carnimírië

proper name. Red-jewelled

The name of a tree in Fangorn beloved of the Ent Bregalad (LotR/483). It is a compound of carnë (carni-) “red” and the adjective mírëa “jewelled”, converted to a noun with the abstract suffix -ië (PE17/83).

Elements

Word	Gloss
carnë	“red, scarlet”
mírëa	“jewelled, jewelled, *gemmed”
-ië	“abstract noun, adverb”

Variations

• carnemírie ✧ Let/224; PE17/083
• Carnemírië ✧ PE17/083
• carni-mírea ✧ PE17/083 (carni-mírea)

carni-mírëa

red-jewelled

†carni-mírëa adj. "red-jewelled" (PE17:83), whence the name Carnimírië "[one] having red gems, Red-jewelled", the rowan-tree in Quickbeam's song (LotR2:III ch. 4, SA:caran, PE17:83), also translated "with adornment of red jewels" (Letters:224; where the reading "carnemírie" occurs)

carnë

red

carnë adj. "red", "scarlet, red" (SA:caran, PE17:154, MC:214, KARÁN - spelt with a k in the two latter sources), not to be confused with the past tense of car- "do, make". Stem carni- as in Carnimírië, Carnistir.

aira

red, copper-coloured, ruddy

aira (1) adj. "red, copper-coloured, ruddy" (GAY)

carne (carni-)

adjective. red

nasar

red

nasar adj. "red" (in Vanyarin Quenya only). Adopted and adapted from Valarin. (WJ:399)

carnimírië

Carnimírië

In a letter, Tolkien explained that carnemírie means "with adornment of red jewels" in High-elven (Quenya). See also caran in the Appendix to The Silmarillion.