Quenya 

accal(a)-

verb. shine

shine (suddenly and) brilliantly, blaze

Quenya [PE 18:35, 61 PE 18:85] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

calta-

shine

calta- ("k")vb. "shine" (KAL)

cal-

shine

#cal- vb. "shine", future tense caluva ("k") "shall shine" _(UT:22 cf. 51). Compare also early "Qenya" cala- ("k")"shine" (LT1:254)_. It is possible that the verbal stem should have a final -a in later Quenya as well, since this vowel would not appear in the future tense caluva (compare valuvar as the pl. future tense of vala-, WJ:404).

sil-

shine

sil- vb. "shine" (white), present tense síla "shines, is shining" (FG); aorist silë, pl. silir (RS:324), frequentative sisíla- (Markirya comments), future tense siluva (VT49:38), dual future siluvat (VT49:44, 45)

Sindarin 

síla

shine white

(i híla, i sílar) Adj.

silef

shining white

is listed in LR:385 s.v. SIL as the cognate of Quenya silma of this meaning, but silef is there asterisked, apparently to indicate that it only appears as part of the word Silevril ”Silmaril”. The word silef may also be used = Quenya silima (noun), the crystal substance of the Silmarils.

glóren

shining with golden light

(glórin-) (golden), lenited ’lóren; pl. glórin.

Noldorin 

síla-

verb. to shine white

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Primitive adûnaic

nimir

root. shine

A Primitive Adûnaic root glossed “shine” (SD/416), apparently the basis for Nimir “Elf”.

Derivatives

  • Ad. Nimir “Elf, (lit.) Shining One”
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Middle Primitive Elvish

gal

root. shine

Derivatives

  • Ilk. gelion “bright” ✧ Ety/GYEL
  • ᴹ✶galyā “bright, light” ✧ Ety/KAL
    • N. gail “bright, light” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • ᴹ✶glā “radiance” ✧ Ety/KAL
    • N. glaw “radiance” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • N. galad “light” ✧ Ety/GAL

Element in

  • ᴹ√GALAN “bright” ✧ EtyAC/GAL¹

Variations

  • GAL ✧ Ety/GAL; Ety/GYEL; Ety/KAL (GAL)
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/GAL; Ety/GYEL; Ety/KAL; EtyAC/GAL¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kal

root. shine

Derivatives

  • ᴹ✶akkala- “to blaze, shine (suddenly and) brilliantly” ✧ PE18/035; PE18/061
  • ᴹ√AKLA(R) “radiance, splendour” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/KAL
    • ᴹQ. alkar(e) “radiance, brilliance” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R; PE18/036
    • ᴹQ. alka “ray of light, ray of light, [ᴱQ.] light of day; shining” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R
    • N. aglar “glory, splendour” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/KAL; PE18/036
  • ᴹ✶gālæ “light” ✧ Ety/KAL
    • Ilk. gôl “light” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • ᴹ√KALAR “be radiant” ✧ Ety/KAL; PE18/036
    • ᴹ√AKLA(R) “radiance, splendour” ✧ PE18/036; PE18/062
    • ᴹQ. alkar(e) “radiance, brilliance” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R; PE18/036
    • ᴹQ. alka “ray of light, ray of light, [ᴱQ.] light of day; shining” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R
    • N. aglar “glory, splendour” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/KAL; PE18/036
    • ᴹ✶kalaryā “brilliant” ✧ Ety/KAL
    • N. celeir “brilliant” ✧ Ety/KAL
    • On. klōra “brilliant” ✧ PE18/036
    • N. claur “splendid; †splendour, glory” ✧ PE18/036
  • ᴹ✶kalrō “noble man, hero” ✧ Ety/KAL
    • ᴹQ. kallo “noble man, hero” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • ᴹ✶k’lā “light” ✧ Ety/KAL; PE18/038
    • ᴹQ. kala “light” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • ᴹ✶uklaina “wicked”
  • ᴹQ. kalina “light” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • ᴹQ. kalma “light, lamp” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • ᴹQ. kalta- “to (cause to) shine, light up, kindle (lamp etc.)” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • ᴹQ. kalya- “to illuminate” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • N. calad “light” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • N. calen “green, (orig.) bright-coloured” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • N. claur “splendid; †splendour, glory” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • N. uial “twilight” ✧ Ety/KAL

Element in

  • ᴹ✶lingikā̆la “Hanging-flame” ✧ Ety/KAL (lingikā̆la)
  • ᴹQ. Ankale “Radiant-one, Sun, (lit.) The Very Bright” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • ᴹQ. Kalamando “Light Mando” ✧ EtyAC/MAN (Kalamando)
  • ᴹQ. yúkale “twilight” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • N. Oelinuial “Pools of Twilight” ✧ Ety/AY
  • N. Caleledh “*Light Elf” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • N. Celion “*Light Elf” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • N. Glingal “Hanging Flame” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • N. uial “twilight” ✧ Ety/YŪ
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/AY; Ety/GAL; Ety/KAL; Ety/YŪ; EtyAC/GAL¹; EtyAC/GYEL; EtyAC/MAN; PE18/035; PE18/036; PE18/038; PE18/058; PE18/061] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

kṇðṇ

root. shine

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱ√KṆŘṆ “shine” with derivatives in both Qenya and Gnomish, such as ᴱQ. kanda- “blaze”, G. cintha- “to light, set alight”, ᴱQ. kanwa “lurid”, and G. cantha “flame” (QL/47; GL/25-26). It may be a variant of ᴱ√KṚN “✱red” (QL/48). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶kṇdōrā́
    • ᴱ✶kṇ́dṑra
    • Eq. kandóra “bright dawn, red sky in morning” ✧ PE12/006
    • Eq. kandóra “bright dawn, red sky in morning” ✧ PE12/005
  • Eq. kanwa “lurid” ✧ QL/047
  • Eq. kanda- “to blaze” ✧ QL/047
  • Eq. kandóra “bright dawn, red sky in morning” ✧ PME/047; QL/047
  • G. cintha- “to light, set alight”

Element in

Variations

  • KṆŘṆ ✧ PME/047; QL/047
  • kṇřṇ ✧ QL/044
Early Primitive Elvish [PME/047; QL/044; QL/047] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kṇřṇ

root. shine

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