Q. Avar pn. “Refuser, Elf who did not journey to Aman” (Category: Elf, Fairy)

Q. Avar, pn. “Refuser, Elf who did not journey to Aman” (Category: Elf, Fairy)

The Elves who refused to journey to Aman, an agental formation of the ancient verb ava-¹ “to refuse” with the common agental suffix -r(o) (VT47/13, WJ/371). This name most frequently appeared in its plural form Avari referring to this entire people (S/52).

Conceptual Development: The name ᴹQ. Avar(o) first appeared in plural form in Tolkien’s linguistic notes from the 1930s with the gloss “The Departing”, and referred to those elves who left Middle-earth, whereas those who remained were referred to by the earlier name the ᴹQ. Lembi “Lingerers” (LR/169-170). Tolkien soon revised this name to refer to the Elves who remained behind, effectively replacing the term Lembi (LR/200). This name appeared in The Etymologies with essentially the same derivation as given above (Ety/AB).

References ✧ LT1I/Avari; LT2I/Avari; MRI/Avari; PE17/139, 143; PE18/72; PM/29; PMI/Avari; S/52; SI/Avari; SMI/Avari; UTI/Avari; VT47/13, 24; WJ/371, 380; WJI/Abari, Avari

Glosses

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Inflections

Avari plural   ✧ LT1I/Avari; LT2I/Avari; PE17/143; PE18/72; PM/29; SMI/Avari; UTI/Avari; WJ/371; WJ/371; WJ/380; WJI/Abari; WJI/Avari
Avari plural “The Unwilling” ✧ MRI/Avari; S/52
Avari plural “the Refusers” ✧ PMI/Avari
Avari plural “The Unwilling, the Refusers” ✧ SI/Avari
avari plural   ✧ PE17/139

Elements

ava-¹ “to refuse, forbid”
#-r(o) “agental suffix” ✧ WJ/371 (#-r)

Element In

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Phonetic Developments

ABA > avar [abaro] > [abar] > [aβar] > [avar] ✧ PE17/143

ᴹQ. Avar(o) pn. “Refuser, One who does not go forth”

See Q. Avar for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/AB; LR/170, 200, 214; LRI/Avari; PE18/24; WRI/Avari

Glosses

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Inflections

Avari plural “Elves who never left Middle-earth or began the march” ✧ Ety/AB
Avari plural “Elves who left Middle-earth” ✧ Ety/AB
Avari plural “The Departing” ✧ LR/170
Avari plural “non-Eldarin” ✧ LR/200
Avari plural “The Unwilling” ✧ LR/214; WRI/Avari
Avari plural   ✧ LRI/Avari; PE18/24

Element In

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶ábārō̆ > Avar/Avaro [abāro] > [abār] > [aβār] > [aβar] > [avar] ✧ Ety/AB