Q. Aratar coll. “High Ones, The Exalted, The Supreme”

Q. Aratar, coll. “High Ones, The Exalted, The Supreme”

References ✧ LT1I; MRI; PE17/186; PM/363; PMI; S/29; SA/ar(a); SI; SMI; WJ/399, 402; WJI

Glosses

• “High One” ✧ PE17/186
• “High Ones” ✧ S/29
• “The Exalted” ✧ PM/363; PMI/Aratar; SI/Aratar
• “the Supreme” ✧ WJ/402; WJI/Aratar

Related

• Aratar “the Supreme” was a version of Val. māχanāz ✧ WJ/402
• Máhan “one of the eight chiefs of the Valar” is usually translated as Aratar ✧ WJ/399

Elements

arata	“high, noble, exalted, lofty”	plural
✶arātā	“high, lofty, noble”		✧ PM/363 (arat-)

Derivations

• < √RAT² “tower up” ✧ PE17/186
• < √ARAT “good, excellent, noble” ✧ SA/ar(a)

Phonetic Developments

√RAT > aratar	[aratar]	✧ PE17/186
√arat- > Aratar	[aratar]	✧ SA/ar(a)