(i chîl), same forms in pl., also with article (i chîl), coll. pl. híliath. Isolated from the name Eluchíl, heir of Elu (WJ:350).
Sindarin
hîl
noun. heir
hîl
noun. heir
Cognates
- Q. hildë “heir, follower, heir, follower; [ᴱQ.] child”
Element in
hîl
heir
hîl
heir
hell
9j¸$ noun. frost
rêd
heir
(construct red), pl.rîd (idh rîd). The word is presented as a borrowing from Beorian, so it may not be the normal Sindarin word for ”heir”.
nich
noun. frost
A neologism for “frost”, cognate of Q. nixë of the same meaning (WJ/417), that assumes a phonetic development similar to that of S. ach vs. Q. akse (axë) “neck” (PE17/92); see the entry on how [[os|[p], [t], [k] spirantalized before [s]]] in (Old) Sindarin.
Cognates
- Q. nixë “frost; ice-flake or snow-flake”
Derivations
- √NIK(W) “(also of) snow, ice, snow, ice; *white”
1) #hîl (i chîl), same forms in pl., also with article (i chîl), coll. pl. híliath. Isolated from the name Eluchíl, heir of Elu (WJ:350). 2) rêd (construct red), pl.rîd (idh rîd). The word is presented as a borrowing from Beorian, so it may not be the normal Sindarin word for ”heir”.