Gnomish
bâl
adjective. worthy, important; great, mighty
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Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
bâl
adjective. worthy, important; great, mighty
An adjective appearing as G. {bald >>} bâl “worthy, important; great, mighty” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s based on the early root ᴱ√vḷd (GL/21).
Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would adapt this as ᴺS. ball “worthy, important” to be equivalent ᴱQ. valda, as originally suggested by Elaran in a 2018-08-03 post to the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS). I would not use this word for “great, might”, however.