Quenya 

alcar

noun. radiance

radiance, splendour

Quenya [PE 18:36 PE 18:87] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

alta

radiance

alta (2) noun "radiance" (VT42:32, PE17:50). Cf. variant ñalta.

alta

noun. radiance

alca-

verb. glitter

glitter

Quenya [PE 18:87] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

nalta

radiance, glittering reflection

nalta ("ñ")noun "radiance, glittering reflection" (from jewels, glass or polished metals, or water) (PM:347)

mirilya-

glitter

mirilya- vb. "glitter" (MBIRIL)

fairë

radiance

fairë (3) noun "radiance" (PHAY)

rillë

brilliance

rillë noun "brilliance" (both the word and the gloss are uncertain, VT46:11)

Sindarin 

aglar

noun. radiance

_n. _radiance, glory. Q. alkar. >> aglareb

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:24] < _aklar_ < KAL light. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

aglar

noun. glory, brilliance, splendour

Sindarin [Ety/348, S/427, LotR/II:I, LotR/VI:IV, RGEO/73, ] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aglar

brilliance

n. brilliance, glory. Q. alkar. o menel aglar elenath ! lit. 'from Firmament glory of the stars !'. aglar an|i Pheriannath  'glory to all the Halflings'.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:20-1:102:105] < *_aklar_- < KALAR < KAL shine. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

aglar

noun. glory, brilliance, splendour, radiance

Cognates

  • Ad. aglar “glory”
  • Q. alcar “glory, splendour, radiance, brilliance” ✧ PE17/024; PE17/105; PE17/124; PE18/087; RGEO/65; SA/aglar
  • T. aclar “glory, splendour” ✧ VT47/13

Derivations

  • aklar(a) “radiance, brilliance, glory” ✧ PE17/024; PE17/105; PE17/124; PE18/087; VT47/13
    • KAL “light; shine, be bright, light; shine, be bright, [ᴱ√] shine golden” ✧ PE17/024
    • KALAR “*be radiant, [ᴹ√] be radiant” ✧ PE17/105; PE17/124; PE18/085; PE18/085; PE18/087; VT47/13
    • KAL “light; shine, be bright, light; shine, be bright, [ᴱ√] shine golden” ✧ PE18/087
  • KAL “light; shine, be bright, light; shine, be bright, [ᴱ√] shine golden” ✧ SA/aglar

Element in

  • S. aglareb “glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, *radiant” ✧ SA/aglar
  • S. aglar’ni Pheriannath “glory to the halflings” ✧ Let/448; LotR/0953
  • S. Aglarond “Glittering Cavern” ✧ RC/421; SA/aglar
  • S. egleria- “to glorify”
  • S. o menel aglar elenath “from heaven on high the glory of the starry host” ✧ LotR/0238; PE17/024; RGEO/63; RGEO/64

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
áklara > aglar[aklara] > [aklar] > [aglar]✧ PE18/087

Variations

  • Aglar ✧ Let/448; LotR/0953
Sindarin [Let/448; LotR/0238; LotR/0953; PE17/024; PE17/105; PE17/124; PE18/087; RC/421; RGEO/63; RGEO/64; RGEO/65; SA/aglar; VT47/13] Group: Eldamo. Published by

galad

radiance

1a _ n. _radiance. >> Galadriel, Gil-galad

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:50] < _kalat_- radiance < GAL < KAL shine. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

fael

noun. gleaming brilliance (of the sun)

Sindarin [Faelivrin LB/376, S/209-210] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ril

brilliance

n. brilliance, esp. used of white radiation. >> mithril

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:47] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

aglar

brilliance

1) aglar (glitter, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl. 2) galad (i ngalad = i ñalad), (bright light, sunlight, brilliance, radiance, glittering reflection), pl. gelaid (in gelaid = i ñgelaid), 3) rill (construct ril) (flame, glittering reflected light), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rill).

aglar

brilliance

(glitter, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl.

aglar

glitter

aglar (brilliance, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl.

aglar

glitter

(brilliance, glory), pl. eglair if there is a pl.

aglar

aglar

Possibly from OS aklare < PQ aklarē < root AKLA-R

Sindarin [Tolkien Gateway] Published by

agar

glory

agar (brilliance, glitter), pl. eglair if there is a pl. Also claur (i glaur, o chlaur) (splendour), pl. cloer (i chloer), coll. pl. clorath.

agar

glory

(brilliance, glitter), pl. eglair if there is a pl. Also claur (i glaur, o chlaur) (splendour), pl. cloer (i chloer), coll. pl. clorath.

glaw

radiance

(i ’law), pl. gloe (in gloe)

claur

splendour

claur (i glaur, o chlaur) (glory), pl. cloer (i chloer), coll. pl. clorath.

claur

splendour

(i glaur, o chlaur) (glory), pl. cloer (i chloer), coll. pl. clorath.

galad

radiance

1) galad (i ngalad = i ñalad) (bright light, sunlight, brilliance, glittering reflection), pl. gelaid (in gelaid = i ñgelaid), 2) glaw (i **law), pl. gloe (in gloe), 3) thîl; no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. ?thiliath**.

galad

radiance

(i ngalad = i ñalad) (bright light, sunlight, brilliance, glittering reflection), pl. gelaid (in gelaid = i ñgelaid)

galad

brilliance

(i ngalad = i ñalad), (bright light, sunlight, brilliance, radiance, glittering reflection), pl. gelaid (in gelaid = i ñgelaid)

ross

glitter

ross (polished metal), pl. ryss (idh ryss). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”spray, foam, rain, dew”.

ross

glitter

(polished metal), pl. ryss (idh ryss). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”spray, foam, rain, dew”.

fael

gleaming brilliance

. No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "fair-minded, generous, just".

rill

brilliance

(construct ril) (flame, glittering reflected light), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rill).

thîl

radiance

; no distinct pl. form, coll. pl. ?thiliath.

Telerin 

aclar

noun. glory, splendour

Cognates

  • S. aglar “glory, brilliance, splendour, radiance” ✧ VT47/13
  • Q. alcar “glory, splendour, radiance, brilliance” ✧ VT47/13

Derivations

  • aklar(a) “radiance, brilliance, glory” ✧ VT47/13
    • KAL “light; shine, be bright, light; shine, be bright, [ᴱ√] shine golden” ✧ PE17/024
    • KALAR “*be radiant, [ᴹ√] be radiant” ✧ PE17/105; PE17/124; PE18/085; PE18/085; PE18/087; VT47/13
    • KAL “light; shine, be bright, light; shine, be bright, [ᴱ√] shine golden” ✧ PE18/087

Adûnaic

aglar Speculative

noun. glory

An element of the name Aglarrâma that might be a noun meaning “glory”; see the entry for that name for further discussion.

Cognates

  • S. aglar “glory, brilliance, splendour, radiance”

Element in

Noldorin 

aglar

noun. glory, brilliance, splendour

Noldorin [Ety/348, S/427, LotR/II:I, LotR/VI:IV, RGEO/73, ] Group: SINDICT. Published by

aglar

noun. splendour

splendour, glory

Noldorin [PE 18:36 PE 18:87] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

aglar

noun. glory, splendour

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. alkar(e) “radiance, brilliance” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R; PE18/036

Derivations

  • ᴹ√AKLA(R) “radiance, splendour” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/KAL; PE18/036
    • ᴹ√KAL “shine” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/KAL
    • ᴹ√KALAR “be radiant” ✧ PE18/036; PE18/062
    • ᴹ√KAL “shine” ✧ Ety/KAL; PE18/036

Element in

  • N. aglareb “glorious” ✧ Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/KAL
  • N. aglar anann “*glory for long” ✧ SD/046
  • N. Aglarond “Caves of Splendour”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√AKLA-R > aglar[aklar] > [aglar]✧ Ety/AKLA-R
Noldorin [Ety/AKLA-R; Ety/KAL; PE18/036; SD/046] Group: Eldamo. Published by

glaw

noun. radiance

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glaw

noun. radiance

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. kala “light” ✧ Ety/KAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶glā “radiance” ✧ Ety/KAL
    • ᴹ√GAL “shine” ✧ Ety/KAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶g’lā́ > glaw[glā] > [glǭ] > [glou] > [glau]✧ Ety/KAL

claur

noun. splendour, glory

Noldorin [Ety/362] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

faire

noun. radiance

Cognates

  • On. phaire “radiance” ✧ Ety/PHAY

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PHAY “radiate, send out rays of light” ✧ Ety/PHAY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PHAY > faire[pʰajre] > [pʰaire] > [ɸaire] > [faire]✧ Ety/PHAY

Variations

  • faire ✧ Ety/PHAY

rille Speculative

noun. brilliance

Derivations

  • ᴹ√RIL “glitter” ✧ Ety/RIL

Element in

  • ᴺQ. runyaril “garnet, (lit.) fiery red radiance”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√RIL > rille[rille]✧ Ety/RIL

Old Noldorin 

phaire

noun. radiance

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. faire “radiance” ✧ Ety/PHAY

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PHAY “radiate, send out rays of light” ✧ Ety/PHAY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PHAY > phaire[pʰajre] > [pʰaire] > [ɸaire]✧ Ety/PHAY
Old Noldorin [Ety/PHAY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

glā

noun. radiance

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GAL “shine” ✧ Ety/KAL

Derivatives

  • N. glaw “radiance” ✧ Ety/KAL

Variations

  • g’lā́ ✧ Ety/KAL
  • g’lā ✧ EtyAC/KAL
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/KAL; EtyAC/KAL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ril

root. glitter

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. rille “brilliance” ✧ Ety/RIL
  • ᴹQ. rilma “glittering light” ✧ Ety/RIL
  • ᴹQ. rilya “glittering” ✧ Ety/RIL

Element in

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MBIRIL; Ety/RIL; Ety/SIL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

aglar

noun. glory

Cognates

  • Eq. alkar “glory” ✧ GL/39

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KALA “shine golden”

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
a-“?”
glar(os)“glare, blaze, splendour”
Gnomish [GL/17; GL/39; PE13/108] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aglath

noun. glory

galwen

noun. brilliance

Early Noldorin

aglar

noun. glory

Derivations

Element in

  • En. aglareb “glorious” ✧ PE13/136; PE13/158
Early Noldorin [PE13/136; PE13/158] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

alkar

noun. glory

Cognates

  • G. aglar “glory” ✧ GL/39

Derivations

Variations

  • alkar ✧ GL/39
Early Quenya [GL/39] Group: Eldamo. Published by