Q. yára adj. “old, ancient” (Category: Old)

Q. yára, adj. “old, ancient, [ᴹQ.] belonging to or descending from former times” (Category: Old)

ᴱQ. yara “a gloom, blight, lowering darkness”

References ✧ PE18/76; RC/579; VT49/40

Glosses

• “ancient” ✧ PE18/76 (#Yára)
• “old” ✧ RC/579 (yāra)

Variations

• #Yára ✧ PE18/76
• yāra ✧ RC/579

Inflections

anyáran

intensive dative

“*very old”

✧ VT49/40

Element In

• ᴺQ. !amyára “elder”
• ᴺQ. !anyára “elder, *senior”
• ᴺQ. !yárahan “older brother”
• ᴺQ. !yáranet “older sister”
• ᴺQ. !yáraquetta “archaism, archaic word”
• ᴺQ. !yarië “antiquity”
• Q. Elainen tárin Periandion ar meldenya anyáran “*to Elaine, queen of Hobbits and my very old friend” ✧ VT49/40
• Q. Yáranoldorin “Ancient Noldorin” ✧ PE18/76

Cognates

• S. iaur “old” ✧ RC/579

Derivations

• < √YA “*there, over there; (of time) back, ago”

ᴹQ. yára adj. “old, ancient, belonging to or descending from former times” (Category: Old)

References ✧ Ety/YA; PE18/26; PE22/21, 119

Glosses

• “ancient, belonging to or descending from former times” ✧ Ety/YA
• “old” ✧ PE18/26; PE22/21 (yāra); PE22/119

Variations

• yára ✧ Ety/YA; PE18/26; PE22/119
• yāra ✧ PE22/21

Element In

• ᴹQ. me·láner fasta sa yára Túro “we were not pleased [that old Túro...]” ✧ PE22/119
• ᴹQ. Yára-noldorin “Old Noldorin” ✧ PE18/26
• ᴹQ. yára Túro mante ilqa masta ha mé·ne úmahtale “old Túro’s eating of all the bread was a nuisance to us” ✧ PE22/119

Cognates

• N. iaur “ancient, old(en)” ✧ Ety/YA

Derivations

• < ᴹ√YA “there, over there; (of time) back, ago” ✧ Ety/YA

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√YA > yára

[jāra]

✧ Ety/YA