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ᴱN. adag- v. “to build, erect, establish” (Category: to Build)

⚠️ᴱN. adag-, v. “to build, erect, establish” (Category: to Build)
ᴺS. ^adaba- “to build, erect, establish”

This verb appeared as ᴱN. adag- “build” in the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s, with an infinitive form of adog/adob (PE13/132). The same verb forms appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists from this same period, with a gloss of “to build” or “to build, erect” derived from ᴱ✶a-tak, and with ᴱN. adob also being a noun for “a building” (PE13/136, 158). In contemporaneous notes on Early Qenya Phonology, Tolkien gave the verb form as adab- “build, establish” derived from ᴱ✶ataku̯- under the early root ᴱ√tak- “stick, [stick] in, fix, firm” (PE14/66).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. bada- “to build”, related to G. bad “building, outhouse, shed” (GL/21).

Neo-Sindarin: Since N. adab “building, house” appeared under the root ᴹ√TAK in The Etymologies (Ety/TAK), I would retain this verb as ᴺS. adaba- “to build, erect, establish” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, a blending of the various early verb forms. The final a helps keep its past forms distinct from ᴺS. tag- “fix”.

References ✧ PE13/132, 136, 158, 165; PE14/66

Glosses

Variations

Changes

Inflections

edainc aorist   ✧ PE13/132
edainc aorist   ✧ PE13/158: aor.
edegaint aorist   ✧ PE13/132
edengiob aorist masc   ✧ PE13/132
adob infinitive “to build, erect” ✧ PE13/158: inf.
adob infinitive “build, building” ✧ PE13/165
adog infinitive   ✧ PE13/132: infinitive
adanc passive-participle   ✧ PE13/132: participle passive
adanc passive-participle   ✧ PE13/136: pp
adanc passive-participle   ✧ PE13/158: pp.
adanc passive-participle “built” ✧ PE13/165
adagath past   ✧ PE13/132
edainc past   ✧ PE13/136
edainc past “he built” ✧ PE13/165
adegethig past plural masc   ✧ PE13/132
edegir plural   ✧ PE13/158
edengiog plural   ✧ PE13/132
adag present   ✧ PE13/132
adag present   ✧ PE13/158: pres. sg.
adabes present fem   ✧ PE13/158: f.
adages present fem   ✧ PE13/132; PE13/158: f.
adabeg present masc   ✧ PE13/158: m.
adabeg present masc “he builds” ✧ PE13/165
adob present masc   ✧ PE13/132
adog present masc   ✧ PE13/132: masc
adog present masc “he builds” ✧ PE13/165
ádageb present masc   ✧ PE13/132: masc; [per editors note #107, “-b after g” written above and to the right]
edegir present plural   ✧ PE13/132
edegais present plural fem   ✧ PE13/132
edegis present plural fem   ✧ PE13/132
edegig present plural masc   ✧ PE13/132

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G. bada- v. “to build” (Category: to Build)

See ᴺS. ^adaba- for discussion.

References ✧ GL/21

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

banthi- past ✧ GL/21

Elements

bad¹ “building, outhouse, shed” ✧ GL/21