valassë

divinity

valassë noun "divinity" (or rather *"valahood"; the word should probably not be used with reference to the divinity of Eru). (BAL)

rodon

noun. Vala, divinity

rodon

'One of the High'

pl1. Rodyn n. 'One of the High', Vala. (Q. pl1.?) Artor. >> arod, raud

rodon

noun. Vala

A Sindarin term for the Vala (PE17/33), appearing in its plural form S. Rodyn as one of the days of the week (LotR/1110) and also in the Sindarin name for Valinor: Dor-Rodyn (MR/200). It is derived from the prefixal form rod- of raud “noble” (PE17/118, 186). Its final element might be the augmentative suffix -on, perhaps literally meaning “✱Most Noble”. It could also be the agental suffix -on, as suggested by David Salo (GS/283), but that suffix is usually masculine (WJ/400), whereas Rodon seems to apply to all Valar.

Element in

• S. Dor-Rodyn “*Land of the Valar” ✧ MR/200
• S. Rodyn “alternate name of the last day of the Eldarin six-day week”

Elements

Word	Gloss
raud	“noble, eminent; lofty, high, tall; excellent”
-on	“augmentative suffix”

balan

noun. Vala, Vala, [N.] Power, God

At one point (Let/427), Tolkien stated that the plural form Belain (and presumably its singular Balan) did not exist in Sindarin and its derivative Orbelain “Vala-day” was a phonetic translation of Q. Valanya. Elsewhere, though, Balan is well attested as a Sindarin word.

Cognates

• Q. Vala “(Angelic) Power, ‘God’, Authority, (Angelic) Power, Authority, God” ✧ PE17/048; SA/val

Derivations

• ✶Balaniā ✧ Let/427
• √BAL “power; powerful, mighty; have power” ✧ PE17/048; SA/val

Element in

• S. Balannor “Land of the Valar”
• S. Orbelain “*Day of the Valar, Friday” ✧ Let/427

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶Balaniā > Belain	[balanjā] > [balanja] > [balania] > [belenia] > [beleni] > [belein] > [belain]	✧ Let/427

balan

Vala

pl1. Belain** ** n. Vala.

rodon

vala

1) Rodon (pl. Rodyn, coll. pl. Rodonnath), 2) Balan (i Valan), pl. Belain (i Melain). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. form used with the article was "iMbelain" (LR:365 s.v. KIRIK).

rodon

vala

(pl. Rodyn, coll. pl. Rodonnath)

bâl

divinity

bâl (i vâl, construct bal), pl. bail (divine power). Note: the word can also be used as an adj. "divine".

bâl

divinity

(i vâl, construct bal),  pl. bail (divine power). Note: the word can also be used as an adj. "divine".

balan

vala

(i Valan), pl. Belain (i Melain). In ”Noldorin”, the pl. form used with the article was "iMbelain" (LR:365 s.v. KIRIK).