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ancalimon

masculine name. *Brightest (m.)

Tar-Ancalimon was the fourteenth ruler of Númenor (UT/221). His names seems to be a masculinized form of ancalima “brightest”, the intensive form of calima “bright”.

Elements

WordGloss
an-“intensive prefix”
calima“bright, luminous”

Variations

  • Ankalimon ✧ PMI/Tar-Ankalimon
Quenya [LotRI/Tar-Ancalimon; PMI/Tar-Ankalimon; SI/Tar-Ancalimon; UTI/Tar-Ancalimon] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ancalima

most bright, brightest

ancalima adj. "most bright, brightest", sc. calima "bright" with a superlative or intensive prefix (LotR2:IV ch. 9; see Letters:385 for translation). Ancalima imbi eleni "brightest among stars", also [ancalima] imb' illi "brightest among all" (VT47:30). Fem. name Ancalimë, *"Most Bright One", also masc. Ancalimon (Appendix A). Tar-Ancalimë, a Númenorean Queen (UT:210)