tirn

noun. watcher

faug

adjective. thirsty

fauglith

place name. Thirsty Sand

faug

adjective. thirsty

ar vedhwen

proper name. Day of the Spouses, third day of the Valian week

The Noldorin name for the 3rd day of the Valian 5-day week, a combination of the prefix ar- “day” and the lenited form of Bedhwen “Spouses”, a term referring to Aule and Yavanna (Ety/LEP).

dor-na-fauglith

place name. Land of (Gasping) Thirst

ar-

prefix. day

parch

adjective. dry

afarch

adjective. very dry, arid

aran

noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)

aur

noun. day, sunlight, morning

parch

adjective. dry

penninar

noun. last day of the year

taur

noun. king (only used of the legitimate kings of whole tribes)

In LotR/IV:IV, Frodo is called Daur, which might be the mutated form of this word

âr

noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)

âr

noun. king

thirip

root. stalk

thirph

noun. straw

thir-

verb. to seem, appear, look

tirn

watcher

tirn (i dirn, o thirn, also -dir at the end of compounds), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thirn). "”, the literal meaning of a word translated SPY (q.v.)

tirn

watcher

(i** dirn, o thirn, also -dir at the end of compounds), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thirn). "

nelui

ordinal. third

orithil

noun. third day of the week, day of the Moon

nail

ordinal. third

nail

ordinal. third

neil

ordinal. third

nelchaenen

ordinal. thirtieth

neleg

ordinal. third

nelui

ordinal. third

nelchaenen

ordinal. *thirtieth

faul

noun. thirst

A neologism for “thirst” coined by Fiona Jallings (FJNS/343). I prefer to use [ᴱN.] faus(t) for “thirst”.

nelchaenen

thirtieth

(SD:129) The word is translated ”thirty-first”, but clearly seems to mean literally ”thirtieth”: nel-chaen would express 3 (times) 10, plus ­-en as an adjectival ending to make this an ordinal. The conceptual validity of this form is however questionable, since Tolkien later dropped the root KAYAN (whence -chaen) as a root for words for ”10”.

neleb

cardinal. thirteen

paenel

cardinal. thirteen

faug

thirsty

faug (gasping, choking), pl. foeg

faug

thirsty

(gasping, choking), pl. foeg 

faus(t)

noun. thirst

nail

third

nail, nelui

nail

third

nail, nelui.

nail

third

nelui

nelphaen

cardinal. thirty

tirion

great watchtower

(i** dirion, o thirion), pl. tiryn (i** thiryn).

thrimp

noun. stalk

gwaeron

noun. march (month)

oraearon

noun. seventh day of the Númenórean week, Sea-day

oranor

noun. second day of the week, day of the Sun

orbelain

noun. sixth day of the week, day of the Powers or Valar

orgaladh

noun. fourth day of the Númenórean week, day of the White Tree

This day was formerly called orgaladhad in the Elvish calendar

orgaladhad

noun. fourth day of the Elvish week, day of the Two Trees

This day was renamed orgaladh in the Númenórean calendar

orgilion

noun. first day of the week, day of the Stars

ormenel

noun. fifth day of the week, Heavens' day

Ara-

prefix. king

pref. king. >> ar-, Arathorn

apharch

adjective. very dry, arid

ar-

prefix. king

pref. king. >> ara-, Arathorn

ara

noun. king

_ n. _king. 

aran

noun. king (used of a lord or king of a specified region)

aur

noun. day, sunlight, morning

calan

noun. day, period of actual daylight

Attested in the first edition of LotR, but omitted from the second.

penninor

noun. last day of the year

aearon

great ocean

also Gaearon (i** ’Aearon), pl. Gaearyn (i** Ngaearyn = *i Ñaearyn). Also short form Gaeron (i** ‘Aeron), pl. Gaeryn (i** Ngaeryn = i Ñaeryn*). Coll. pl. Gaearonnath, Gaeronnath.

apharch

very dry

(pl. epherch) (VT45:5, 36)

aran

king

1) (king of a region) aran (pl. erain). Coll. pl. aranath. Also †âr with stem-form aran- (also with pl. erain; the longer form aran may be a back-formation from this plural). 2) (king of a people) †taur (i daur, o thaur) (said in LR:389 s.v. _T_Ā to refer to ”legitimate kings of the whole tribes”), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath.

aran

king

(pl. erain). Coll. pl. aranath. Also †âr with stem-form aran- (also with pl. erain; the longer form aran may be a back-formation from this plural).

ardhon

great province

(great region, world), pl. erdhyn, coll. pl. ardhonnath.

aur

day

aur (morning), pl. oer. As prefix or- in names of weekdays.

aur

day

(morning), pl. oer. As prefix or- in names of weekdays.

calan

daytime

(i galan, o chalan), pl. celain (i chelain)

daedhelos

great fear

daedhelos (i naedhelos, o ndaedhelos), pl. daedhelys (i ndaedhelys). Coll. pl. daedhelossath. A side-form ends in -oth instead of -os. The word appears in the mutated form "ndae<u>d</u>elos" in LotR Appendix F, but since the second element must be delos "abhorrence" and it would surely be lenited following a vowel, this would seem to be one of the cases where Tolkien wrote d even though dh would be technically correct. Another term for GREAT FEAR is goe (i **oe) (terror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngoe** = i ñoe).

daedhelos

great fear/dread

(i** naedhelos, o ndaedhelos), pl. daedhelys (i** ndaedhelys). Coll. pl. daedhelossath. A side-form ends in -oth instead of -os. The word appears in the mutated form "ndaedelos" in LotR Appendix F, but since the second element must be delos "abhorrence" and it would surely be lenited following a vowel, this would seem to be one of the cases where Tolkien wrote d even though dh would be technically correct.

edinor

anniversary day

(pl. edinoer). Archaic edinaur. In ”Noldorin”, the word appeared as edinar.

goe

great fear

goe (i **oe) (terror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngoe** = i ñoe);

gond

great stone

(i ’ond, construct gon) (rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath (Letters:410).

gwaeron

march

Gwaeron (na **Waeron**)

gwaeron

march

(na ’Waeron)

lae

great number

(no distinct pl. form) (VT45:27), also rim (crowd, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh** rim), coll. pl. rimmath**. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

parch

dry

parch (lenited barch; pl. perch);

parch

dry

(lenited barch; pl. perch);

roval

great wing

(pinion, wing), pl. rovail (idh rovail); this is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” *rhoval* pl. *rhovel*.

sirion

great river

(i** hirion, o sirion), pl. siryn (i** siryn).

taur

king

(i daur, o thaur) (said in LR:389 s.v. TĀ to refer to ”legitimate kings of the whole tribes”), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath.

taur

great wood

(i daur, o thaur) (forest), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc.

thamas

great hall

pl. themais, coll. pl. thamassath.

nelyar

proper name. Thirds (original clan name of the Teleri)

An ancient name for the Teleri as the third tribe of Elves (WJ/380). It is simply the archaic adjective †nelya “third” used as a plural noun.

soica

adjective. thirsty

An adjective for “thirsty” in notes from around 1960 derived from the root √SOK “drink” via i-infixion (VT39/11), a process which produced a small class of desiderative words in Quenya, as in “desiring to drink”. See the entry ᴹQ. fauka for earlier and alternate words for “thirsty”.

fauca

thirsty

fauca ("k") adj. "thirsty" (PHAU; original glosses "thirsty, parched; lit. open-mouthed", VT46:9)

neldëa

third

neldëa ordinal "third" (VT42:25); also nelya. Cf. neldë.

nelequë

cardinal. thirteen

?nelequë ("kw") cardinal "thirteen" (VT48:21). The spelling "nelekwe" occurring in the primary source could suggest that this is really a Common Eldarin form; if so, one could theorize that the Quenya form would be *nelquë with syncope of the middle vowel (the same source lists "minikwe" as a word for 11, and the Quenya form is known to be minque). Compare nelquëa*. On the other hand, "tolokwe" as a word for 18 is listed together with definite Quenya forms and is apparently an unorthodox spelling of toloquë** (as observed by the editor); here no syncope producing *tolquë occurs. Thus toloquë could support ?nelequë as the Quenya word (but because of the uncertainties, yunquentë may be preferred as the word for 13).

nelquëa

cardinal. thirteen

nelquëa, cardinal "thirteen" (?) (VT48:21). This looks like an odd form next to other cardinals that simply end in -quë (like lepenquë, enenquë, otoquë = 15, 16, 17), and the form "nelekwe" also listed may indicate another Quenya form nelequë (q.v.) or *nelquë (but because of the uncertainties, yunquentë may be preferred as the word for 13). By another theory, nelquëa* is the ordinal "thirteenth", corresponding to the cardinal nel(e)quë**.

nelya

third

nelya adj. "third" (VT42:25; also neldëa). Pl. Nelyar "Thirds", the original name of the Teleri (or rather the direct Quenya descendant of the original Primitive Quendian name) (WJ:380).

quainel

cardinal. thirteen

quainel, cardinal "thirteen" (but yunquentë may be preferred) (VT48:21)

soica

thirsty

soica ("k") adj. "thirsty" (VT39:11)

yunquenta

cardinal. thirteen

yunquenta cardinal "thirteen" (12 and one more) (VT47:15), variant yunquentë (VT47:40), compare entë #1.

neldëa

ordinal. third

nelya

ordinal. third

parca

adjective. thirsty

yunquenta

cardinal. thirteen

yunquentë

cardinal. thirteen

neldesta

one third

neldesta fraction "one third" (1/3), also nelesta, nelsat, nelta. (VT48:11)

nelesta

one third

nelesta fraction "one third" (1/3), also neldesta, nelsat, nelta. (VT48:11)

nelsat

one third

nelsat fraction "one third" (1/3), also neldesta, nelesta, nelta (VT48:11)

nelta

one third

nelta fraction "one third" (1/3), also neldesta, nelesta, nelsat (VT48:11)

nelquëa

ordinal. *thirteenth

quainel

cardinal. *thirteen

nel(d)esta

fraction. one third

nelsat

fraction. one third

nelta

fraction. one third

soicië

noun. thirst

A neologism coined by Helge Fauskanger for his NQNT (NQNT), a noun form of Q. soica “thirsty”.

nelequain

cardinal. thirty

nelequëan

cardinal. thirty

nelquain

cardinal. thirty

nelquë Reconstructed

cardinal. *thirteen

with syncope, Quenya form would be ✱nelquë, as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (QQ/nelequë)

Súlimë

march

Súlimë noun, third month of the year, "March". The word apparently means *"windy one" (Appendix D; SA:sûl; not capitalized in the latter source). Early "Qenya" has súlimë "wind" (LT1:266)

tirmo

noun. watcher

@@@ a noun formed from the verb tir- “to watch” with the agental suffix -mo.

-tar

king

-tar or tar-, element meaning "king" or "queen" in compounds and names (TĀ/TA3), e.g. Valatar; compare the independent nouns tár, tári. Prefix Tar- especially in the names of the Kings and Queens of Númenor (e.g. Tar-Amandil); see their individual names (like Amandil in this case), cf. also Tar-Mairon "King Excellent", title used by Sauron (PE17:183). Also in Tareldar "High-elves"; see also Tarmenel.

Ae

day

Ae (Quenya?) noun "day" (LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK - ae was written over ar [# 2] in the names of the Valinorean week, but ar was not struck out.)

Ar Veruen

day of the spouses

Ar Veruen noun *"Day of the Spouses" (Aule and Yavanna) (LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK; this is "Qenya" with genitive in -n.) Also Arë Veruen (VT45:27).

ala

day

[ala (7) noun "day", also alan "daytime". The forms allen, alanen listed after these words could be inflected forms of them, genitive "of daytime", constracted (allen = al'nen) and uncontracted. However, Tolkien struck out all of this (VT45:13).]

ar

day

ar (2) noun "day" (PE17:148), apparently short for árë, occurring in the names of the Valinorean week listed below. Tolkien indicated that ar in these names could also be arë when the following element begins in a consonant (VT45:27). Usually the word for "day" in LotR-style Quenya is rather aurë (or ré), q.v.

aran

king

aran noun "king"; pl. arani (WJ:369, VT45:16, PE17:186); gen.pl. aranion "of kings" in asëa aranion, q.v.; aranya "my king" (aran + nya) (UT:193). Aran Meletyalda "king your mighty" = "your majesty" (WJ:369); aran Ondórëo, "a king of Gondor" (VT49:27). Also in arandil "king's friend, royalist", arandur "king's servant, minister" (Letters:386); Arantar masc. name, "King-Lord" (Appendix A); Arandor "Kingsland" region in Númenor (UT:165); the long form Arandórë appears as a name of Arnor in PE17:28 (elsewhere Arnanórë, q.v.) Othercompounds ingaran, Noldóran, Núaran, q.v.

aran

noun. king

haran

king, chieftain

haran (#harn-, as in pl. harni) noun "king, chieftain" (3AR, TĀ/TA3, VT45:17; for "king", the word aran is to be preferred in LotR-style Quenya). In a deleted entry in the Etymologies, haran was glossed "chief" (VT45:17)

parca

dry

parca (1) ("k")adj. "dry" (PÁRAK)

ré

day

ré noun "day" (of the sun), a full 24-hour cycle (Appendix D) composed of aurë (day, daylight) and lómë "night" (VT49:45). Short -rë in compounds like Ringarë (q.v.). Allative rénna (VT49:45).

taran

king

taran (1) noun "king", possibly ephemeral variant of aran, q.v. (PE17:186)

tár

king

tár noun "king" (only used of the legitimate kings of whole tribes); the pl. tári "kings" must not be confused with the sg. tári "queen" (TĀ/TA3). Prefix tar-, compare -tar above. The normal Quenya word for "king" is aran, but compare Tarumbar.

túr

king

túr, tur noun "king" (PE16:138, LT1:260); rather aran in LotR-style Quenya, but cf. the verb tur-. Also compare the final element -tur, -ntur "lord" in names like Axantur, Falastur, Fëanturi, Vëantur (q.v.)

vardar

king

vardar noun "king" (LT1:273; rather aran in LotR-style Quenya)

árë

day

árë noun "day" (PM:127) or "sunlight" (SA:arien). Stem ári- _(PE17:126, where the word is further defined as "warmth, especially of the sun, sunlight"). Also name of tengwa #31; cf. also ar # 2. Originally pronounced ázë; when /z/ merged with /r/, the letter became superfluous and was given the new value ss, hence it was re-named essë (Appendix E)_. Also árë nuquerna *"árë reversed", name of tengwa #32, similar to normal árë but turned upside down (Appendix E). See also ilyázëa, ilyárëa under ilya. In the Etymologies, this word has a short initial vowel: arë pl. ari (AR1)

eldatár

`Vm#1~C6 noun. elf-king, elfking, elven-king

sardë

noun. straw

A neologism for “straw” coined by Luinyelle posted on 2025-03-13 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a noun based on √STAR “stiff”.

séya-

verb. to seem

nelya

ordinal. third

ârû

noun. king

A noun translated as “king” (SD/429). The Adûnaic word for “queen” is not attested, but could be a feminized form of this word, such as ✱ârî.

durin

masculine name. king