radiance, splendour
Quenya
alcar
alkar
alcar
noun. glory, splendour, radiance, brilliance
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Q. alcar i Ataren ar i Yondon ar i Airefëan “glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit” ✧ VT43/37
- Q. alcarin(qua) “glorious, brilliant, glorious, brilliant, [ᴹQ.] radiant” ✧ RGEO/65
- Q. Alcarinquë “Glorious” ✧ SA/aglar
- Q. alcarin Vendë ar manaquenta “O glorious and blessed Virgin” ✧ VT44/10 (
á Véne’ alcare ar manquenta)- Q. alcar mi Tarmenel na Erun “glory [be] to God in the highest” ✧ VT44/34; VT44/34; VT44/34
- Q. Alcarondas “Castle of the Sea”
- Q. alcar Oromëo “the splendour of Oromë” ✧ WJ/369
- Q. alcar Oroméva “the splendour of Oromë” ✧ WJ/369
- ᴺQ. alcarvalda “honourable”
- ᴺQ. alcarya- “to glorify”
- Q. Atanalcar “*Man Glory”
- ᴺQ. Foralcar “aurora, (lit.) northern radiance”
- ᴺQ. Hyaralcar “aurora, (lit.) southern radiance”
- Q. Minalcar “?First Glory”
- ᴺQ. quettalcar “renown, (lit.) word-glory”
- Q. vanda sina termaruva Elenna·nóreo alcar enyalien “This oath shall stand in memory of the glory of the Land of the Star” ✧ UT/305
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶aklar > alkar [aklar] > [alkar] ✧ PE17/024 ✶aklar- > alkar [aklar] > [alkar] ✧ PE17/105 ✶ak(a)la-r > alkar [akalar] > [aklar] > [alkar] ✧ PE17/124 ✶aklar- > alkar [aklar] > [alkar] ✧ PE18/085 ✶áklara > alkar [aklara] > [aklar] > [alkar] ✧ PE18/087 √kal- > alkar [aklar] > [alkar] ✧ SA/aglar ✶aklara > alkar [aklara] > [aklar] > [alkar] ✧ VT47/13 Variations
- alkar ✧ PE17/024; PE17/105; PE17/124; PE18/085 (alkar); PE18/087; SA/aglar; VT44/34; VT47/13; WJ/369; WJ/369
- Alcar ✧ VT43/37
- alcare ✧ VT44/10 (
alcare)
alcar
noun. radiance
alcarissen
in light-rays
alcarissen _("k")_noun "in light-rays" (a "Qenya" form from MC:221; alcar means "glory" in Tolkien's later Quenya)
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
alcarinquë
proper name. Glorious
A star (S/45) or possibly the planet Jupiter (MR/435). Its name is simply the noun form of the adjective alcarin(qua) “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 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).
-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.
Atan
the second folk
Atan pl. Atani noun "the Second Folk", an Elvish name of Mortal Men, the Second-born of Ilúvatar. Cf. also Núnatani (WJ:386), Hróatani (PE17:18), q.v. Atanalcar masc. name, "Man-glory" (UT:210, cf. alcar). Atanamir masc.name, "Edain-jewel"? (Appendix A). Atanatar masc. name, "Father of Men" (Appendix A), also common noun atanatar, pl. Atanatári, "Fathers of Men", a title that "properly belonged only to the leaders and chieftains of the peoples at the time of their entry into Beleriand" (PM:324, SA:atar)
alta
radiance
alta (2) noun "radiance" (VT42:32, PE17:50). Cf. variant ñalta.
alta
noun. radiance
fairë
radiance
fairë (3) noun "radiance" (PHAY)
nalta
radiance, glittering reflection
nalta ("ñ")noun "radiance, glittering reflection" (from jewels, glass or polished metals, or water) (PM:347)
alcar (so spelt in CO, VT43:37-38, and VT44:32/34; otherwise "alkar")noun "glory, radiance, brilliance, splendour" (WJ:369, CO, VT43:37-38, VT47:13, AKLA-R; the latter source also lists an alternative longer form alcarë, also occurring in VT44:7/10) Compare Alcarin, Atanalcar.