caeleb (sick), lenited gaeleb, pl. caelib
Quenya
caimassëa
bedridden, sick
Sindarin
caeleb
bedridden
Noldorin
caeleb
adjective. bedridden, sick
caeleb
adjective. bedridden, sick
A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “bedridden, sick”, an adjectival form of the noun N. cael “bedridden, sick” (Ety/KAY).
Cognates
- ᴹQ. kaimassea “bedridden, sick, bedridden, sick, [ᴱQ.] confined to bed, a-bed” ✧ Ety/KAY
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Qenya
kaimassea
adjective. bedridden, sick, bedridden, sick, [ᴱQ.] confined to bed, a-bed
A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s apparently meaning “bedridden, sick”, an adjective form of ᴹQ. kaimasse “lying in bed, sickness” (Ety/KAY).
Cognates
- N. caeleb “bedridden, sick” ✧ Ety/KAY
Elements
Word Gloss kaimasse “lying in bed, sickness, sickness, (lit.) lying in bed” -a “adjectival suffix”
Early Quenya
kaimassea
adjective. confined to bed, a-bed, bedridden
caimassëa ("k")adj. "bedridden, sick" (KAY)