adj. large, great, big. . This gloss was rejected.
Sindarin
beleg
adjective. large
beleg
adjective. large
beleg
adjective. great, mighty
beleg
masculine name. Beleg
A hero of Doriath and friend of Túrin (S/200). His name is simply the adjective beleg “mighty” used as a name (SA/beleg).
Conceptual Development: The name G. Beleg dates back to the earliest Lost Tales, already having its later etymology (LTA2/Beleg). The name reappeared in the Lays of Beleriand from the 1920s (LB/30), and again in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/287). In The Etymologies, Beleg was designated an Ilkorin name, translated “Strong” (Ety/BEL).
Elements
Word Gloss beleg “great, mighty; large, big, great, mighty; large, big, [ᴱN.] huge”
beleg
adjective. great, mighty; large, big, great, mighty; large, big, [ᴱN.] huge
The primitive form of this word in later writings is unclear. The development in Quenya seems indicates a primitive initial ✶mb- and a primitive form of ✶mbeleke, as in ✶Mbelekōro or ✶Mbelekōre > Q. Melkor (PE17/115, WJ/402). However, the nasal mutation meleg appears in Taur-i-Melegyrn “Forest of the Great Trees”, indicating a primitive initial ✶b- and a primitive form of ✶beleke. It is possible the soft mutation veleg appears Arveleg, also indicating a primitive initial ✶b-. @@@ Also Cûl Veleg.
It may be that the strengthening of √BEL ⇒ √MBEL occurred only in Quenya, and the Sindarin form developed from the original √BEL instead. Since The Etymologies state that √BEL was “not found in Q[uenya]”, this seems a likely scenario to me.
Cognates
- Q.
velca“large, great, big” ✧ PE17/115Derivations
Element in
- S. Arveleg
- S. Beleg ✧ SA/beleg
- S. Belegaer “Great Sea” ✧ SA/beleg
- S. Belegorn “*Great-tree”
- S. Belegost “Mickleburg, (lit.) Great Fortress” ✧ SA/beleg
- S. Belegund “*Great-prince”
- S. Belegûr “He who arises in Might, (lit.) Mighty Arising”
- S. Belegurth “Great Death”
- S. Cûl Veleg “Bigload” ✧ RC/536
- S. Laer Cú Beleg “Song of the Great Bow” ✧ S/209; SA/beleg
- S. Taur-i-Melegyrn “Forest of the Great Trees” ✧ WJI/Taur-i-Melegyrn
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶mbelek- > beleg [mbelek] > [belek] > [beleg] ✧ PE17/115 √mbelek > beleg [mbelek] > [belek] > [beleg] ✧ PE17/115 Variations
- Beleg ✧ S/209
belaith
adjective. mighty
adj. mighty. Q. melehta.
belaith
adjective. mighty
An adjective for “mighty” derived from the root √MBELEK in a page of notes having to do with “large & small” words, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115), apparently from the primitive form ✱✶mbelektā with the ekt vocalizing to eith and then the ei becoming ai in the final syllable.
Cognates
- Q. melehta “mighty” ✧ PE17/115
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √mbelek > belaith [mbelektā] > [mbelekta] > [mbelektʰa] > [mbelexθa] > [belexθa] > [beleiθa] > [beleiθ] > [belaiθ] ✧ PE17/115
iaun
adjective. large
adj. large, extensive, wide, vast, huge. Q. yāna-. >> -ion
daer
adjective. great
daer
adjective. great, large
Derivations
Element in
- S. Athrad Dhaer “Great Ford” ✧ WJ/338
- S. Daeron ✧ VT42/11
- S. Dor Daedeloth “Land of Great Dread; Land of Shadow of Horror”
- S. Dor-na-Daerachas “Land of Great Dread”
- S. Duin Dhaer ✧ WJ/191
- S. Lô Dhaer “Great Fen” ✧ VT42/14
- S. Lond Daer “Great Haven”
- S. Lond Daer Enedh “Great Middle Haven” ✧ UT/264
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶daira > daer [daira] > [dair] > [daer] ✧ VT42/11 Variations
- Daer ✧ UT/264; WJ/335
- daer ✧ VT42/11
beleg
mighty
1) beleg (great), lenited veleg, pl. belig; 2) taur (also tor-, tar- in compounds) (lofty, high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.
beleg
mighty
(great), lenited veleg, pl. belig
beleg
great
beleg (mighty), lenited veleg, pl. belig
beleg
great
(mighty), lenited veleg, pl. belig
beleg
Beleg
bell
strong
1) (in body) *bell, lenited vell, pl. bill. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” belt. 2)
bell
strong
lenited vell, pl. bill. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” belt.
daer
large
daer (great), lenited dhaer, no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "bridegroom", but has a different lenited form.
daer
large
(great), lenited dhaer, no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "bridegroom", but has a different lenited form.
#dae
great
#dae (lenited nae, no distinct pl. form). Isolated from daedhelos "great fear". Note: Homophones mean "shadow, shade" and also "very, exceedingly".
dae
great
(lenited nae, no distinct pl. form). Isolated from daedhelos "great fear". Note: Homophones mean "shadow, shade" and also "very, exceedingly".
duin
large river
(i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin), coll. pl. duinath (Names:179, PM:54)
daer
great
daer (large), lenited dhaer, no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "bridegroom", but has a different lenited form.
daer
great
(large), lenited dhaer, no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "bridegroom", but has a different lenited form.
taur
mighty
(also tor-, tar- in compounds) (lofty, high, sublime, noble; vast, masterful, overwhelming, huge, awful), lenited daur, pl. toer. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”great wood, forest”.
thalion
strong
thalion (steadfast, dauntless), pl. thelyn. Also used as a noun ”hero, dauntless man”.
thalion
strong
(steadfast, dauntless), pl. thelyn. Also used as a noun ”hero, dauntless man”.
adj. large, great. Q. melek-.