Quenya 

morilindë

nightingale

morilindë noun "nightingale" (MOR)

Tindómisel

noun. nightingale

PQ. nightingale

Quenya [name of Thingol's dau. PE 19:33] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

tindómerel

noun. nightingale

TQ. nightingale

Quenya [PE 19:73] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

tindómizel

noun. nightingale

PQ. nightingale

Quenya [PE 19:73] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

Sindarin 

dúlin

noun. nightingale

Sindarin [Ety/354, Ety/369, S/430, X/ND4] dû+lind "dusk singer". Group: SINDICT. Published by

dúlin

noun. nightingale

A word for “nightingale” appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a combination of N. “night” and N. lhinn “tune” (Ety/DOƷ, Ety/LIN², TIN). It appeared as both dúlinn (Ety/LIN²) and dúlin (Ety/TIN). In The Notion Club Papers of the 1940s, Tolkien instead gave duilin “nightingale” as a derivative of primitive ᴹ✶dōmilindē, demonstrating a phonetic development whereby the ancient m became v and then vanished after the u, but the medial i was preserved. However, Christopher Tolkien used the form dúlin in The Silmarillion appendix (SA/dú), and that form is thus better known.

Cognates

  • Q. lómelindë “nightingale, (lit.) dusk-singer” ✧ SA/dú

Elements

WordGloss
“night, dimness; dim, dark, night, dimness; [N.] night-fall, late evening; [S.] dim, dark”
lind“song, chant, singing; singer, song, chant, singing, [N.] air, tune; [N. and S.] singer”

Tinnúviel

noun. nightingale

nightingale

Sindarin [PE 19:73] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

dúlinn

nightingale

1) dúlinn (i dhúlinn) (dusk-singer), same form pl. except with article (i núlinn) (SD:302). 2) merilin (i verilin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i merilin), coll. pl. merilinnath. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” ”moerilind” = mörilind. 3) tinúviel (”daughter of twilight”, a poetic kenning) (i dinúviel, o thinúviel), pl. ?tinúvil (i thinúvil), coll. pl. tinúviellath (MR:373, WJ:62)

dúlinn

nightingale

(i** dhúlinn) (dusk-singer), same form pl. except with article (i** núlinn) (SD:302).

merilin

nightingale

(i** verilin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** merilin), coll. pl. merilinnath. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” ”moerilind” = mörilind.

tinúviel

nightingale

(”daughter of twilight”, a poetic kenning) (i** dinúviel, o thinúviel), pl. ?tinúvil (i** thinúvil), coll. pl. tinúviellath** **(MR:373, WJ:62)

Noldorin 

dúlin

noun. nightingale

Noldorin [Ety/354, Ety/369, S/430, X/ND4] dû+lind "dusk singer". Group: SINDICT. Published by

dúlind

noun. nightingale

Noldorin [Ety/354, Ety/369, S/430, X/ND4] dû+lind "dusk singer". Group: SINDICT. Published by

dúlinn

noun. nightingale

Noldorin [Ety/354, Ety/369, S/430, X/ND4] dû+lind "dusk singer". Group: SINDICT. Published by

duilin

noun. nightingale

dúlin(n)

noun. nightingale

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. lómelinde “nightingale” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN; SD/302

Derivations

  • ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
  • ᴹ√DOM “faint, dim” ✧ Ety/TIN
  • ᴹ✶dōmilindē “nightingale” ✧ SD/302

Elements

WordGloss
“night, night-fall, late evening”
lhinn“air, tune”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√DOƷ/DÔ > dúlind > dúlin(n)[dōlindē] > [dūlindē] > [dūlinde] > [dūlind] > [dūlinn] > [dūlin]✧ Ety/DOƷ
ᴹ√DOM > dúlind > dúlin[dūvlinde] > [dūvlind] > [dūlind] > [dūlinn] > [dūlin]✧ Ety/TIN
ᴹ✶dōmilindē > duilin[dōmilindē] > [dūmilindē] > [dūmilinde] > [dūmilind] > [dūvilind] > [duilind] > [duilinn] > [duilin]✧ SD/302

Variations

  • dūlinn ✧ Ety/LIN²
  • dúlin ✧ Ety/TIN
  • dúlinn ✧ EtyAC/LIN²
  • duilin ✧ SD/302
Noldorin [Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN; EtyAC/LIN²; SD/302] Group: Eldamo. Published by

merilin

noun. nightingale

Noldorin [Ety/394, X/ND4] môr+lind, irreg. OS *morilinde. Group: SINDICT. Published by

mœrilind

noun. nightingale

Noldorin [Ety/394, X/ND4] môr+lind, irreg. OS *morilinde. Group: SINDICT. Published by

merilin(n)

noun. nightingale

A noun for “nightingale” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, adapted from Ilkorin myrilind “since mori did not = ‘night’ in N” (Ety/TIN). S. dúlin “nightingale” is better attested.

Derivations

  • Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/TIN
    • ᴹ√MOR “*black, dark” ✧ Ety/TIN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
Ilk. mur(i)lind/myr(i)lind > mœrilind > merilin[myrilind] > [mœrilind] > [mœrilinn] > [merilinn] > [merilin]✧ Ety/TIN
Ilk. mur(i)lind/myr(i)lind > mœrilinn > merilinn[myrilind] > [mœrilind] > [mœrilinn] > [merilinn] > [merilin]✧ Ety/TIN

Variations

  • merilin ✧ Ety/TIN
  • merilinn ✧ EtyAC/TIN
  • moerilind ✧ EtyAC/TIN
Noldorin [Ety/TIN; EtyAC/TIN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Tinnúviel

noun. nightingale

nightingale

Noldorin [name of Thingol's dau. PE 19:33] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

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Qenya 

morilinde

noun. nightingale

A noun for “nightingale” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, a combination of ᴹQ. móre “night” and ᴹQ. linde “song” (Ety/MOR). Q. lómelindë “nightingale” is better attested.

Cognates

  • Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/MOR

Elements

WordGloss
móre“blackness, dark, night”
linde“air, tune”

lómelinde

noun. nightingale

Cognates

  • N. dúlin(n) “nightingale” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN; SD/302
  • Ilk. myrilind “nightingale” ✧ Ety/TIN

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
lóme“night, night-time, shades of night, gloom”
linde“air, tune”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶dōmilindē > lōmelinde[dōmilindē] > [lōmilindē] > [lōmelindē] > [lōmelinde]✧ SD/302

Variations

  • lōmelindë ✧ LR/041
  • lōmelinde ✧ SD/302
Qenya [Ety/DOƷ; Ety/LIN²; Ety/TIN; LR/041; SD/302] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

myrilind

noun. nightingale

The Ilkorin noun for “nightingale”, appearing as both murilind and myrilind (Ety/MOR, TIN). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. morilinde indicates a primitive form of ✱✶morilindē, further supported by the rejected Ilkorin form morilind (EtyAC/MOR). This would have produced murilind according to the rules of Ilkorin i-affection. The variant form myrilind hints at a different (dialectical?) phonetic development, as pointed out by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/murilind). See the entry on i-affection for further discussion.

Changes

  • morilindmurilind/myrilind ✧ Ety/MOR

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√MOR “*black, dark” ✧ Ety/TIN

Derivatives

Elements

WordGloss
môr“night”
lind“tuneful, sweet; *singing”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√MOR > mur(i)lind/myr(i)lind[morilindē] > [morilinde] > [murilinde] > [murilind]✧ Ety/TIN

Variations

  • murilind/myrilind ✧ Ety/MOR
  • mur(i)lind/myr(i)lind ✧ Ety/TIN
  • murulind/myrilind ✧ EtyAC/MOR
  • morilind ✧ EtyAC/MOR (morilind)
Doriathrin [Ety/MOR; Ety/TIN; EtyAC/MOR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

dōmilindē

noun. nightingale

Derivatives

Middle Primitive Elvish [SD/302] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

tinúviel

feminine name. Nightingale

Changes

  • TinwielTinúviel ✧ LB/022

Variations

  • Tinwiel ✧ LB/022; LBI/Tinúviel
Early Noldorin [LB/022; LB/153; LB/180; LBI/Tinúviel; SM/024] Group: Eldamo. Published by