Quenya 

fanta-

to veil, cloak, mantle

fanta- vb. "to veil, cloak, mantle" (VT43:22), mainly used of veils cast over things that shone, or that were brighter and more vivid (PE17:174); according to Tolkien usually the strong past tense fánë and perfect afánië were used, but later also fantanë in the past tense (and then perhaps *afantië in the perfect?) (PE17:179-180) Cf halya- (q.v.), the stem of which Tolkien contrasted with the stem of this verb (PE17:184).

fanta-

verb. to veil, cloak, mantle

Cognates

  • S. fanna- “to veil, cloak” ✧ PE17/174

Derivations

  • phantā- “to veil, cloak” ✧ PE17/174
    • PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ PE17/173
    • PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237
  • PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ VT43/22
    • PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
phantā- > fanta-[pʰanta-] > [ɸanta-] > [fanta-]✧ PE17/174
phan- > fanta-[pʰanta-] > [ɸanta-] > [fanta-]✧ VT43/22
Quenya [PE17/174; PE17/175; PE17/176; PE17/179; PE17/180; VT43/22] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fanwa

veil, screen

fanwa noun "veil, screen" (PE17:176, 180)

úfantima

not concealable

úfantima adj. "not concealable" (PE17:176), also úfantuma (PE17:180), cf. fanta-, q.v.

úfantima

adjective. not concealable

Elements

WordGloss
ú-“no, not, un-, in-; hard, difficult, bad, uneasy; hardly, with difficulty, ‘badly’”
fanta-“to veil, cloak, mantle”
-ima“-able, possibility, -able, [ᴹQ.] -ible, able to be done, [ᴱQ.] possible”

Variations

  • úfantuma ✧ PE17/180
Quenya [PE17/176; PE17/180] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úfantuma

adjective. not concealable

halya-

veil, conceal, screen from light

halya- vb. "veil, conceal, screen from light" (SKAL1, VT46:13) Tolkien noted that "√SKAL applied to more opaque things that cut off light and cast shadows over other things" (PE17:184), contrasting it with √SPAN, the rejected stem of fanta-, q.v.

vasarya-

to veil

vasarya- (þ) vb. "to veil" (VT42:10)

vasarya-

verb. to veil

Derivations

  • WATHAR “*shadow, veil” ✧ VT42/10

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
waþar > vasarya-[watʰarja-] > [waθarja-] > [βaθarja-] > [vaθarja-] > [vasarja-]✧ VT42/10

vasar

noun. veil

Cognates

  • S. gwath “shadow, dim light, shadow, dim light, [N.] shade” ✧ VT42/09

Derivations

  • WATHAR “*shadow, veil” ✧ VT42/09; VT42/10

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
Wathar > waþar > vasar[watʰar] > [waθar] > [βaθar] > [vaθar] > [vasar]✧ VT42/09
waþar > vasar[watʰar] > [waθar] > [βaθar] > [vaθar] > [vasar]✧ VT42/10
Quenya [VT42/09; VT42/10] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vasar

veil

vasar (þ) noun "veil" (VT42:10, the word was "not in daily use", VT42:9). Older form waþar.

loru-

verb. to fall asleep

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo to replace the “fall asleep” senses of the Early Qenya verb ᴱQ. fanta- (QL/37).

Derivations

  • (O)LOR “dream, vision, [ᴹ√] sleep, [ᴱ√] doze, slumber; [√] dream, vision”
Quenya Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Sindarin 

fanha-

verb. to veil

v. to veil, cloak. Q. fanta-. Naturally mainly used of veils cast over things that shone, or were brighter and more vivid.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:174] < *_phantā- _< PHAN cover, screen, veil. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

fân

noun. veil

Sindarin [RGEO/74] Q fana. Group: SINDICT. Published by

fân

noun. cloud (applied to clouds, floating as veils over the blue sky or the sun or moon, or resting on hills)

Sindarin [RGEO/74] Q fana. Group: SINDICT. Published by

esgal

noun. veil, screen, cover that hides

Sindarin [S/431] Group: SINDICT. Published by

fân

veil

(cloud, manifested body of a Vala), construct fan, pl. fain

gwathra

veil

(i ’wathra, in gwathrar) (dim, obscure, overshadow)

gwathra

veil

(verb) gwathra- (i **wathra, in gwathrar**) (dim, obscure, overshadow)

escal

veil

(screen, cover that hides), pl. escail. Also spelt esgal (pl. esgail).

escal

veil

(noun) 1) escal (screen, cover that hides), pl. escail. Also spelt esgal (pl. esgail). 2) fân (cloud, manifested body of a Vala), construct fan, pl. fain


Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

muthra-

verb. to veil

Early Quenya

fanta-

verb. to fall asleep, go dazed, swoon

A verb in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “fall asleep, go dazed, swoon” and derived from the early root ᴱ√FANA having to do with dream and visions (QL/37). The verb reappeared without a gloss in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/143).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FANA “*dream, vision” ✧ QL/037

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FANA > fanta-[ɸanta-] > [fanta-]✧ QL/037

Variations

  • fanta ✧ PE16/143
Early Quenya [PE16/143; QL/037] Group: Eldamo. Published by