant

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teitha-

verb. to write, draw, inscribe, make marks or signs

Sindarin [LotR/0305; PE17/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

taith

noun. mark

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taith

mark

(noun) taith (i daith, o thaith), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaith). Archaic teith.

taith

mark

(i daith, o thaith), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaith). Archaic teith.

teitha

write

teitha- (i deitha, i theithar) (draw)

teitha

draw

teitha- (i deitha, i theithar) (write)

teitha

write

(i deitha, i theithar) (draw)

teitha

draw

(i deitha, i theithar) (write)

teithan

1hF35# noun. writing, scripture, written thing, letter, epistle

A theoretical noun from CE *tektanā (cf. -nā).

andaith

noun. long-mark, sign used in writing alphabetic tengwar over a vowel, to indicate that it is lengthened.

Sindarin [LotR/E, Ety/391, X/EI] and+taith. Group: SINDICT. Published by

glandagol

noun. boundary mark

Sindarin [VT/42:8,28] gland+tagol. Group: SINDICT. Published by

Noldorin 

teith

noun. mark, stroke

Noldorin [Ety/TEK; PE22/031] Group: Eldamo. Published by

teith

noun. mark

Noldorin [Ety/391, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

teitha-

verb. to write, draw

Noldorin [Ety/TEK; TI/182] Group: Eldamo. Published by

teitha-

verb. to write

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andeith

noun. long-mark, sign used in writing alphabetic tengwar over a vowel, to indicate that it is lengthened.

Noldorin [LotR/E, Ety/391, X/EI] and+taith. Group: SINDICT. Published by

Quenya 

saca-

draw, pull

saca- (þ) ("k") (2) vb. "draw, pull" (VT43:23; this word must come from older *þaca- because it is said to be related to sahta-, older þahta-, "induce", q.v.)

sarmë

writing

sarmë noun "writing" (VT39:8). Cf. sarat.

sarmë

noun. writing

tec-

write

tec- vb. "write" (Etym gives the form tecë"writes", evidently the 3rd person aorist) (TEK)

tehta

mark, sign

tehta noun "mark, sign" (TEK, VT39:17, Appendix E), especially diacritics denoting vowels in Fëanorian writing (pl. tehtar is attested); these diacritics are explicitly called ómatehtar "vowel-marks", q.v.

tuc-

draw

tuc- ("k")noun "draw" (1st pers. aorist tucin "I draw") (TUK)

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Old Noldorin 

tektha

noun. mark

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Qenya 

tek-

verb. to write, to write, [ᴱQ.] write on; to mark

tengwe

noun. writing

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Gnomish

tectha-

verb. to write

Early Quenya

sar-

verb. to write

A verb appearing as ᴱQ. sar- “write” in Early Qenya Word-lists from the 1920s. Hints at its later validity may be seen in Q. sarat, the names of the letters in the Sarati alphabet, and the root √SAR “score, incise; write”, both mentioned in the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60.

Neo-Quenya: Most Neo-Quenya writers use [ᴹQ.] tec- as the ordinary word for write, given its obvious association to Q. tehta and Q. tengwa. One of the challenges with sar- for “write” is that in Tolkien’s later writings, √SAR is also associated with “stone”, as in S. sarn/Q. sar “(small) stone”. In a discussion on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) in April 2022, Röandil suggested restoring ᴺQ. sar- with the sense “to mark (i.e. by incision), notch, score; (by later extension) to write”. Based on this I invented the following (fan-based) etymology:

Given its derivatives, it seems likely that √SAR is associated with stone but also with marks, probably originally marks in stone but generalized from there to marks on other substances. From this sar- was used as the basis for the earliest system of writing, both as a verb and in the name sarati. However, with the introduction of Feanor’s tengwar alphabet, this word no longer seemed suitable for as a general writing word, and was displaced by tec-, originally also meaning “make a mark”, but not specifically associated with stone.

Since tec- now usually meant “write”, the archaic sense “mark, score” was restored to sar-. This was aided by the fact that sar- was primarily a transitive verb, and used some awkward constructions. In particular, with the verb sar-, the direct object was always the thing written on, rather than the thing written. Thus with sar-, the proper way to say “write a sentence on paper” was actually sare hyalin quettalénen “write [on] paper with a sentence [instrumental]”, a construction that still survives, though now somewhat archaic. Meanwhile, the direct object of tec- is the thing written, so one would say tece quettale hyalinesse “write a sentence on paper”.

Note that this last construction [sare hyalin quettalénen] is inspired by Tolkien’s usage of the ᴱQ. verb teke- from the 1910s (QL/90), and essentially reverses of the Early Qenya paradigm of the 1910s and 20s, switching the roles of tek- and sar-. There is no evidence that the above Neo-Quenya discussion matches Tolkien’s own thoughts on the subject, so it should be considered “etymological fan-fiction”.

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tekta-

verb. to write

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