Quenya 

lissë

noun. grace

Eru

the one

Eru divine name "the One" = God (VT43:32, VT44:16-17), "the One God" (Letters:387), a name reserved for the most solemn occasions (WJ:402). Often in the combination Eru Ilúvatar, "Eru Allfather" (cf. MR:112). Genitive Eruo (MR:329, VT43:28/32), dative Erun (VT44:32, 34). The adjectival form Eruva "divine" (Eruva lissëo "of divine grace", VT44:18) would be identical to the form appearing in the possessive case. Compound nouns: Eruhantalë "Thanksgiving to Eru", a Númenórean festival (UT:166, 436), Eruhin pl. Eruhíni "Children of Eru", Elves and Men (WJ:403; SA:híni, cf. _Eruhîn _in Letters:345), Eruion *"son of God" (or "God the Son"?) (VT44:16), Erukyermë "Prayer to Eru", a Númenórean festival (UT:166, 436), Erulaitalë "Praise of Eru", a Númenórean festival (UT:166, 436), Eruamillë "Mother of God" (in Tolkien's translation of the Hail Mary, VT43:32, see also VT44:7), Eruontari, Eruontarië other translations of "Mother (Begetter) of God" (VT44:7, 18), Erusén "the children of God" (RGEO:74; this is a strange form with no plural ending; contrast the synonym Eruhíni.) #Eruanna and #erulissë, various terms for "grace", literally "God-gift" and "God-sweetness", respectively (VT43:29; these words are attested in the genitive and instrumental case, respectively: Eruanno, erulissenen).

anna

gift

anna noun "gift" (ANA1, SA), "a thing handed, brought or sent to a person" (PE17:125), also name of tengwa #23 (Appendix E); pl. annar "gifts" in Fíriel's Song. Masc. name Annatar "Lord of Gifts, *Gift-lord", name assumed by Sauron when he tried to seduce the Eldar in the Second Age (SA:tar). Eruanna noun "God-gift", gift of God, i.e. "grace" (VT43:38)

lissë

sweet

lissë adj. "sweet" (Nam, RGEO:66); also noun "sweetness", used metaphorically for "grace" (VT43:29, VT44:18); in this sense the word may be compounded as #Erulissë, q.v. Genitive lissëo in VT44:18. - In the entry LIS in the Etymologies, Tolkien originally gave lissë as the noun "honey", but then changed it to lis with stem liss- (VT45:28)

mána

blessed

mána 1) adj. "blessed" (FS); also manna, q.v. 2) noun "any good thing or fortunate thing; a boon or blessing, a grace, being esp. used of some thing/person/event that helps or amends an evil or difficulty. (Cf. frequent ejaculation on receiving aid in trouble: yé mána (ma) = what a blessing, what a good thing!)" (VT49:41)

ainima

blessed, holy (of things)

ainima adj. "blessed, holy (of things)" (PE17:149)

almárëa

blessed

almárëa adj. "blessed". In a deleted entry in Etym, the gloss provided was "bless", but this would seem to be a mistake, since the word does not look like a verb. Another deleted entry agrees with the retained entry GALA that almárëa means "blessed" (GALA, VT45:5, 14)

aman

blessed, free from evil

aman adj. "blessed, free from evil". Adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:399), though in other versions Tolkien cited an Elvish etymology (cf. VT49:26-27). Place-name Aman the Blessed Realm, from the stem mān- "good, blessed, unmarred" (SA:mān), translated "Unmarred State" (VT49:26). Allative Amanna (VT49:26). Adj. amanya "of Aman, Amanian" (WJ:411), nominal pl. Amanyar "those of Aman", Elves dwelling there (with negations Úamanyar, Alamanyar "those not of Aman"). Also fuller Amaneldi noun "Aman-elves" (WJ:373).Masc. name Amandil *"Aman-friend" (Appendix A, SA:mān), the father of Elendil; also name of the Númenorean king Tar-Amandil (UT:210).

amanya

blessed

amanya adj. "blessed" (VT49:39, 41)

anna, anwa

noun. gift

Quenya [PE 22:163] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

anwa

noun. gift

lissë

adjective. sweet

Quenya [LotR/0377; PE17/064; PE17/154; RGEO/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lára

blessed

[lára (3) adj. "blessed", also lárëa (VT45:26)]

manaitë

blessed

manaitë adj. "blessed" (VT49:41, 42)

manaquenta

blessed

manaquenta adj. "blessed" (VT44:10; see manquë, manquenta)

manna

blessed

manna adj. "blessed" (also mána, q.v.) (VT43:30, VT45:32, VT49:41)

manquë

blessed

manquë, manquenta adj. "blessed" (VT44:10-11; it cannot be ruled out that manquë spelt manque in the source is simply an uncompleted form of manquenta. Whatever the case, Tolkien decided to use the form manaquenta instead, q.v.)

Sindarin 

list

noun. grace, favour, kindness

ann

noun. gift

n. gift.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:90] < _annā_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

ann

noun. gift

Sindarin [PE17/090; PE22/163] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anw

noun. gift

Sindarin [PE 22:163] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

anw

noun. gift

laich

adjective. sweet

Sindarin [PE17/148; PE17/154] Group: Eldamo. Published by

leich

adjective. sweet

Eru

the one

as a name of God: #Eru, isolated from CHILDREN OF THE ONE (Elves and Men) Eruchín** **(sg. *Eruchen)

ant

gift

ant, pl. aint, coll. pl. annath. Also ann (-an at the end of compounds), pl. ain.

ant

gift

pl. aint, coll. pl. annath. Also ann (-an at the end of compounds), pl. ain.

lend

sweet

(tuneful), pl. lind. Note: a homophone means ”way, journey”. No Sindarin adjective describing sweet taste occurs in published material.

melui

sweet

1) (= lovely) melui (lenited velui; no distinct pl. form) (VT42:18). 2) lend (tuneful), pl. lind. Note: a homophone means ”way, journey”. No Sindarin adjective describing sweet taste occurs in published material.

melui

sweet

(lenited velui; no distinct pl. form) (VT42:18).

Noldorin 

ant

noun. gift

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

ant

noun. gift

Noldorin [Ety/ANA¹; EtyAC/ANA¹] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Primitive elvish

annā

noun. gift

Primitive elvish [PE17/090; SA/anna] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lisyā

adjective. sweet

Primitive elvish [PE17/148; PE17/154] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Adûnaic

Reconstructed

noun. gift

An element in the name Yôzâyan “Land of Gift” (UT/184, SD/241). The final element of this name is zâyan “land”, so its initial element most likely means “gift”, as suggested by several authors (AAD/24, AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/YAW), though Andreas Moehn points out this word could have the form yôz instead (EotAL/YAW).


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

list

noun. grace, favour, kindness

bless

noun. grace, kindness, good feeling

Gnomish [GG/08; GL/23] Group: Eldamo. Published by

flidhra

adjective. ‘willowy’, graceful

Gnomish [GL/35; GL/73] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glis

adjective. sweet

gur

adjective. sweet

gûri

adjective. sweet

Gnomish [GL/43; QL/104] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ôn

noun. gift

Gnomish [GL/19; GL/62] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

lis

noun. grace, blessing

Early Quenya [PME/055; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

an

noun. gift

Early Quenya [GL/62; QL/031] Group: Eldamo. Published by

líse

adjective. sweet

Early Quenya [GL/39; QL/055] Group: Eldamo. Published by

salistina

adjective. blessed

Early Quenya [QL/055; QL/081] Group: Eldamo. Published by

suksa

adjective. sweet

Early Quenya [QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sutya

adjective. sweet

Early Quenya [QL/087] Group: Eldamo. Published by

áno

noun. gift

Qenya 

almárea

adjective. blessed

Qenya [Ety/GALA; EtyAC/AL; EtyAC/GAL(AS)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

anna

noun. gift

Qenya [Ety/ANA¹; LR/072; PE22/023; PE22/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mána

adjective. blessed

Qenya [EtyAC/MAN; LR/072] Group: Eldamo. Published by