Quenya 

alcarinqua

radiant, glorious

alcarinqua adj. "radiant, glorious" (AKLA-R [there spelt "alkarinqa"], WJ:412, VT44:7/10), "glorious, brilliant" (PE17:24), noun Alcarinquë, "The Glorious", name of a star/planet (SA:aglar - there spelt "Alkarinquë", but the Silmarillion Index has "Alcarinquë". The celestial body in question seems to be Jupiter, MR:435). Cf. also Alcarin, q.v.

fána

white

fána, fánë (1) adj. "white" (Markirya - fánë as a sg. form in may be a misreading). Compare fanya.

fána

adjective. white, white; [ᴹQ.] cloud

@@@ as suggested by Helge Fauskanger, the form fánë “white” in the Markirya poem may be a slip or misreading

Element in

Variations

  • fáne ✧ MC/221; MC/222
Quenya [MC/221; MC/222] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fána

cloud

fána (2) noun "cloud" _(SPAN, VT46:15). _Cf. fana.

fánë

adjective. white

alcarin

glorious, brilliant

alcarin adj. "glorious, brilliant" (shorter form of alcarinqua, q.v.) (PE17:24), hence Alcarin masc. name (or title) "the Glorious", title taken by Atanatar II of Gondor, also name of one of the Kings of Númenor (Appendix A).

alcarin

proper name. Glorious

Tar-Alcarin was the 17th ruler of Númenor (LotR/1035, UT/222). His name is simply the shortened form of alcarin(qua) “glorious”. Alcarin “Glorious” was also a sobriquet for Atanatar II, the 16th king of Gondor (LotR/1038, 1045).

Elements

WordGloss
alcarin(qua)“glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, [ᴹQ.] radiant”

Variations

  • Alkarin ✧ PMI/Alkarin
Quenya [LotR/1038; LotRI/Atanatar II; LotRI/Tar-Alcarin; PE17/024; PE17/114; PMI/Alkarin; UTI/Atanatar; UTI/Tar-Alcarin] Group: Eldamo. Published by

alcarin(qua)

adjective. glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, [ᴹQ.] radiant

Changes

  • alcarinquaalcare ✧ VT44/10
  • alcarealcarin ✧ VT44/10

Cognates

  • S. aglareb “glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, *radiant” ✧ PE17/024; WJ/412

Derivations

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
alcar“glory, splendour, radiance, brilliance”
-inqua“-ful, complete”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
aklarinquā > alcarinqua[aklariŋkwā] > [alkariŋkwā] > [alkariŋkwa]✧ PE17/024

Variations

  • alcarin ✧ PE17/024; RGEO/65; VT44/10
  • alcarinqua ✧ PE17/024; VT44/10 (alcarinqua)
  • alcare ✧ VT44/10 (alcare)
  • alkarinqua ✧ WJ/412
Quenya [PE17/024; RGEO/65; VT44/10; WJ/412] Group: Eldamo. Published by

alcarinquë

proper name. Glorious

A star (S/45) or possibly the planet Jupiter (MR/435). Its name is simply the noun form of the adjective alcarin(qua) “glorious”.

Cognates

  • S. aglareb “glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, *radiant” ✧ SA/aglar

Elements

WordGloss
alcarin(qua)“glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, [ᴹQ.] radiant”

Variations

  • Alkarinque ✧ MR/435
  • Alkarinquë ✧ MRI/Alkarinquë; SA/aglar
Quenya [MR/435; MRI/Alkarinquë; SA/aglar; SI/Alcarinquë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-inqua

glorious

-inqua adjectival ending, seen in alcarinqua "glorious" (WJ:412) from alcar "glory". Etymologically, -inqua means "-full", like "glory-full" in this case. A variant *-unqua is implied in WJ:415 (only referred to in archaic form -unkwā). "The forms using u were mainly applied to things heavy, clumsy, ugly or bad", whereas -inqua (in the same source derived from -inkwā) is neutral.

ungo

cloud, dark shadow

ungo noun "cloud, dark shadow" (UÑG)

lumbo

cloud

lumbo noun "cloud" (pl. lumbor in Markirya), also glossed "gloom; dark, shade" (PE17:72, 168). In early "Qenya", lumbo was glossed "dark lowering cloud" (LT1:259)

ninquë

white, chill, cold, palid

ninquë adj. "white, chill, cold, palid" (WJ:417, SA:nim, PE17:168, NIK-W - spelt "ninqe" in Etym and in LT1:266, MC:213, MC:220, GL:60), pl. ninqui in Markirya. Compounded in Ninquelótë noun "White-Flower" (SA:nim), = Sindarin Nimloth, the White Tree of Númenor; ninqueruvissë ("q") "white-horse-on" _(MC:216; this is "Qenya", read _ninqueroccossë or *ninquiroccossë in LotR-style Quenya). Normally ninquë would be expected to have the stem-form ninqui-, given the primitive form ¤ninkwi; Ninquelótë rather than *Ninquilótë must be seen as an analogical form.

Sindarin 

faen

adjective. radiant, white

Sindarin [Ety/381, X/OE] Group: SINDICT. Published by

fain

noun/adjective. white

Sindarin [Ety/387, WR/288, RC/268, VT/46:15, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

fain

noun/adjective. cloud

Sindarin [Ety/387, WR/288, RC/268, VT/46:15, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glân

adjective. white, [bright shining] white; [N.] clear; [G.] pure, †bright; [ᴱN.] clean

Derivations

Element in

aglareb

adjective. glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, *radiant

Cognates

  • Q. alcarin(qua) “glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, [ᴹQ.] radiant” ✧ PE17/024; WJ/412
  • Q. Alcarinquë “Glorious” ✧ SA/aglar

Derivations

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
aglar“glory, brilliance, splendour, radiance”
-eb“adjective suffix”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
aklariquā > aglareb[aklarikwā] > [aklaripā] > [aklaripa] > [aklarepa] > [aklarep] > [aklareb] > [aglareb]✧ PE17/024

Variations

  • Aglareb ✧ S/115
Sindarin [PE17/024; S/115; SA/aglar; WJ/412] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nim

white

_adj. _white. >> Nimbrethil

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:19] < T. _nimbi _white. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

nim

white

_adj. _white (usual word). >> nimp, nimras

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:168] < _nimbĭ _< _nimpĭ_. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

nim

adjective. white

Cognates

  • Q. ninquë “white; chill, cold; pallid” ✧ SA/nim

Derivations

  • At. nimbi “white” ✧ PE17/019
    • ninkwi “white, pale”
    • NIK(W) “(also of) snow, ice, snow, ice; *white” ✧ PE17/168
  • ninkwi “white, pale” ✧ PE17/168
    • NIK(W) “(also of) snow, ice, snow, ice; *white” ✧ PE17/168
  • S. nimp “pale, pallid, white, pale, pallid, white; small and frail, [ᴱN.] wan, sickly” ✧ SA/nim
    • NIK(W) “(also of) snow, ice, snow, ice; *white” ✧ PE17/168
    • nimpĭ “small” ✧ VT48/18
    • NIP “small (usually with connotation of weakness)” ✧ VT48/18

Element in

  • S. Barad Nimras “White Horn Tower” ✧ SA/nim
  • S. Ered Nimrais “White Mountains, (lit.) White-horns Mountains” ✧ SA/nim
  • S. Nimbrethil “Silver-birches” ✧ PE17/019; PE17/019; SA/nim
  • S. Nimloth “White Blossom, Pale Blossom” ✧ SA/nim
  • S. Nimras “White Horn” ✧ PE17/168
  • S. Nimrodel “Lady of the White Cave”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
At. nimbi > nim[nimbi] > [nimbe] > [nimb] > [nimm] > [nimm] > [nim]✧ PE17/019
Sindarin [PE17/019; PE17/168; SA/nim] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aglareb

adjective. glorious

Sindarin [Ety/348, S/427, WJ/412] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aglareb

adjective. glorious

adj. glorious, brilliant. Q. alcarin, alcarinqua. >> aglar

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:24] < KAL light. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

silivren

adjective. (white) glittering

Sindarin [LotR/II:I, RGEO/72] silif+-ren. Group: SINDICT. Published by

uilos

noun/adjective. always white, ever white as snow

Sindarin [RGEO/74, Letters/278, UT/55] ui- + loss "everlasting snow, ever (white as) snow. Group: SINDICT. Published by

uilos

noun/adjective. a small white everlasting flower also called simbelmynë or "evermind"

Sindarin [RGEO/74, Letters/278, UT/55] ui- + loss "everlasting snow, ever (white as) snow. Group: SINDICT. Published by

faen

radiant

faen (white). No distinct pl. form.

faen

radiant

(white). No distinct pl. form.

fain

white

; no distinct pl. form.

fân

cloud

1) fân (veil, also used of the manifested body of a Vala), construct fan, pl. fain, 2) faun (pl. foen, coll. pl. fonath)

fân

cloud

(veil, also used of the manifested body of a Vala), construct fan, pl. fain

glân

white

1) glân (clear), lenited lân, pl. glain. (UT:390, VT45:13). Note: a homophone means ”hem, border”. 2) nimp (nim-) (pale); no distinct pl. form. 3) faen (radiant). No distinct pl. form. 4) fain; no distinct pl. form.

glân

white

(clear), lenited ’lân, pl. glain. (UT:390, VT45:13). Note: a homophone means ”hem, border”.

faen

white

(radiant). No distinct pl. form.

faun

cloud

(pl. foen, coll. pl. fonath)

gloss

white as snow, dazzling white

(in compounds -los), lenited ’loss; pl. glyss.

nimp

white

(nim-) (pale); no distinct pl. form.

aglareb

glorious

aglareb (pl. eglerib)

aglareb

glorious

(pl. eglerib)

silivren

glittering white

(lenited hilivren; pl. *silivrin**). *Verb

Telerin 

nimbi

adjective. white

Derivations

  • At. nimbi “white”
    • ninkwi “white, pale”
    • NIK(W) “(also of) snow, ice, snow, ice; *white” ✧ PE17/168
Telerin [PE17/019; PE17/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nimbi

adjective. white

About Nimrodel: "Nim is evidently the Telerin word nimbi 'white'." >> Nimrais >> Nimrodel

Telerin [PE17/49] Published by

Nandorin 

spenna

noun. cloud

Derived from a stem SPAN "white" (LR:387), but hardly a direct cognate of Quenya fanya and Telerin spania (both probably from spanjâ), nor a direct cognate of Sindarin faun, stated to be derived from spâna. Rather spenna must derive from spannâ, sc. the stem SPAN with the adjectival ending -nâ (or possibly the simpler adjectival ending combined with a medial strengthening n > nn). As for the change of a to e, cf. scella from skalnâ.

Nandorin [H. Fauskanger (LR:387)] < SPAN. Published by

Noldorin 

fein

adjective. white, radiant

Changes

  • feinfein “cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. fanya “sky; white” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PHAY “radiate, send out rays of light” ✧ Ety/PHAY
  • ᴹ√SPAN “white” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PHAY > foen[pʰajna] > [pʰaina] > [ɸaina] > [faina] > [fain] > [foen]✧ Ety/PHAY
ᴹ√SPAN > fein[spanja] > [sɸanja] > [ɸanja] > [fanja] > [fania] > [fenia] > [feni] > [fein]✧ Ety/SPAN

Variations

  • foen ✧ Ety/PHAY
Noldorin [Ety/PHAY; Ety/SPAN; EtyAC/SPAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

foen

adjective. radiant, white

Noldorin [Ety/381, X/OE] Group: SINDICT. Published by

foen

adjective. radiant, white

brassen

adjective. white-hot

Noldorin [Ety/351] Group: SINDICT. Published by

faun

noun. cloud

Noldorin [Ety/387, VT/46:15] Group: SINDICT. Published by

faun

noun. cloud

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. fána “cloud; white” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶spāna “cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN
    • ᴹ√SPAN “white” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶spāna > faun[spāna] > [spǭna] > [sɸǭna] > [sɸouna] > [ɸouna] > [founa] > [fauna] > [faun]✧ Ety/SPAN
Noldorin [Ety/SPAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fein

noun/adjective. white

Noldorin [Ety/387, WR/288, RC/268, VT/46:15, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

fein

noun/adjective. cloud

Noldorin [Ety/387, WR/288, RC/268, VT/46:15, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aglareb

adjective. glorious

Noldorin [Ety/348, S/427, WJ/412] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aglareb

adjective. glorious

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. alkarinqa “radiant, glorious” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R

Element in

Noldorin [Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/KAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Ancient telerin

nimbi

adjective. white

Derivations

  • ninkwi “white, pale”
    • NIK(W) “(also of) snow, ice, snow, ice; *white” ✧ PE17/168

Derivatives

  • S. nim “white” ✧ PE17/019
  • T. nimbi “white”

Element in

  • S. Nimrodel “Lady of the White Cave” ✧ PE17/049
Ancient telerin [PE17/019; PE17/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

alkar

masculine name. Radiant

A name for Melko appearing in the final version of the poem, Fíriel’s Song (LR/63, 72). According to Christopher Tolkien, it appeared nowhere else (LR/74 note 16). It seems to be alkar(e) “radiance” used as a name.

Elements

WordGloss
alkar(e)“radiance, brilliance”
Qenya [LR/063; LR/072; LRI/Alkar] Group: Eldamo. Published by

alkarinqa

adjective. radiant, glorious

Cognates

  • N. aglareb “glorious” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R

ninqe

adjective. white

Cognates

  • N. nimp “pale” ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ninkwi “white, pale” ✧ Ety/NIK-W
    • ᴹ√NIK(W) “*snow; white” ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Element in

  • ᴹQ. nieninqe “snowdrop, (lit.) white tear” ✧ Ety/NIK-W
  • ᴹQ. Ninqendi “White-elves”
  • ᴹQ. ninqeri “*white (female thing or personification)” ✧ PE21/15
  • ᴹQ. ninqeru “white man, white male swan, white ship, white (male thing or personification)” ✧ PE21/15
  • ᴹQ. ninqisse “whiteness” ✧ Ety/NIK-W
  • ᴹQ. Ninqelóte “Pale Blossom”
  • ᴹQ. ninqita- “to whiten, make white; to shine white” ✧ Ety/NIK-W; Ety/NIK-W
  • ᴹQ. Taniqetil “High White Horn” ✧ Ety/NIK-W

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ninkwi > ninqe[niŋkwi] > [niŋkwe]✧ Ety/NIK-W
Qenya [Ety/NIK-W; PE21/15] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

span

root. white

Derivatives

  • Dan. spenna “white fog” ✧ Ety/SPAN
  • ᴹ✶spāna “cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN
    • N. faun “cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN
    • ᴹT. spania “cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN
  • ᴹQ. fána “cloud; white” ✧ Ety/SPAN
  • ᴹQ. fanya “sky; white” ✧ Ety/SPAN
  • N. fein “white, radiant” ✧ Ety/SPAN
  • N. Fannor “Cloud-lord” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Element in

  • ᴹ✶Olosphantur “Lórien” ✧ Ety/ÓLOS
  • ᴹ✶Spanturo “lord of cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN
  • ᴹQ. Are Fanturion “Day of the Fanturi, fourth day of the Valian week” ✧ Ety/LEP
  • ᴹQ. Nurufantur “Lord of Death-cloud” ✧ Ety/ÑGUR
  • ᴹQ. Olofantur “Lord of Dream-cloud” ✧ Ety/ÓLOS
  • N. Fannor “Cloud-lord” ✧ Ety/TĀ
  • N. Gurfannor “Lord of Death-cloud” ✧ Ety/ÑGUR
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/LEP; Ety/ÑGUR; Ety/ÓLOS; Ety/PHAY; Ety/SPAN; Ety/TĀ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

spāna

noun. cloud

Derivations

  • ᴹ√SPAN “white” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Derivatives

  • N. faun “cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN
  • ᴹT. spania “cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/SPAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Telerin

spania

noun. cloud

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. fána “cloud; white” ✧ Ety/SPAN

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶spāna “cloud” ✧ Ety/SPAN
    • ᴹ√SPAN “white” ✧ Ety/SPAN
Middle Telerin [Ety/SPAN] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

aglar(i)ol

adjective. glorious

Changes

  • aglarolaglariol ✧ PE13/108

Variations

  • áglarol ✧ GL/17
  • aglariol ✧ PE13/108
  • aglarol ✧ PE13/108 (aglarol)
Gnomish [GL/17; PE13/108] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glum

noun. cloud

lum

noun. cloud

Cognates

  • Eq. lumbo “dark lowering cloud” ✧ LT1A/Luvier

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LUVU “*dark (weather)” ✧ LT1A/Luvier

Element in

  • G. Lumfod “Gloomy End” ✧ GL/55
  • G. lumbri “foul weather” ✧ GL/55; LT1A/Luvier
  • G. lumbrin “overcast” ✧ GL/55; LT1A/Luvier

Variations

  • glum ✧ GL/55
Gnomish [GL/55; LT1A/Luvier] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

agladhren

adjective. radiant

Changes

  • aglathrenagladhren ✧ PE13/136

Variations

  • aglathren ✧ PE13/136 (aglathren)
Early Noldorin [PE13/136; PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aglareb

noun. glorious

Changes

  • aglarolaglareb ✧ PE13/136

Variations

  • aglarol ✧ PE13/136 (aglarol)
Early Noldorin [PE13/136; PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

niqi

root. white

Derivatives

  • Eq. ninqa- “to shine white”
  • Eq. ninqe “white” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066
  • Eq. nikte- “to whiten, cleanse” ✧ QL/066
  • Eq. niqilis “fine snow” ✧ QL/066
  • Eq. niqis “snow” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066
  • G. nib “snowflake”
  • G. nigor “rain, rainy weather”
  • G. nimp “pallid”
  • G. nictha- “to rain, hail, snow”

Element in

Early Primitive Elvish [LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

fanya

noun. cloud

Early Quenya [PE16/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lossa

adjective. white

Derivations

Element in

Early Quenya [MC/213; MC/216; PE16/092] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ninqe

adjective. white

Cognates

  • G. nimp “pallid” ✧ GL/60
  • En. nimp “wan, pale, sickly” ✧ PE13/164

Derivations

  • ᴱ√NIQI “white” ✧ LT1A/Taniquetil; QL/066

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√NIQI > ninqe[niŋkʷi] > [niŋkʷe]✧ QL/066

Variations

  • ninqë ✧ LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil
  • ninkve ✧ PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/077
Early Quenya [GL/60; LT1A/Nielíqui; LT1A/Taniquetil; MC/213; MC/220; PE13/164; PE14/045; PE14/048; PE14/077; PE14/080; PE15/78; PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060; PE16/062; PE16/064; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/077; PE16/081; PE16/100; PE16/140; PME/066; QL/066] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aulo

noun. cloud

Early Quenya [PE16/142] Group: Eldamo. Published by