Quenya 

yualë

twilight

yualë noun "twilight" (KAL). Also yúcalë. Cf. yúyal.

yúyal

twilight

yúyal noun "twilight" (PE17:169); cf. yualë, yúcalë, q.v.

yúyal

noun. twilight

Cognates

  • S. uial “twilight, evendim” ✧ PE17/153; PE17/169

Derivations

Elements

WordGloss
yu-“both, both, [ᴱQ.] twice”
GAL“light; shine, be bright”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
yuy(u)ŋal > yúyal[jujŋal] > [jujɣal] > [jujal] > [jūjal]✧ PE17/169

Variations

  • úyale ✧ PE17/153
Quenya [PE17/153; PE17/169] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úyalë

noun. twilight

yúcalë

twilight

yúcalë ("k")noun "twilight" (KAL, VT45:13). Also yualë.

undómë

twilight

undómë noun "twilight", usually of the time near evening, not near dawn (that is tindómë)

Sindarin 

uial

noun. twilight

Sindarin [Ety/400, S/439, LotR/D] ui-+gal. Group: SINDICT. Published by

uial

noun. twilight

_ n. _twilight. Q. úyale, yúyal.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:153:169] < ? + GAL/KAL light. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

uial

noun. twilight, evendim

Cognates

  • Q. yúyal “twilight” ✧ PE17/153; PE17/169

Derivations

Element in

  • S. aduial “(evening) twilight, (evening) twilight, *evening” ✧ LotR/1111
  • S. Aelin-uial “Meres of Twilight” ✧ SA/uial
  • S. Emyn Uial “Hills of Evendim” ✧ LotRI/Emyn Uial
  • S. minuial “(dawn) twilight” ✧ LotR/1111
  • S. Gladuial “*Twilight Wood”
  • S. Nenuial “Lake Evendim, (lit.) Water of Twilight” ✧ SA/uial

Elements

WordGloss
ui-“twi-”
GAL“light; shine, be bright”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
yuy(u)ŋal > uial[jujuŋal] > [jujuɣal] > [jujual] > [juial] > [juial]✧ PE17/169

Variations

  • Uial ✧ LotRI/Emyn Uial
Sindarin [LotR/1111; LotRI/Emyn Uial; PE17/153; PE17/169; SA/uial] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uial

twilight

1) uial (pl. uiail if there is a pl.). This can be specified as: 1) (morning twilight) minuial (i vinuial) (dawn, morrowdim), pl. minuiail (i minuiail). 2) (second twilight, before nightfall) aduial (evendim, the time of evening when the stars come out), pl. aduiail. Other terms for twilight: 1) tinnu (i dinnu, o thinnu) (dusk, starlit evening, early night without a moon, starry twilight), pl. tinny (i thynny) if there is a pl. 2) muil (i vuil) (dreariness, shadow, vagueness), no distinct pl. except with article (i muil)

muil

twilight

(i vuil) (dreariness, shadow, vagueness), no distinct pl. except with article (i muil)

minuial

twilight

(i vinuial) (dawn, morrowdim), pl. minuiail (i minuiail).

tinnu

twilight

(i** dinnu, o thinnu) (dusk, starlit evening, early night without a moon, starry twilight), pl. tinny (i** thynny) if there is a pl.

Primitive elvish

yuyuñal

noun. twilight

Derivatives

  • Q. yúyal “twilight” ✧ PE17/169
  • S. uial “twilight, evendim” ✧ PE17/169

Elements

WordGloss
YU“both, both, [ᴹ√] two”
Ñ(G)AL“gleam, sheen, shine (by reflection)”

Variations

  • yuy(u)ŋal ✧ PE17/169
Primitive elvish [PE17/169] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

uial

noun. twilight

Noldorin [Ety/400, S/439, LotR/D] ui-+gal. Group: SINDICT. Published by

uial

noun. twilight

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. yúkale “twilight” ✧ Ety/KAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ “two, both” ✧ Ety/KAL
  • ᴹ√KAL “shine” ✧ Ety/KAL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ > uial[juigal] > [uigal] > [uiɣal] > [uial]✧ Ety/KAL
ᴹ√KAL > uigâl[juikal] > [uikal] > [uigal] > [uigāl]✧ Ety/KAL

Variations

  • uigâl ✧ EtyAC/KAL (uigâl)
Noldorin [Ety/KAL; Ety/YŪ; EtyAC/KAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

yuale

noun. twilight

yúkale

noun. twilight

Cognates

  • N. uial “twilight” ✧ Ety/KAL

Elements

WordGloss
yú-“both”
kala“light”

Variations

  • yuale ✧ Ety/KAL

Doriathrin

dûm

noun. twilight

A noun for “twilight” developed from primitive ᴹ✶dōmi (Ety/DOMO), where the long [[ilk|[ō] became [ū] before [m]]].

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶dōmi “night, twilight, gloom” ✧ Ety/DOMO
    • ᴹ√DOM “faint, dim” ✧ Ety/DOMO

Element in

  • Ilk. tindum “(starry) twilight, starlight” ✧ Ety/DOMO

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶dōmi- > dûm[dōmi] > [dōme] > [dūme] > [dūm]✧ Ety/DOMO
Doriathrin [Ety/DOMO] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

mathusgi

noun. twilight

Element in

  • G. Mathusdor “*Twilight Land” ✧ LT2A/Mathusdor

Variations

  • Mathusgi ✧ PE15/27 (Mathusgi)
Gnomish [GL/56; GL/75; LT2A/Mathusdor; PE15/27] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

umboth

noun. twilight, twilight, [G.] nightfall

Early Noldorin [PE13/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by