lach

noun. (leaping) flame

An element meaning “flame” appearing in many names. Christopher Tolkien gave its form as lhach “leaping flame” in the Silmarillion appendix (SA/lhach), but given Lachend “Flame-eyed” (WJ/384) and lacho calad! “flame light!” (UT/65), I think ✱lach is the likelier Sindarin form, which is the form also suggested by HSD (HSD).

Conceptual Development: ᴱN. lhacha “flame” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/148).

Element in

• S. Anglachel “*Iron-of-the-flaming-star” ✧ SA/lhach
• S. Borlach “?Steadfast-flame”
• S. bragollach “sudden flame” ✧ SA/lhach
• S. Finellach “?Flame of Hair and Eye”
• S. Lachend “Flame-eyed” ✧ WJ/384

Variations

• lhach ✧ SA/lhach
• Lach ✧ WJ/384 (Lach)