This word only occurs in the place name Imloth Melui, a vale where roses grew
Sindarin
tum
noun. deep valley, under or among hills
im
noun. valley, valley; [N.] dell, deep vale
Derivations
Element in
- S. imlad “deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides, gap, gully, deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides, gap, gully, [N.] dell, glen” ✧ VT47/14
- S. Imloth Melui “Lovely or Sweet Flower-valley” ✧ VT42/18
- S. imrad “path or pass between mountains or trackless forest, *(lit.) valley path” ✧ VT47/14
- S. imrath “long narrow valley with road or watercourse running through it lengthwise, *(lit.) valley course”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶imbi > imm > im [imbi] > [imbe] > [imb] > [imm] > [imm] > [im] ✧ VT47/14 Variations
- im ✧ VT42/18; VT47/14
imlad
noun. deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides (but a flat habitable bottom)
imrad
noun. a path or pass (between mountains, hills or trackless forest)
raudh
adjective. hollow, cavernous
imloth
noun. flower-valley, flowery vale
imrath
noun. long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise
angol
deep lore
(magic), pl. engyl. Note: a homophone means "stench".
coll
adjective. hollow
coll
adjective. hollow
Derivations
- ✶kuldā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414
Element in
- S. Bar-goll “Hollow Dwelling” ✧ WJ/414
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶kuldā > coll [kuldā] > [kulda] > [kulða] > [kolða] > [kolð] > [koll] ✧ WJ/414 Variations
- coll ✧ WJ/414
coll
hollow
(lenited goll; pl. cyll). (WJ:414) Note: homophones mean "red, scarlet" and also "cloak".
lâd
valley
(lowland, plain), construct lad, pl. laid
nand
valley
1) nand (construct nan) (wide grassland, land at the foot of hills with many streams), pl. naind, coll. pl. nannath (VT45:36), 2) lâd (lowland, plain), construct lad, pl. laid, 3) (long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise) imrath (pl. imraith).
nand
valley
(construct nan) (wide grassland, land at the foot of hills with many streams), pl. naind, coll. pl. **nannath **(VT45:36)
naw
hollow
(adj.) 1) *naw (attested in the form nov- as part of the name Novrod, Hollowbold), pl. noe. (WJ:414) Note: a homophone is the noun ”idea”. 2) coll (lenited goll; pl. cyll). (WJ:414) Note: homophones mean "red, scarlet" and also "cloak". 3) raudh (cavernous), pl. roedh
naw
adjective. hollow
Derivations
- ✶nābā “hollow” ✧ WJ/414
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶nābā > nauv > naw [nābā] > [nāba] > [nǭba] > [nǭva] > [nauva] > [nauv] > [nau] ✧ WJ/414
naw
hollow
(attested in the form nov- as part of the name Novrod, Hollowbold), pl. noe. (WJ:414) Note: a homophone is the noun ”idea”.
tûm
deep valley
tum- (i** dûm, o thûm, construct tum), pl. t**uim (i** thuim**)
tûm
deep valley
(under or among hills) tûm, tum- (i dûm, o thûm, construct tum), pl. tuim (i thuim)
tûm
deep valley
(under or among hills) tûm, tum- (i dûm, o thûm, construct tum), pl. tuim (i thuim). or
im
deep vale
(dell), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite). The word typically occurs, not by itself, but in compounds like imlad, imloth, imrath, imrad (VT45:18, VT47:19)
maeg
going deep in
(lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (sharp, penetrating). (WJ:337);
tofn
deep
tofn (lenited dofn; pl. tyfn) (low, low-lying), also nûr (pl. nuir). Note: homophones of the latter mean ”sad” and ”race”.
tofn
deep
(lenited dofn; pl. tyfn) (low, low-lying), also nûr (pl. nuir). Note: homophones of the latter mean ”sad” and ”race”.
imlad
deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides
(glen), pl. imlaid;
raudh
hollow
(cavernous), pl. roedh
imloth
flowering valley
(pl. imlyth) (VT42:18).
imrath
valley
(long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise) imrath (pl. imraith)
talath
wide valley
(i** dalath, o thalath) (flat surface, plane, flatlands, plain), pl. telaith (i** thelaith). *Tolkien changed this word from ”Noldorin” dalath, LR:353 s.v.*
talath
dal
Dirnen or ”Guarded Plain” mentioned in the Silmarillion.
falch
deep cleft
(ravine[?]), pl. felch;
An archaic element meaning “valley” that survived only in compounds, a derivation of ✶imbi “between” (VT47/14). The basic sense “valley” was transferred to its more elaborate form imlad as in Imladris “Rivendell”, and †im “valley” fell out of use due to its conflicted with other words like the reflexive pronoun im.
Conceptual Development: N. imm “dell, deep vale” was mentioned in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√IMBE, alongside its elaboration N. imlad of the same meaning (Ety/IMBE).