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Qenya 

ilmare

feminine name. Ilmare

Changes

  • Ilmar → Ilmarë ✧ LR/165
  • Ilmar → Ilmarë ✧ LRI/Ilmarë

Variations

  • Ilmar ✧ LR/165; LRI/Ilmarë
  • Ilmarë ✧ LR/165; LR/205; LRI/Erinti; LRI/Ilmarë
Qenya [Ety/GIL; LR/165; LR/205; LRI/Erinti; LRI/Ilmarë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ilma

proper name. Starlight

This name first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the early 1930s as ᴹQ. Silma >> Ilma >> Ilmen as a name for the “Place of Light”, home of the stars (SM/240-1). It reappeared in the mid-30s as a word for “Starlight” (LR/205), and also appeared in The Etymologies as a derivative of ᴹ√GIL, alongside (and perhaps an element of) Ilmen “region above air where stars are” (Ety/GIL).

Changes

  • Silma → Ilma ✧ LRI/Silma
  • Silma → Ilma ✧ SM/240
  • Ilma → Ilmen ✧ SM/240
  • Ilma → Ilmen ✧ SMI/Ilma
  • Silma → Ilma ✧ SMI/Ilma
  • Ilma → Ilmen ✧ SMI/Ilmen
  • Silma → Ilma ✧ SMI/Silma

Cognates

  • N. gilith “starlight, *region of the stars” ✧ Ety/GIL; Ety/GIL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GIL “shine (white or pale)” ✧ Ety/GIL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GIL > Ilma[gilma] > [ɣilma] > [ilma]✧ Ety/GIL

Variations

  • Silma ✧ LRI/Silma; SM/240; SMI/Ilma; SMI/Silma
Qenya [Ety/GIL; LR/205; LRI/Ilma; LRI/Silma; SM/240; SMI/Ilma; SMI/Ilmen; SMI/Silma] Group: Eldamo. Published by