Eldamo : Noldorin : far

N. far adv. “sufficient, enough, quite” (Category: Enough)

N. far, adv. “sufficient, enough, quite” (Category: Enough)

An adverb in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “sufficient, enough, quite” derived from the root ᴹ√PHAR “reach, go all the way, suffice” (Ety/PHAR; EtyAC/PHAR).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. fad glossed “enough” and G. fadrin or fadriol glossed {“excessive” >>} “sufficient” (GL/33).

References ✧ Ety/PHAR; EtyAC/PHAR

Glosses

“sufficient, enough, quite” ✧ Ety/PHAR; EtyAC/PHAR

far “sufficient, enough, quite” is an exception to short vowels generally lengthened in monosyllables
farn “enough”

Cognates

ᴹQ. faren “enough” ✧ EtyAC/PHAR

Derivations

< ᴹ√PHAR “reach, go all the way, suffice” ✧ Ety/PHAR; Ety/PHAR

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√PHAR > far

[pʰaren] > [ɸaren] > [ɸare] > [fare] > [far]

✧ Ety/PHAR

G. fad adv. “enough” (Category: Enough)

See N. far for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/33 ✧ “enough”

Element In

G. fadin “sated, saturated” ✧ GL/33
G. fadra- “to sate, weary, ‘feed up’” ✧ GL/33
G. fadrin “sufficient” ✧ GL/33
G. fadro(n) “too much” ✧ GL/33 (fadro(n))

Derivations

< ?ᴱ√FATA

G. fadrin adj. “sufficient” (Category: Enough)

See N. far for discussion.

References ✧ GL/33

Glosses

“excessive” ✧ GL/33 (fadrin)
“sufficient” ✧ GL/33

Variations

fadrin ✧ GL/33; GL/33 (fadrin)
fadriol ✧ GL/33

Changes

fadrin “excessive” >> fadrin “sufficient” ✧ GL/33

Elements

fad	“enough”	✧ GL/33
#-(r)in	“adjective suffix”	✧ GL/33 (#-rin)