Quenya 

valin

happy

valin adj. "happy" (LT1:272, ). This word, as well as valima and vald-, connect with Tolkien's early concept of Valar meaning "happy ones". Since the term Valar was later reinterpreted as "the Powers", the conceptual validity of these terms for "happy" depends on whether the bliss associated with the Valar and Valinor is regarded as sufficient to give them a secondary justification.

valima

adjective. happy

valima adj. "happy" (QL:99). See valin.

Use alassëa instead.

alassëa

`Cな#,F`C adjective. happy, joyous

Alassë (joy/merriment) + -a (adjectival suffix)

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alassëa

adjective. joyful, happy, *merry

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alarya-

verb. to be happy or merry, rejoice

@@@ Discord 2022-08-18, variant alsa- (Raccoon); @@@ sense “to enjoy” from Röandil in the “Neologism of the Day” series on the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) on 2023-04-02

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alasta-

verb. to make happy, cheer (up)

@@@ Discord 2022-08-18, replacing intransitive alastă-

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maitulië

noun. welcome thing, happy arrival

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Vala

power, god, angelic power

Vala (1) noun "Power, God, angelic power", pl. Valar or Vali (BAL, Appendix E, LT2:348), described as "angelic governors" or "angelic guardians" (Letters:354, 407). The Valar are a group of immensely powerful spirits guarding the world on behalf of its Creator; they are sometimes called Gods (as when Valacirca, q.v., is translated "Sickle of the Gods"), but this is strictly wrong according to Christian terminology: the Valar were created beings. The noun vala is also the name of tengwa #22 (Appendix E). Genitive plural Valion "of the Valar" (FS, MR:18); this form shows the pl. Vali, (irregular) alternative to Valar (the straightforward gen. pl. Valaron is also attested, PE17:175). Pl. allative valannar *"to/on the Valar" (LR:47, 56; SD:246). Feminine form Valië (Silm), in Tolkiens earlier material also Valdë; his early writings also list Valon or Valmo (q.v.) as specifically masc. forms. The gender-specific forms are not obligatory; thus in PE17:22 Varda is called a Vala (not a Valië), likewise Yavanna in PE17:93. Vala is properly or originally a verb "has power" (sc. over the matter of , the universe), also used as a noun "a Power" _(WJ:403). The verb vala- "rule, order", exclusively used with reference to the Valar, is only attested in the sentences á vala Manwë! "may Manwë order it!" and Valar valuvar "the will of the Valar will be done" (WJ:404). However, Tolkien did not originally intend the word Valar to signify "powers"; in his early conception it apparently meant "the happy ones", cf. valto, vald- (LT2:348)_. For various compounds including the word Vala(r), see below.

Aino

god

Aino noun "god", within Tolkien's mythos a synonym of Ainu (but since Aino is basically only a personalized form of aina "holy", hence "holy one", it could be used as a general word for "god") (PE15:72)

alassë

joy, merriment

alassë (1) noun "joy, merriment" (GALÁS) [VT42:32; a gloss "mirth" was deleted, VT45:14]

herenya

fortunate, wealthy, blessed, rich

herenya adj. "fortunate, wealthy, blessed, rich" (KHER)

aino

noun. god

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Sindarin 

gelir

noun. merry, happy, gay person

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glassui

xな,DhJ adjective. happy, joyful

Glass (joy) + -ui (full, having quality)

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glassui

adjective. joyful, happy

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glaich

adjective. merry, joyous, happy

@@@ from ✱g(a)las-yā

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glasta-

verb. to make happy

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mertha-

verb. to gladden, make happy

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balan

noun. Vala, divine power, divinity

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gelir

masculine name. Merry

Sindarin translation of the name of Sam’s son Merry, appearing in Tolkien’s unpublished epilogue to The Lord of the Rings and in the King’s Letter (SD/126, 129). Most likely this name is an elaboration of [N.] gell “joy”.

Conceptual Development: In drafts of the epilogue, this name was initially (rejected) Riben (SD/117).

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gelir

adjective. merry

Sindarin translation of the name of Sam’s son Merry, appearing in Tolkien’s unpublished epilogue to The Lord of the Rings and in the King’s Letter from the early 1950s (SD/126, 129). This word is apparently an adjective, most likely an elaboration of [N.] gell “joy”. In Didier Willis’s Sindarin Dictionary, it is suggested this word might instead be a noun, an agental formation meaning “✱merry person” (HSD/gelir).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s, the word for “merry” was G. dairog (GL/29), likely derived from ᴱ√TYALA “play”. This was revised to G. dairion in the “Gnomish Lexicon Slips” (PE13/112) and again to ᴱN. gair in Early Noldorin word lists from the 1920s (PE13/141, 143). This last change probably also reflects a new root, though exactly what this root might be is unclear. There isn’t a clear connection between these early forms and later gelir beyond a superficial resemblance of form.

Eru

god

(the One) #Eru, isolated from Eruchín** **"children of the One" (= Elves and Men; sg. *Eruchen).

aenor

noun. god

A neologism for “a god” opposed to “God” (Eru), based on Gnomish ain. A direct adaptation of the Gnomish form would be aen, but that conflicts with aen “should be”; Fiona Jallings suggested the extended form aenor in a Discord chat in August 2019.

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bâl

divine power

construct bal, pl. bail (divinity). Note: the word can also be used as an adj. "divine".

eru

noun. God

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eru

god

isolated from Eruchín "children of the One" (= Elves and Men; sg. ✱Eruchen).

gelir

merry

(attested as the S equivalent of the name Merry) gelir (lenited elir; no distinct pl. form).

gelir

merry

(lenited ’elir; no distinct pl. form).

gell

joy

(i ’ell) (triumph), pl. gill (i ngill = i ñill).

glass

joy

  1. glass (i **lass, constuct glas), pl. glais (in glais), 2) gell (i **ell) (triumph), pl. gill (i ngill = i ñill).

glass

joy

(i ’lass, constuct glas), pl. glais (in glais)

tûr

power

tûr (i dûr, o thûr, construct tur) (victory, mastery, control; master, victor, lord), pl. tuir (i thuir), coll. pl. túrath.

tûr

power

(i dûr, o thûr, construct tur) (victory, mastery, control; master, victor, lord), pl. t**uir (i th**uir), coll. pl. túrath.

Noldorin 

balan

noun. Vala, divine power, divinity

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gell

noun. joy, triumph

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glas

noun. joy

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glas

noun. joy

glass

noun. joy

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riben

masculine name. Merry

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Primitive elvish

¤kurwē

noun. power, ability

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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!

Early Quenya

valin

adjective. happy

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amillo

masculine name. One of the Happy Folk, Hilary

Youngest of the Valar in the earliest Lost Tales, also called Ómar (LT1/67). In the Qenya Lexicon from the 1910s, Tolkien glossed this name as “One of the Happy Folk, Hilary”, but did not provide any further etymological information (QL/30).

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vala

noun. God

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Gnomish

gwaltha

noun. fortunate, happy

gwalwed

noun. fortunate, happy

ain

noun. god

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dairion

adjective. merry

Early Noldorin

gair

adjective. merry

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tûr

noun. power

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Qenya 

al-

verb. to thrive

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Westron

kali

masculine name. Merry

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