alcarin adj. "glorious, brilliant" (shorter form of alcarinqua, q.v.) (PE17:24), hence Alcarin masc. name (or title) "the Glorious", title taken by Atanatar II of Gondor, also name of one of the Kings of Númenor (Appendix A).
Quenya
alcarinquë
proper name. Glorious
Cognates
- S. aglareb “glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, *radiant” ✧ SA/aglar
Elements
Word Gloss alcarin(qua) “glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, [ᴹQ.] radiant” Variations
- Alkarinque ✧ MR/435
- Alkarinquë ✧ MRI/Alkarinquë; SA/aglar
alcarin
glorious, brilliant
alcarin
proper name. Glorious
Tar-Alcarin was the 17th ruler of Númenor (LotR/1035, UT/222). His name is simply the shortened form of alcarin(qua) “glorious”. Alcarin “Glorious” was also a sobriquet for Atanatar II, the 16th king of Gondor (LotR/1038, 1045).
Elements
Word Gloss alcarin(qua) “glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, [ᴹQ.] radiant” Variations
- Alkarin ✧ PMI/Alkarin
alcarin(qua)
adjective. glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, [ᴹQ.] radiant
Changes
alcarinqua→ alcare ✧ VT44/10alcare→ alcarin ✧ VT44/10Cognates
- S. aglareb “glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, *radiant” ✧ PE17/024; WJ/412
Derivations
- ✶aklari(n)kwā “full of glory” ✧ PE17/024
Element in
- Q. Alcarin “Glorious”
- Q. Alcarinquë “Glorious”
- Q. alcarin Vendë ar manaquenta “O glorious and blessed Virgin” ✧ VT44/10; VT44/10 (
{Ven... >> Wen... >> We... >>} á Véne alcarinqua ar manque...)Elements
Word Gloss alcar “glory, splendour, radiance, brilliance” -inqua “-ful, complete” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶aklarinquā > alcarinqua [aklariŋkwā] > [alkariŋkwā] > [alkariŋkwa] ✧ PE17/024 Variations
- alcarin ✧ PE17/024; RGEO/65; VT44/10
- alcarinqua ✧ PE17/024; VT44/10 (
alcarinqua)- alcare ✧ VT44/10 (
alcare)- alkarinqua ✧ WJ/412
-inqua
glorious
-inqua adjectival ending, seen in alcarinqua "glorious" (WJ:412) from alcar "glory". Etymologically, -inqua means "-full", like "glory-full" in this case. A variant *-unqua is implied in WJ:415 (only referred to in archaic form -unkwā). "The forms using u were mainly applied to things heavy, clumsy, ugly or bad", whereas -inqua (in the same source derived from -inkwā) is neutral.
A star (S/45) or possibly the planet Jupiter (MR/435). Its name is simply the noun form of the adjective alcarin(qua) “glorious”.