Noldorin
bein
adjective. fair, beautiful
bein
adjective. beautiful, fair
cuil
noun. life, life, [G.] lifetime
nad
noun. thing
cuil
noun. life
dag-
verb. to slay
mad-
verb. to eat
mai
adverb. well
nad
noun. thing
bein
adjective. fair, beautiful
bein
adjective. beautiful, fair
cuil
noun. life, life, [G.] lifetime
nad
noun. thing
cuil
noun. life
dag-
verb. to slay
mad-
verb. to eat
mai
adverb. well
nad
noun. thing
A noun for “life” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KUY “come to life, awake” (Ety/KUY).
Conceptual Development: This word dates back to the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, where Tolkien clarified that G. cuil “life” was “usually [the] quality of being alive, but [was] also used = lifetime” (GL/27). ᴱN. cuil “life” also appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/141).