Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : ARA¹

ᴱ√ARA¹ root. “(be) dry”

⚠️ᴱ√ARA¹ root. “(be) dry”: ᴹ√PARAK “*dry”; √AR “beyond, further than; outside; ⚠️beside, alongside; [ᴱ√] spread, extend sideways”

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s meaning “(be) dry” (QL/32). Given the many uses to which √AR was put later, it is unlikely this sense remained valid in Tolkien’s later writing; the later root ᴹ√PARAK and its derivatives is probably better for the purposes of Neo-Eldarin writing.

References ✧ QL/32

Glosses

“be dry” ✧ QL/32
“dry” ✧ QL/32

Variations

ARA ✧ QL/32; QL/32
’ARA ✧ QL/32

LOYO “*thirst, parched” is similar in sense to ARA¹ “(be) dry”

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. ára “dry sand, grit” ✧ QL/32
> ᴱQ. arean “wilderness, deserted place” ✧ QL/32
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Areandor “(Land of) Desert” ✧ PME/32
> ᴱQ. arin “hearth” ✧ QL/32
- ⇒ ᴱQ. arinya “fireside” ✧ QL/32
> ᴱQ. arqa “arid, parched, dry” ✧ QL/32
- ⇒ ᴱQ. arqilis “desert” ✧ QL/32
> G. arin(g) “kiln”
> G. armin “desert, waste”
> G. arp “barren, dry, desert”
> G. ôr “dry sand”