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Qenya 

isil

noun. Moon, (lit.) Sheen

Cognates

  • Ad. nîlu “moon” ✧ SD/241; SD/306
  • N. Ithil “Moon” ✧ Ety/I²; Ety/SIL; Ety/THIL; LR/041; SD/302; SD/306
  • Ilk. Istil “Moon” ✧ Ety/I²

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶Ithil “moon” ✧ Ety/I²; SD/306
  • ᴹ√THIL ✧ Ety/SIL; Ety/THIL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ITHIL > Isil[itʰil] > [iθil] > [isil]✧ Ety/I²
ᴹ√THIL > Isil[itʰil] > [iθil] > [isil]✧ Ety/SIL
ᴹ√THIL > Isil[itʰil] > [iθil] > [isil]✧ Ety/THIL
ᴹ✶Ithīl > Isil[itʰil] > [iθil] > [isil]✧ SD/306

Variations

  • Iþil ✧ PE19/031 (Iþil)
Qenya [Ety/I²; Ety/SIL; Ety/THIL; LR/041; LR/072; LR/240; LRI/Isil; PE19/031; SD/241; SD/302; SD/306] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nú

proper name. Moon

A name for the moon in linguistic notes from 1930s (PE21/38, 41), perhaps a derivative of the root ᴹ√NDŪ “go down”, though this root usually applied to the Sun. Its dual form Nunt referred to both the sun and moon (PE21/38).

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NDŪ “go down, sink, set (of Sun)”
Qenya [PE21/38; PE21/41] Group: Eldamo. Published by