Quenya 

sára

fiery

sára (2) adj. "fiery" (LT1:248; this "Qenya" word may have been obsoleted by # 1 above)

uruitë

fiery

uruitë adj. "fiery" (UR; thisstem was struck out in Etym, but several words that must be derived from it occur in LotR, so it seems that Tolkien restored it.)

uruvoitë

fiery

uruvoitë adj. "fiery" (LT1:271)

úruva

fiery

úruva adj. "fiery" (from UR; this stem was struck out in Etym, but several words that must be derived from it occur in LotR, so it seems that Tolkien restored it. The word úruva also occurred in early "Qenya"; in LT1:271 it is glossed "like fire".)

ruina

blazing, fiery

ruina adj. "blazing, fiery" (PE17:183). Cf. ruinë.

ruina

adjective. blazing, fiery

An adjective glossed “blazing, fiery” in etymological notes from around 1964 (DD), derived from the root √RUYU “blaze (red)” (PE17/184).

Derivations

  • √RUY “blaze (red)” ✧ PE17/183

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√RUYU > ruina[ruina]✧ PE17/183

Nárië

june

Nárië noun sixth month of the year, "June" (Appendix D); derived from the stem (a)nar- having to do with fire or sun.

Anar

sun

Anar noun "Sun" (ANÁR, NAR1, SA:nár; UT:22 cf. 51); anar "a sun" (Markirya); Anarinya "my Sun" (FS). See also ceuranar, Úr-anar. (According to VT45:6, Tolkien in the Etymologies mentioned anar "sun" as the name of the short vowel carrier of the Tengwar writing system; it would be the first letter if anar is written in Quenya mode Tengwar.) Compounded in the masc. name Anárion "Sun-son" (Isildur's brother, also the Númenorean king Tar-Anárion, UT:210); also in Anardil "Sun-friend" (Appendix A), a name also occurring in the form Anardilya with a suffix of endearment (UT:174, 418). Anarya noun second day of the Eldarin six-day week, dedicated to the Sun (Appendix D). Anarríma name of a constellation: *"Sun-border"??? (Silm; cf. ríma)

anar

noun. Sun

The most common Quenya name for the Sun derived from primitive ✶Anār, an augmented form of the root √NAR “fire” (Let/425; PE17/38; Ety/ANÁR; SD/302, 306).

Conceptual Development: This term appeared in Silmarillion drafts of the 1930s with the gloss “Heart of Flame” (LR/240) and as ᴹQ. Anar “sun” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, already with the derivation given above (Ety/ANÁR, NAR¹).

Cognates

  • S. Anor “Sun” ✧ PE17/038; SA/nár

Derivations

  • √NAR “fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame” ✧ Let/425; PE17/038
  • ✶Anār “Sun” ✧ SA/nár
    • √NAR “fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame”

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√NAR > Anar[anār] > [anar]✧ Let/425
√(A)NAR > anā̆r[anār] > [anar]✧ PE17/038
✶(a)nar > Anar[anār] > [anar]✧ SA/nár

Variations

  • anar ✧ MC/222; PE17/152
  • anā̆r ✧ PE17/038
Quenya [Let/425; MC/222; MR/044; MRI/Anar; NM/280; NM/281; PE17/038; PE17/148; PE17/152; PE21/86; S/099; SA/nár; SI/Anar; UT/022; UTI/Anar; WJI/Anar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úri

sun

úri noun "sun" (MC:214, 221; this is "Qenya"); genitive úrio "sun's" (MC:216)

Narsil

sun

Narsil (Þ) noun the sword of Elendil, compound of the stems seen in Anar "Sun" and Isil "Moon"; see Letters:425 for etymology

úr(in)

proper name. Sun

A late remnant of earlier names for the Sun: ᴱQ. Ûr and ᴹQ. Úrin. In Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s, this name was changed from Úrin >> Naira >> Vása (MR/198), but the form Úr(in) occasionally appeared in some later writings (PE17/148, MR/377). This name was a derivative of the root √UR “heat, be hot” (PE17/148).

Conceptual Development: In the earliest Lost Tales, this name was ᴱQ. Ûr, Ur or Úri “Sun”, but literally meaning “Fire” (LT1/187, QL/98). The name became ᴹQ. Úrin in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (LR/240). It was rejected in The Etymologies along with the root form ᴹ√UR, but reappeared sometimes in later writing as noted above.

Changes

  • Úrin → Naira ✧ MR/198

Derivations

  • √UR “heat, be hot” ✧ PE17/148

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√UR > Úrin[ūrin]✧ PE17/148

Variations

  • Úrin ✧ MR/198 (Úrin); MRI/Úr; PE17/148
  • Úr ✧ MR/377; MRI/Úr
Quenya [MR/198; MR/377; MRI/Úr; PE17/148] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Calaventë

sun

Calaventë _("k")_noun "Sun" (LT1:254)

Calavénë

sun

Calavénë _("k")_noun "Sun" (lit. "light-vessel", "light-dish") (LT1:254)

úruva

adjective. fiery, [ᴱQ.] like fire

Elements

WordGloss
úr“fire, heat”

Sindarin 

nórui

noun. June, *Fiery

Cognates

  • Q. Nárië “June, *Fire-ness” ✧ LotR/1110

Elements

WordGloss
naur“fire, fire, [N.] flame”
-ui“-ful, having quality, adjective suffix; possibility, suitability [as verbal suffix], *-able”
Sindarin [LotR/1110] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nórui

noun/adjective. sunny, fiery

Sindarin [LotR/D] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Anor

noun. sun

Sindarin [Ety/348, RC/232] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Anor

noun. Sun

_n. Astron._Sun. Q. anār/anăr. >> Ithil

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:30:38:55] < (A)NAR. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

anor

noun. Sun

The most common Sindarin name for the Sun derived from primitive ✶Anār, an augmented form of the root √NAR “fire” (PE17/38; Ety/ANÁR; SD/302-303, 306). The o is the result of ancient ā becoming au and then this au becoming o in polysyllables.

Conceptual Development: The term Anor was first mentioned in conjunction with early tales of Númenor (LR/41). It briefly appeared as N. {ánar >>} Anar “sun” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the entry for ᴹ√NAR (Ety/NAR¹; EtyAC/NAR¹), but as Anor under ᴹ√ANÁR (Ety/ANÁR). In The Notion Club Papers of the 1940s it was Anor, archaic †Anaur (SD/302-303, 306) and it retained this form thereafter.

Cognates

  • Q. Anar “Sun” ✧ PE17/038; SA/nár
  • ᴹQ. Anar “Sun” ✧ SDI2/Anar

Derivations

  • √NAR “fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame” ✧ PE17/038
  • ✶Anār “Sun” ✧ SA/nár
    • √NAR “fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame”

Element in

  • ᴺS. anóren “sunny”
  • S. Anórien “Sunlending, *(lit.) Sun-lands” ✧ SA/nár
  • ᴺS. coranor “solar year, (lit.) sun-round”
  • S. elanor “pimpernel, small golden star-shaped flower, (lit.) sun-star” ✧ PE17/055
  • S. Minas Anor “Tower of the (Setting) Sun” ✧ SA/nár
  • S. Oranor “*(lit.) Sun-day, Sunday”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√(A)NAR > anor[anār] > [anǭr] > [anaur] > [anor]✧ PE17/038

Variations

  • anor ✧ PE17/030; PE17/038; PE17/055
Sindarin [LotRI/Anor; PE17/030; PE17/038; PE17/055; RC/297; SA/nár; SDI2/Anar; SI/Anor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nórui

noun/adjective. the month of june

Sindarin [LotR/D] Group: SINDICT. Published by

bara

fiery

1) bara (eager), lenited vara, pl. berai, 2) nórui (sunny). No distinct pl. form.

bara

fiery

(eager), lenited vara, pl. berai

nórui

fiery

(sunny). No distinct pl. form.

uir Speculative

adjective. *fiery

An element of the untranslated name Anguirel, perhaps meaning “✱fiery”; see the entry on Anguirel for discussion.

Derivations

  • √UR “heat, be hot”

Element in

  • S. Anguirel “*Iron-of-the-fiery-star” ✧ SA/anga

Variations

  • ur ✧ SA/anga (ur)

ruin

fiery red

(burning); no distinct pl. form. Also used as noun ”red flame, blazing fire”. (Silm app, entry ruin; PM:366) Note: a homophone means ”slot, spoor, track, footprint”.

hûr

fiery spirit

(i chûr, o chûr, construct hur) (readiness for action, vigour), pl. huir (i chuir) if there is a pl.

Anor

sun

1) Anor (pl. Anoer if there is a pl.) Archaic Anaur (SD:306). 2) naur (mainly in compounds as nar-, -nor) (flame, fire), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath.

anor

sun

(pl. Anoer if there is a pl.) Archaic Anaur (SD:306).

naur

sun

(mainly in compounds as nar-, -nor) (flame, fire), pl. noer, coll. pl. norath.

nórui

june

Nórui

nórui

june

anóren

adjective. sunny

A neologism for “sunny” coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, an adjectival form of S. Anor “sun”, intended as a replacement for Gnomish áugwila from the 1910s of the same meaning.

Elements

WordGloss
Anor“Sun”
-en“adjective suffix”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

nórui

sunny

nórui (fiery). No distinct pl. form.

nórui

sunny

(fiery). No distinct pl. form.

Adûnaic

ûri

noun. sun

A noun translated “sun” (SD/306, 428). This word appears in the forms ûrê, ûri and ûrî, but Tolkien declared that the form with long î is actually the personified form Ûrî “Lady of the Sun” (SD/426), perhaps the Adûnaic name of Q. Arien. The form ûrê only appears once (SD/426), so ûri is probably to be preferred as the ordinary word for Sun, especially since it is a neuter noun, which ordinarily cannot end in a long -ê (SD/427). Tolkien lists the “later forms Uir, Ŷr” (SD/306), one of which may be the Westron word for “sun”, most likely Wes. uir. As suggested by several authors (AAD/24, EotAL/UR), ûri is probably derived from the Elvish root ᴹ√UR.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Anar “Sun” ✧ SD/306

Derivations

  • √UR “heat, be hot”

Derivatives

  • Wes. uir “sun” ✧ SD/306

Element in

Variations

  • Ūri ✧ SD/306
  • ūrē ✧ SD/426
  • ūri ✧ SD/428
Adûnaic [SD/306; SD/426; SD/428] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Primitive elvish

anār

noun. Sun

Derivations

  • √NAR “fire, fire, [ᴹ√] flame”

Derivatives

  • Q. Anar “Sun” ✧ SA/nár
  • S. Anor “Sun” ✧ SA/nár

Variations

  • (a)nar ✧ SA/nár
Primitive elvish [SA/nár] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

bara

adjective. fiery

Noldorin [Ety/351] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nórui

noun. June, *Fiery

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Nárie “June, *Fire-ness” ✧ PM/134

bara

adjective. fiery, eager

Derivations

  • On. baraha “hot, burning” ✧ Ety/BARAS
    • ᴹ✶barasā “hot, burning” ✧ Ety/BARAS
    • ᴹ√BARAS “*heat” ✧ Ety/BARAS

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. baraha > bara[baraha] > [barah] > [bara]✧ Ety/BARAS
Noldorin [Ety/BARAS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bara

adjective. eager

Noldorin [Ety/351] Group: SINDICT. Published by

Anor

noun. sun

Noldorin [Ety/348, RC/232] Group: SINDICT. Published by

anor

noun. Sun

Changes

  • ánar → Anar ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. Anar “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; Ety/NAR¹; LR/041; LRI/Anar; SD/306; SDI2/Anar

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶Anār “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; SD/302; SD/306
    • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/ANÁR
  • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶anār- > Anor[anārǝ] > [anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor]✧ Ety/ANÁR
ᴹ✶Anār > Anaur > Anor[anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor]✧ SD/302
ᴹ✶Anār > Anaur > Anor[anār] > [anǭr] > [anour] > [anaur] > [anor]✧ SD/306

Variations

  • Anar ✧ Ety/NAR¹
  • ánar ✧ EtyAC/NAR¹ (ánar)
  • Anaur ✧ SDI2/Anar (Anaur)
Noldorin [Ety/ANÁR; Ety/NAR¹; EtyAC/NAR¹; LR/041; LRI/Anar; LRI/Anor; SD/303; SD/306; SDI2/Anar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anaur

noun. Sun

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!

Westron

uir

noun. sun

A word listed as a later form of Ad. ûri “sun” (SD/306) and therefore perhaps a Westron word, as suggested by Andreas Moehn (EotAL/UR). The other “later form” Ŷr is unlikely to be Westron, since y seems not to be a vowel in Westron.

Derivations

  • Ad. ûri “sun” ✧ SD/306
    • √UR “heat, be hot”

Variations

  • Uir ✧ SD/306

Qenya 

uruite

adjective. fiery

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “fiery”, an adjectival form of ᴹQ. úr “fire” under the root ᴹ√UR “be hot”, but these words were deleted when the meaning of the root was revised to “wide, large, great” (Ety/UR).

Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴱQ. uruvoite “fiery, having fire” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√URU (QL/98).

Neo-Quenya: The word úr “fire” was restored in some later writings, and this adjective may have been restored with it, but I prefer ᴺQ. úruva for “fiery”; see that entry for discussion.

Derivations

  • ᴹ√UR “be hot” ✧ Ety/UR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√UR > uruite[uruite]✧ Ety/UR

úruva

adjective. fiery

A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing as ᴹQ. úruva “fiery”, an adjectival form of ᴹQ. úr “fire” under the root ᴹ√UR “be hot”, but these words were deleted when the meaning of the root was revised to “wide, large, great” (Ety/UR).

Conceptual Development: The word ᴱQ. urūva “like fire” also appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√URU (QL/98).

Neo-Quenya: The word úr “fire” was restored in some later writings, and this adjective may have been restored with it. I personally would use ᴺQ. úruva “fiery” for purposes of Neo-Quenya. See the entry on ᴹQ. úr for further discussion on the viability of “fire” words based on √UR.

Derivations

  • ᴹ√UR “be hot” ✧ Ety/UR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√UR > úruva[ūruwa] > [ūruva]✧ Ety/UR

anar

noun. Sun

Cognates

  • Ad. ûri “sun” ✧ SD/306
  • N. Anor “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; Ety/NAR¹; LR/041; LRI/Anar; SD/306; SDI2/Anar
  • S. Anor “Sun” ✧ SDI2/Anar

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶Anār “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; SD/306
    • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/ANÁR
  • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/NAR¹

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶anār- > Anar[anār] > [anar]✧ Ety/ANÁR
ᴹ√NAR¹ > Anar[anār] > [anar]✧ Ety/NAR¹
ᴹ✶Anār > Anar[anār] > [anar]✧ SD/306

Variations

  • anar ✧ PE22/019; PE22/023
Qenya [Ety/ANÁR; Ety/NAR¹; EtyAC/ANÁR; LR/041; LR/072; LR/240; LRI/Anar; PE22/019; PE22/023; SD/306; SDI2/Anar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

anār

noun. Sun

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NAR “flame, fire” ✧ Ety/ANÁR

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. Anar “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; SD/306
  • N. Anor “Sun” ✧ Ety/ANÁR; SD/302; SD/306

Element in

Variations

  • anār- ✧ Ety/ANÁR
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/ANÁR; SD/302; SD/306] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

saichwed

adjective. fiery, fierce

sairin

adjective. fiery, fierce

Changes

  • sachwed → saichwed ✧ GL/66

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1A/Sári

Variations

  • saichwed ✧ GL/66
  • sachwed ✧ GL/66 (sachwed)
Gnomish [GL/66; LT1A/Sári] Group: Eldamo. Published by

galaduir

proper name. Sun

uril

proper name. Sun

Cognates

  • Eq. Ûr “Sun, (lit.) Fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Derivations

  • ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr
Gnomish [GL/75; LT1A/Ûr] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hŷr

noun. sun

A word appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon Slips of the 1910s as {ŷr >>} hŷr “sun” beside a variant G. aur of the same meaning (PE13/114).

Changes

  • ŷr → hŷr ✧ PE13/114

Element in

  • G. Aura-nûmin “Sunset” ✧ PE13/114 (Hyrnymi)
  • G. Aurfaiglim “the Sun at noon” ✧ PE13/114 (Hýrfaiglin)
  • G. Auros ✧ PE13/114
  • G. hyrost “*dawn” ✧ PE13/114

Variations

  • ŷr ✧ PE13/114 (ŷr)

aur(a)

noun. Sun

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as Aur “Sun” (GL/20), probably a cognate of ᴱQ. Ûr from the root ᴱ√URU as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Ûr; QL/098). It appeared as aura in G. nalos·aura “sunset” and G. orosaura “sunrise” (GL/59, 62). The word G. aur “sun” was also mentioned in Gnomish Lexicon Slips with corrections for that document (PE13/114), but by The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. aur meant “day”, whereas N. Anor became the name of the Sun (Ety/ANÁR, AR¹).

Cognates

  • Eq. Ûr “Sun, (lit.) Fire” ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Derivations

  • ᴱ√URU ✧ LT1A/Ûr

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√URU > Aur[ūra] > [aura] > [aur]✧ LT1A/Ûr

Variations

  • Aur ✧ GL/20; GL/75; LT1A/Ûr; LT1I/Aur
  • aura ✧ GL/59; GL/62 (aura)
  • aur ✧ PE13/114
Gnomish [GL/20; GL/59; GL/62; GL/75; LT1A/Ûr; LT1I/Aur; PE13/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

úr

noun. sun

Changes

  • húr → úr ✧ PE13/155

Cognates

  • Eq. auro “sun” ✧ PE13/155
  • Et. úru ✧ PE13/155

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ourū̆ “sun” ✧ PE13/155

Element in

Variations

  • húr ✧ PE13/155 (húr)
Early Noldorin [PE13/137; PE13/151; PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

ourū̆

noun. sun

Changes

  • ourǝ → ourū̆ ✧ PE13/155

Derivatives

  • Eq. auro “sun” ✧ PE13/155
  • En. úr “sun” ✧ PE13/155
  • Et. úru ✧ PE13/155

Variations

  • ourǝ ✧ PE13/155 (ourǝ)
Early Primitive Elvish [PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

sár(e)a

adjective. fiery

An adjective in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “fiery” with variants sāra and sārea (the second added later) derived from the early root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” (QL/81).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1/248

Variations

  • sára ✧ LT1/248
  • sārea ✧ QL/081
  • sāra ✧ QL/081
Early Quenya [LT1/248; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uruvoite

adjective. fiery, having fire

Variations

  • uruvoitë ✧ LT1A/Ûr
Early Quenya [LT1A/Ûr; QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

auro

noun. sun

A noun appearing in Early Noldorin Word-lists as {ūru >>} auro, cognate of ᴱN. úr “sun”, and derived from {✶ourǝ >>} ✶ourū̆ (PE13/155). Elsewhere Q. Úr(in) was a name for the Sun from the 1910s up through the 1950s, but Tolkien eventually changed this to Vása (MR/198).

Changes

  • ūru → auro ✧ PE13/155

Cognates

  • En. úr “sun” ✧ PE13/155

Derivations

  • ᴱ✶ourū̆ “sun” ✧ PE13/155

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶ourū̆ > auro[ouru] > [ouro] > [auro]✧ PE13/155

Variations

  • ūru ✧ PE13/155 (ūru)
Early Quenya [PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aurinka

adjective. sunny

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s equivalent to ᴱQ. aurea “sunlit, sunny”, an adjectival form of ᴱQ. aure (auri-) “sunlight” (QL/33). It also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “sunny” (PME/33).

Early Quenya [PME/033; QL/033] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sári

proper name. Sun

A name for the Sun in the earliest Lost Tales (LT1/186), probably a derivative of the root ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Sári).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1A/Sári

Variations

  • Sāri ✧ PE14/014
Early Quenya [LRI/Sári; LT1/186; LT1/198; LT1A/Sári; LT1I/Sári; PE14/014; SMI/Sári] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ahúra

noun. Sun

An early Qenya word for the Sun appearing in a word list from the 1920s (PE15/77). Its etymology is obscure.

Element in

Early Quenya [PE15/77] Group: Eldamo. Published by