Eldamo : Quenya : mar-

Q. mar- v. (basic-verb) “to abide, be settled or fixed” (Category: to Live, Dwell)

Q. mar-, v. (basic-verb) “to abide, be settled or fixed, [ᴱQ.] dwell, live” (Category: to Live, Dwell): ᴱQ. manda- “to dwell, remain”; ᴱQ. sorto- “to set, settle”; ᴱQ. wasta- “to dwell”

A verb meaning “abide, be settled or fixed” used in Elendil’s Oath (LotR/967; UT/317), clearly derived from the root √MBAR “settle, dwell”. This verb appeared as far back as the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, where ᴱQ. mara- “dwell, live” was derived from the early root ᴱ√MBARA (QL/63). For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use it only intransitively, mostly in the sense “dwell, live (in a place)”.

References ✧ LotR/967; PE17/103; PE22/147; UT/317

Glosses

“abide, be settled or fixed” ✧ UT/317

Variations

mar- ✧ UT/317

Inflections

maruvan	future 1st-sg	“I will abide”	✧ LotR/967; PE17/103
maruvan	future 1st-sg		✧ PE22/147

Element In

Q. sinomë maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta “In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world” ✧ LotR/967; PE17/103; PE22/147
Q. termar- “to stand, *endure, last, (lit.) through-abide” ✧ UT/317 (ter-maruva)

Cognates

ᴺS. ^bar- “to live, dwell, stay”

Derivations

< #✶mbar- “to dwell”
- < √MBAR “settle, dwell; establish, fix, decide, determine, make a decision” ✧ PE22/131

ᴹQ. mar- v. (basic-verb) “to abide” (Category: to Live, Dwell)

See Q. mar- for discussion.

References ✧ SD/56

Inflections

maruvan	future 1st-sg	“I will abide”	✧ SD/56
nimaruva	future 1st-sg; pronoun-prefix	“will abide”	✧ SD/56

Element In

ᴹQ. Sinome nimaruva, yo hildinyar tenn’ Ambar-metta “Here will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world” ✧ SD/56; SD/56

Derivations

< #ᴹ✶mbar- “to dwell”
- < ᴹ√MBAR “dwell, inhabit”
  - < ᴹ√BAR “raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)” ✧ Ety/BAR