naitë

true

naitë adj. "true" (VT49:28)

naitë

adjective. true

naite

adjective. true

nassë

noun. nature, true-being; material; person, individual, nature, true-being, *essence; person, individual; material

This word had various uses in Tolkien’s later writings. In notes from around 1959 it was glossed “material” = the substance of which all things are composed (NM/249-250), but later Tolkien used the term erma for “matter” (MR/338, 349). In notes probably from the 1960s, Tolkien use nasse to mean “nature” or “true-being” (PE17/174-175), and in notes from the late 1960s he used it to mean “a person, an individual” (VT49/30).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would use nasse for “nature, true-being, ✱essence”.

anwa

real, actual, true

anwa adj. "real, actual, true" (ANA2)

nanwa

existing, actual (true)

nanwa adj. "existing, actual (true)" (VT49:30). Compare the near-synonym anwa.

sanda

firm, true, abiding

sanda (þ) (1) adj. "firm, true, abiding" (STAN)

sav-

verb. believe (that statements, reports, traditions, etc. are) true, accept as fact

sav- vb. "believe (that statements, reports, traditions, etc. are) true, accept as fact" (VT49:27; the fist person aorist savin is given). Not used with a person as object (in the sense of believing that this person tells the truth); with a noun, name or corresponding pronoun as object, sav- implies "I believe that he/she/it really exists/existed": Savin Elessar "I believe that Elessar really existed" (VT49:27). To "believe in" someone meaning "believe that (s)he tells the truth" can be paraphrased as (for instance) savin Elesarno quetië "I believe in Elessars words" (lit. speaking). (VT49:28)

nanwa

adjective. existing, actual (true), existing, actual (true), *real; [️ᴱQ.] being

valar ar maiar fantaner nassentar fanainen ve quenderinwe coar ar larmar

Valar and Maiar cloaked their true-being in veils, like to Elvish bodies and raiment

roccor i erulingaron márë nár (ma naitë)?

the horses of the Rohirrim are good (are they not, lit. is it true)

sav-

verb. believe true, accept as fact

savin i elessarno quetië naitë

I believe that the words of A[ragorn] are true

anwa melme

true love

Third-party request for translation.

>> anwa "true, actual" >> melme "love"

martyaina melme

destined ("true") love

>> martya "(to) destine" >> -ina perfect passive participle >> melme "love"

izindi

adjective. straight, right, true

An adjective glossed “straight” (SD/247), “right” (VT24/12) and “true” (SD/427), the last of these in the compound izindu-bêth “true-sayer”. This final example is interesting, because the adjective izindi is declined into the objective case.

Conceptual Development: In its first appearance (SD/312), the form of this adjective was ezendi, an impossible form in the later phonetic rules of Lowdham’s Report, since Adûnaic only allowed the long vowel [ē] (SD/423).

izindu-bêth

noun. true-sayer, prophet

A noun for “prophet”, more literally “true-sayer”, given by Tolkien as an example of the objective case combined with a verb stem in an agental-formation (SD/427).

sab

root. believe (that statements, reports, traditions, etc. are) true, accept as fact

A root in Late Notes on Verb Structure (LVS) from 1969 described as meaning “believe (that statements, reports, traditions, etc. are) true, accept as fact”; it served as the basis for Q. sav- of the same meaning (PE22/158).

mithril

noun. Moria-silver, true-silver

The name of the magical metal of Moria, variously translated “Moria-silver” or “true-silver” (LotR/317). It is a combination of mith “grey” and √ril “brilliance” (PE17/47), so its original meaning was “✱grey-brilliance”.

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s Tolkien considered erceleb, ithil and thilevril as names of mithril (RS/465; TI/184). Another possible precursor is the Early Qenya word ᴱQ. ilsa for the “mystic name of silver” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/42).

mithril

noun. true-silver, a silver-like metal

nanwen

adjective. true

naed

adjective. true, real

A neologism for “true, real” coined by Fayanzār and posted on 2018-01-16 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), cognate to Q. naitë “true”.

meleth marthannen

fated ("true") love

>> meleth "love" >> bartha "(to) doom" >> -nnen perfect passive participle

mithril

true-silver

” (a metal found principally in Moria) mithril (i vithril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mithril); coll. pl. mithrillath if there are any plural forms. (The Sindarin word seems to mean *”grey brilliance”.)

mithril

true-silver

(a metal found principally in Moria) mithril (i vithril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mithril); coll. pl. mithrillath if there are any plural forms.

mithril

true-silver

(i vithril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mithril); coll. pl. mithrillath if there are any plural forms.

thand

adjective. firm, true, abiding

thann

adjective. firm, true, abiding

erceleb

noun. *true-silver

ithil

noun. Moria-silver, true-silver

mithril

noun. *true-silver

thand

adjective. firm, true, abiding

Misreading thenid, thenin rectified according to VT/46:16

thann

adjective. firm, true, abiding

Misreading thenid, thenin rectified according to VT/46:16

thilevril

noun. *true-silver