Alcarinquë

jupiter

Silindo "Jupiter" (LT1:265; this planet is called Alcarinquë in Tolkien's later Quenya)

alcarinquë

proper name. Glorious

A star (S/45) or possibly the planet Jupiter (MR/435). Its name is simply the noun form of the adjective alcarin(qua) “glorious”.

Cognates

• S. aglareb “glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, *radiant” ✧ SA/aglar

Elements

Word	Gloss
alcarin(qua)	“glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, [ᴹQ.] radiant”

Variations

• Alkarinque ✧ MR/435
• Alkarinquë ✧ MRI/Alkarinquë; SA/aglar

alcarinqua

radiant, glorious

alcarinqua adj. "radiant, glorious" (AKLA-R [there spelt "alkarinqa"], WJ:412, VT44:7/10), "glorious, brilliant" (PE17:24), noun Alcarinquë, "The Glorious", name of a star/planet (SA:aglar - there spelt "Alkarinquë", but the Silmarillion Index has "Alcarinquë". The celestial body in question seems to be Jupiter, MR:435). Cf. also Alcarin, q.v.

alcarin

glorious, brilliant

alcarin adj. "glorious, brilliant" (shorter form of alcarinqua, q.v.) (PE17:24), hence Alcarin masc. name (or title) "the Glorious", title taken by Atanatar II of Gondor, also name of one of the Kings of Númenor (Appendix A).

alcarin

proper name. Glorious

Tar-Alcarin was the 17th ruler of Númenor (LotR/1035, UT/222). His name is simply the shortened form of alcarin(qua) “glorious”. Alcarin “Glorious” was also a sobriquet for Atanatar II, the 16th king of Gondor (LotR/1038, 1045).

Elements

Word	Gloss
alcarin(qua)	“glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, [ᴹQ.] radiant”

Variations

• Alkarin ✧ PMI/Alkarin

-inqua

glorious

-inqua adjectival ending, seen in alcarinqua "glorious" (WJ:412) from alcar "glory". Etymologically, -inqua means "-full", like "glory-full" in this case. A variant *-unqua is implied in WJ:415 (only referred to in archaic form -unkwā). "The forms using u were mainly applied to things heavy, clumsy, ugly or bad", whereas -inqua (in the same source derived from -inkwā) is neutral.

Alcarinquë

Alcarinquë

Alcarinquë (or Alkarinque) is a Quenya name meaning "The Glorious", likely derived from the Quenya adjective alcarinqua ("glorious").