_ n. _spark, sparkle (esp. used of the twinkle of stars). >> ithildin
Quenya
tinwë
spark
Sindarin
tin
noun. spark
tinu
noun. spark, small star
tîn
spark
n. spark, star. Q. tinwe spark (Poet. star).
gil-
prefix. spark
tim
small star
(MR:388). Archaic tinw, so the coll. pl. is likely tinwath. 3)
tim
small star
. In First Age North Sindarin this word appears as tim (MR:388). Archaic tinw, so the coll. pl. is likely tinwath. 3)
tint
spark
1) tint (i dint, o thint), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thint), coll. pl. tinnath; 2) tinu (i dinu, o thinu; also -din at the end of compounds), analogical pl. tiny (i thiny). The word is also used =
tint
spark
(i dint, o thint), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thint), coll. pl. tinnath
tinu
spark
(i dinu, o thinu; also -din at the end of compounds), analogical pl. tiny (i thiny). The word is also used =
tinu
small star
tinu (i dinu, o thinu; also -din at the end of compounds) (spark), analogical pl. tiny (i thiny). Archaic tinw, so the coll. pl. is likely tinwath.
tinu
small star
tinu (i dinu, o thinu; also -din at the end of compounds) (spark), analogical pl. tiny (i thiny), coll. pl. tinwath
Primitive elvish
tini
noun. spark
Derivations
- √TIN “sparkle, spark, sparkle, spark, [ᴱ√] twinkle, [ᴹ√] emit slender (silver pale) beams”
Derivatives
- S. tîn “spark, sparkle, twinkle of stars”
Variations
- tĭnĭ ✧ PE21/80
Noldorin
tint
noun. spark
tint
noun. spark
Derivations
- ᴹ√TIN “sparkle, emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ Ety/TIN
Element in
- N. Tinfang “Starbeard”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√TIN > tint [tinte] > [tintʰe] > [tinθe] > [tinθ] > [tint] ✧ Ety/TIN
tinw
noun. spark, small star
gildin
noun. silver spark
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North sindarin
tim
noun. spark, sparkle (of stars)
Cognates
Derivations
- √TIN “sparkle, spark, sparkle, spark, [ᴱ√] twinkle, [ᴹ√] emit slender (silver pale) beams” ✧ MR/388; PE17/022
Doriathrin
tim
noun. spark, star
A noun for “star”, more literally meaning “spark” derived from primitive ᴹ✶tinmē (Ety/TIN). As suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/tim), probably the primitive [[ilk|[nm] became [mm]]] in Ilkorin to produce the final form.
Conceptual Development: Edward Kloczko suggested that Tolkien later reused this word as North Sindarin tim with the same meaning (Tyalië Tyelelliéva #9).
Cognates
- ᴹQ. tinwe “spark (star)” ✧ Ety/TIN
Derivations
Element in
- Ilk. tindum “(starry) twilight, starlight” ✧ Ety/TIN
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶tinmē > tim [tinmē] > [tinme] > [timme] > [timm] > [tim] ✧ Ety/TIN
Gnomish
tim
noun. spark, gleam, (star)
Cognates
- Eq. tinwe “star”
Derivations
- ᴱ√TINI “twinkle” ✧ GL/70; LT1A/Tinwë Linto
Element in
- G. Timbridhil “Queen of Stars” ✧ GL/70; LT1A/Tinwë Linto
- G. Timfiril ✧ GL/70
- G. Tinthurwin “Queen of Stars” ✧ GL/70; LT1A/Tinwë Linto
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√tin- > tim [tinwe] > [tinw] > [tim] ✧ GL/70
sint
noun. spark
Element in
- G. sinta- “to sparkle” ✧ GL/67
Elements
Word Gloss SṆTYṆ “twinkle”
tinwë noun "spark" (gloss misquoted as "sparkle" in the Etymologies as printed in LR, see VT46:19), also "star"; pl. tinwi "sparks", properly used of the star-imagines on Nur-menel (q.v.). Cf. nillë. (TIN, MR:388) In early "Qenya", tinwë was simply glossed "star" (LT1:269, cf. MC:214). In one late source, the meaning of tinwë is given as "spark", and it is said that this word (like Sindarin gil) was used of the stars of heaven "in place of the older and more elevated el, elen- stem" (VT42:11).