aranel

princess

aranel noun "princess" (likely *aranell-) (UT:434)

aranel

noun. princess

Elements

Word	Gloss
aran	“king”
-iel	“-daughter; feminine suffix”

Variations

• Aranel ✧ UT/209; UTI/Emerwen

turinqui

queen

turinqui ("q") noun "queen" (LT1:260; apparently the fem. of tur. In Tolkien's later Quenya, "queen" is tári.)

ailin

g.sg. ailinen

ailin ("g.sg. ailinen", in Tolkien's later Quenya dat.sg.) "pool, lake" (AY, LIN1, LT2:339). Fem. name Ailinel (likely Ailinell-), perhaps ailin + the feminine ending -el (as in aranel "princess"), hence "Lake-woman" or similar (UT:210).

tári

queen

tári noun "queen", used especially of Varda (TĀ/TA3, LT1:264), etymologically "she that is high" (SA:tar). Dative tárin in the Elaine inscription (VT49:40), genitive tário in Namárië. Elentári "Starqueen", a title of Varda. (Nam, RGEO:67). Tarinya "my queen" (UT:179; sic, not *tárinya). Táris or tárissë "queenship" (PE17:155)

tári

noun. queen, queen, [ᴱQ.] mistress, lady

Element in

• Q. Airë Tári “Holy Queen” ✧ PM/363
• Q. Elainen tárin Periandion ar meldenya anyáran “*to Elaine, queen of Hobbits and my very old friend” ✧ VT49/40
• Q. Elentári “Queen of the Stars, Star-queen” ✧ PE17/067; SA/tar
• Q. Kementári “Queen of the Earth” ✧ SA/tar
• Q. ómaryo airetári-lírinen “in the song of her voice, holy and queenly” ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58
• Q. ómaryo lírinen airetário “in [by means of] her voice’s song, of the holy-queen” ✧ RGEO/59
• Q. lírinen ómo i·aire tário “by the song of the voice of the holy queen” ✧ PE17/076
• Q. lírinen ómo i·aire táríva “by the song of the voice of the holy queen” ✧ PE17/076
• Q. tintilar lirinen ómaryo Airë-tário ✧ PM/364
• Q. táris(së) “queenship”

Variations

• Tári ✧ PM/363
• tā́ri ✧ RGEO/58

varni

queen

varni noun "queen" (LT1:273; rather tári in Tolkien's later Quenya)

rianna

noun. queen

Derivations

• √RIG “wreathe, twine, wind about; wreath, garland, crown”

rían

noun. queen, queen, *(lit.) crowned-lady

Element in

• S. Celebrían “Silver-queen” ✧ Let/423

rîs

noun. queen

brethil

noun. princess, (lit.) queen-daughter

Element in

• S. Fimbrethil “Wandlimb, (lit.) Slender-beech” ✧ PE17/023; PE17/082
• S. Nimbrethil “Silver-birches” ✧ PE17/019; PE17/023

Elements

Word	Gloss
bereth	“queen, spouse; supreme, sublime”
-il	“feminine suffix”

Variations

• brethil ✧ PE17/019; PE17/023; PE17/082

bereth

noun. queen, spouse

riel

princess

#riel (garlanded maiden), pl. ?rîl (idh rîl), coll. pl. riellath. Isolated from the name Galadriel.

riel

princess

(garlanded maiden), pl. ?rîl (idh rîl), coll. pl. riellath. Isolated from the name Galadriel.

rían

queen

(”crown-gift”), pl. ríain (idh ríain)

ríen

queen

(crowned lady), pl. ?rîn (idh rîn). The adjective rîn ”crowned” may also be used as a noun ”crowned woman” =  ”queen”, but with no distinct pl. form except when article precedes (idh rîn again); coll. pl. ríniath. Note: a homophone means ”remembrance”.

rîs

queen

1) rîs, no distinct pl. except with article preceding (idh rîs); coll. pl. ?rissath; 2) rían (”crown-gift”), pl. ríain (idh ríain); 3) bereth (i vereth) (spouse), pl. berith (i mberith), 4) ríen (crowned lady), pl. ?rîn (idh rîn). The adjective rîn ”crowned” may also be used as a noun ”crowned woman” = ”queen”, but with no distinct pl. form except when article precedes (idh rîn again); coll. pl. ríniath. Note: a homophone means ”remembrance”.

rîs

noun. queen

rîs

queen

no distinct pl. except with article preceding (idh rîs); coll. pl. ?rissath

bereth

queen

(i vereth) (spouse), pl. berith (i mberith)

barathī

noun. queen

Derivations

• √BARATH “height combined with strength/size/majesty” ✧ PE17/022
  • √BAR “[ᴹ√] raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)”

Derivatives

• Q. Varsi ✧ PE17/023
• S. bereth “queen, spouse; supreme, sublime” ✧ PE17/023

Element in

• ✶elen-barathī “star-queen” ✧ MR/387; PE17/066

Variations

• barathi ✧ MR/387
• barathī(e) ✧ PE17/023
• mbarathī ✧ PE17/066

rhîs

noun. queen

rhîs

noun. queen

Derivations

• ᴹ√RIG “*crown” ✧ Ety/RIG

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√RIG > rhîs	[rigisse] > [riɣisse] > [riɣiss] > [r̥iɣiss] > [r̥īss] > [r̥īs]	✧ Ety/RIG

bereth

noun. queen, spouse

bereth

noun. queen

Derivations

• ᴹ√BARATH “*queen” ✧ Ety/BARATH
  • ᴹ√BAR “raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)” ✧ Ety/BARATH

Element in

• N. Berethil
• N. Elbereth “Queen of Stars, (lit.) Star Queen” ✧ Ety/BARATH; Ety/EL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√BARATH > bereth	[baratʰi] > [baraθi] > [bereθi] > [bereiθ] > [bereθ]	✧ Ety/BARATH

Variations

• bereth ✧ Ety/BARATH; Ety/EL