S. barad¹, n. “tower, fortress”

References ✧ LotR/1097; PE17/22, 65-66, 85; RC/274; SA/barad

Glosses

• “a great towering building (fort/city/castle), tower” ✧ PE17/022.3714; PE17/085.4003
• “tower” ✧ PE17/065.4405; PE17/066.0406; RC/274.2602; SA/barad.001

Variations

• barad ✧ PE17/022.3714; PE17/065.4405; PE17/066.0406; PE17/085.4003; RC/274.2602; SA/barad.001

Inflections

Beraid	plural	“tower[s]”	✧ LotR/1097.2501
Beraid	plural		✧ SA/barad.014

Element In

• ⇒ S. Barad-dûr “Dark Tower” ✧ PE17/022.4111; PE17/085.4002; RC/274.2506; SA/barad.004
• ⇒ S. Barad Eithel “Tower of the Well” ✧ SA/barad.006
• ⇒ S. Barad Nimras “White Horn Tower” ✧ SA/barad.008
• ⇒ S. Emyn Beraid “Tower Hills” ✧ LotR/1097.2412; SA/barad.013
• ⇒ S. Gilbarad
• ⇒ S. Halbarad

Cognates

• Q. marto “tower” ✧ PE17/066.0403
• Q. taras “great towering building (fort/city/castle), tower; mount, hill” ✧ PE17/022.4107
• Q. tarminas “great towering building (fort/city/castle), tower” ✧ PE17/022.4109

Derivations

• < √BARAT “lofty, high” ✧ PE17/022.3702; PE17/065.4401 (BARAD/BARAT); PE17/066.0205 (BAR-AT/AD)
  • < √BAR “raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)”

N. barad¹ n. “fort, tower, fortress”

References ✧ Ety/BARAT; EtyAC/BARAT; WR/326, 340

Glosses

• “fort, tower, fortress” ✧ Ety/BARAT.003

Variations

• barad ✧ Ety/BARAT.003

Changes

• barad “tower, fortress” »» barad “fort, tower, fortress” ✧ EtyAC/BARAT.006

Inflections

Bered	plural		✧ WR/340.1306-1
Varad	soft-mutation	“defended”	✧ WR/326.3203

Element In

• ⇒ N. Barad Amroth “Castle Amroth”
• ⇒ N. Barad-dûr “Dark Tower”
• ⇒ N. Bered Ondrath “*Towers of the Stone Road” ✧ WR/340.1306
• ⇒ N. Tol Varad “Defended Isle” ✧ WR/326.3202

Derivations

• < ᴹ√BARAT ✧ Ety/BARAT.001
  • < ᴹ√BAR “raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)”

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√BARAT > barad

[barata] > [barat] > [barad]

✧ Ety/BARAT.003