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Dagor-nuin-Giliath

noun. battle under the stars

dagor (“battle”) + nu (prep. “under”) + in (pl. article) + gîl (“star”) + ath (collective plural suffix)

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dagor-nuin-giliath

proper name. Battle-under-Stars

Second great battle of the Wars of Beleriand, translated “Battle-under-Stars” (S/106), a combination of dagor “battle”, nu “under”, the plural in of the definite article i and finally the class plural giliath of gil “star”.

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s, this battle was first named N. Dagor-os-Giliath (SM/268, LR/117), revised to N. Dagor nuin Giliath later in these drafts (LR/119, 145). This later form was also used in the Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s (WJ/17).

It occasionally appeared as Dagor-nui-Ngiliath in both the 1930s and 1950s (LR/249, WJ/113), with the plural article elided and the class-plural undergoing nasal mutation to ngiliath. This second formation is probably more typical Sindarin.

Changes

  • Dagor-nui-NgiliathDagor-nuin-Giliath ✧ WJ/113

Elements

WordGloss
dagor“battle”
nu“under”
i“the”
gil“star; (bright) spark, silver glint, twinkle of light”

Variations

  • Dagor-nui-Ngiliath ✧ WJ/113; WJI/Dagor-nuin-Giliath
Sindarin [S/106; SA/gil; SI/Battles of Beleriand; SI/Dagor-nuin-Giliath; SMI/Dagor-os-Giliath; WJ/017; WJ/113; WJI/Dagor-nuin-Giliath] Group: Eldamo. Published by