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.
Quenya
alcar
noun. radiance
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)
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).
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
alcarissen
in light-rays
alcarissen _("k")_noun "in light-rays" (a "Qenya" form from MC:221; alcar means "glory" in Tolkien's later Quenya)
alta
radiance
alta (2) noun "radiance" (VT42:32, PE17:50). Cf. variant ñalta.
alta
noun. radiance
nalta
radiance, glittering reflection
nalta ("ñ")noun "radiance, glittering reflection" (from jewels, glass or polished metals, or water) (PM:347)
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)
fairë
radiance
fairë (3) noun "radiance" (PHAY)
-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.
radiance, splendour