Quenya 

almië

blessedness, 'blessings', good fortune, bliss

almië noun "blessedness, 'blessings', good fortune, bliss". In deleted entries in Etym, the glosses were "blessedness, prosperity, bliss" (GALA, VT45:5, 14)

Almiel

daughter of blessedness

Almiel fem. name, perhaps *"daughter of blessedness": almië + -iel with contraction / haplology.

almë

good thing, a blessing, a piece of good fortune

almë noun "a good thing, a blessing, a piece of good fortune" (PE17:146). Cf. alma, almië.

almarë

blessedness, 'blessings', good fortune, bliss

almarë noun "blessedness, 'blessings', good fortune, bliss". In deleted entries in Etym, the glosses provided were "blessedness, prosperity, bliss" (GALA, VT45:5, 14)

Almáriel

blessedness

Almáriel fem. name, apparently containing almarë "blessedness" (GALA, VT45:5, 14)

Almaren

blessedness

Almaren place-name, the first abode of the Valar in Arda, apparently related to almarë "blessedness" (Silm, LR:357)

vald-

blessedness, happiness

vald- noun "blessedness, happiness" (LT1:272 a final vowel would seem to be required). See valin regarding the dubious conceptual validity of this and related words.

Sindarin 

elias

noun. blessedness

Elements

WordGloss
elia-“to cause to prosper, bless (a work), help one”
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Qenya 

almie

noun. blessedness, blessings, good fortune, bliss

almare

noun. blessedness, blessings, good fortune, bliss

@@@ probably better reconceived as a derivative of √AL(A)

Cognates

  • ᴺS. alvar “(good) luck, fortune”

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA; EtyAC/GAL(AS)
  • ᴹ√ALA “*blessed” ✧ EtyAC/AL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GALA > almare[galmare] > [ɣalmare] > [almare]✧ Ety/GALA
ᴹ√AL > almare[almare]✧ EtyAC/AL
ᴹ√GAL > almare[galmare] > [ɣalmare] > [almare]✧ EtyAC/GAL(AS)

Variations

  • almie ✧ Ety/GALA; EtyAC/AL (almie); EtyAC/GAL(AS) (almie)
Qenya [Ety/GALA; EtyAC/AL; EtyAC/GAL(AS)] Group: Eldamo. Published by