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This website is dedicated to Tolkien's languages, with an emphasis on the elvish languages of his legendarium. Our dictionary consists of imported glosses from a variety of quality dictionaries, categorised and searchable by sense, conjugation and more. You can read more on our about page.

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Gloss of the hour

cerfeth

noun. July

Changes

  • Cerfeth → Cerveth “July” ✧ PM/136

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Kermie “July” ✧ PM/134

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Phrase of the day

       ⸱              ⸱   ⸱      ⸱     ⸱           ⸱      ⸱   ⸱     ⸱   ⸱            ⸱   ⸱   ⸱                  ⸱             

Men cenuva fánë cirya métima hrestallo círa, i fairi nécë ringa súmaryassë ve maiwi yaimië? Man tiruva fána cirya, wilwarin wilwa, ëar-celumessen rámainen elvië ëar falastala, winga hlápula rámar sisílala, cálë fifírula? Man hlaruva rávëa súrë ve tauri lillassië, ninqui carcar yarra isilmë ilcalassë, isilmë pícalassë, isilmë lantalassë ve loicolícuma; raumo nurrua, undumë rúma? Man cenuva lumbor ahosta Menel acúna ruxal' ambonnar, ëar amortala, undumë hácala, enwina lúmë elenillor pella talta-taltala atalantië mindonnar? Man tiruva rácina cirya ondolissë mornë nu fanyarë rúcina, anar púrëa tihta axor ilcalannar métim' auressë? Man cenuva métim' andúnë?

A beautiful poem in Quenya that appears in the Monsters and the Critics.

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