ᴱN. adag- v. “to build, erect, establish” (Category: to Build)
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 S. tag- “fix”.
References ✧ PE13/132, 136, 158, 165; PE14/66
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| †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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