ithildin

noun. a silver-colored substance, which mirrors only starlight and moonlight

ithildin

noun. star-moon (metal)

Ithil (“moon”) + tinu, tint (“spark, little star”)

ithildin

noun. 'moon-star'

n. 'moon-star(light)'. Tolkien notes also that it "Should be ithildim" (PE17:39).

ithildin

'moon-star'

1b n. 'moon-star', the magic alloy starmoon. >> Ithil, tîn

ithildin

noun. magical alloy that glows in moonlight, (lit.) moon-star

The magic alloy from which the Moria-gate runes were made, a combination of S. Ithil “moon” and S. tîn “star” and hence “moon-star” (LotR/317; PE17/39, 66). In one place Tolkien considered the form ithildim (PE17/39). The term first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s (TI/180).

Elements

Word	Gloss
Ithil	“Moon”
tîn	“spark, sparkle, twinkle of stars”

Variations

• Ithildin ✧ LotRI/Ithildin; RSI/Ithildin
• ithildim ✧ PE17/039
• ithil-din ✧ PE17/066

mithril

noun. true-silver, a silver-like metal

celeb

noun. silver

celeb

silver

_n. _silver. >> Celebdil, Celebrant, celebrin

celeb

noun. silver

Cognates

• Kh. kibil “silver” ✧ PE17/036
• Q. telpë “silver, silver; [ᴱQ.] money” ✧ PE17/036; SA/celeb; UT/266
• Q. tyelpë “silver” ✧ Let/426
• T. telpe “silver” ✧ NM/349

Derivations

• ✶kyelepē “silver” ✧ Let/426; NM/349; PE17/036
  • √KYELEP “silver”
• √KYELEP “silver” ✧ UT/266

Element in

• S. Argeleb
• S. Celebdil “Silvertine” ✧ PE17/036; RC/775; TI/174
• S. Celeborn “Silver-tree; Silver Tall” ✧ UT/266
• S. Celeborn “Tree of Silver” ✧ SA/celeb; UT/266
• S. Celebrant “Silverlode, Silver-course” ✧ PE17/049; RC/775; SA/celeb; TI/174
• S. Celebrían “Silver-queen” ✧ Let/423
• S. celebrin “like silver (in hue or worth), like silver (in hue or worth), [G.] of silver” ✧ PE17/042; SA/celeb
• S. Celebros “Silver Foam, Silver Rain” ✧ SA/celeb

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kyelepē > celeb	[kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb]	✧ Let/426
✶kyelep- > celeb	[kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb]	✧ NM/349
✶kelep/kyelep > celeb	[kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb]	✧ PE17/036
√kyelep- > celeb	[kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb]	✧ UT/266

Variations

• Celeb ✧ Let/423 (Celeb); RC/775; RC/775

ithildin

Ithildin

In the legendarium, Gandalf translated ithildin as "starmoon". Tolkien stated that ithildin is a Sindarin name, meaning "moon-star(light"), "moonlight" or "starlight". The word contains the elements Ithil ("moon") + tin/tîn ("spark; star; twinkle of stars"). He noted that the correct Sindarin form should be ithildim.

ithildin

moon-star

(”magic”metal that only mirrors starlight and moonlight) ithildin

ithildin

moon-star

(”magic”metal that only mirrors starlight and moonlight) ithildin.

ithildin

moon-star

celeb

silver

1) (noun) celeb (i geleb, o cheleb), pl. celib (i chelib) if there is a pl. form. 2) (adj., "of/like silver") celebren (lenited gelebren, pl. celebrin; also celebrin- as first element of compounds, as in Celebrindal). Also celefn (lenited gelefn, pl. celifn). As for ”silver” as adjective, see also SHINING WHITE. Adj.