celebrin (“silver-like”) + paur (“a tightly closed hand as in using an implement or a craft-tool”) Sindarized form of Tel. Telperimpar, Q Tyelpinquar.
Sindarin
celebrimbor
masculine name. Silver-fist
Cognates
- Q. Telperinquar “Silver-fist” ✧ PE17/042; PM/318; SA/celeb; VT47/08
- T. Telperimpar “Silver-fist” ✧ VT47/08
Element in
- S. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thiw hin “Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs” ✧ LotR/0305; PE17/042
Elements
Word Gloss celebrin “like silver (in hue or worth), like silver (in hue or worth), [G.] of silver” paur “fist, closed hand”
Celebrimbor
noun. silver fist
Celebrimbor
noun. famous craftman
Celebrimbor
Celebrimbor
The name Celebrimbor is the Sindarin translation of his Quenya father-name Telperinquar (pron. [ˌtelpeˈriŋʷkʷar]). His mother-name is unknown. Celebrimbor consists of celebrin ("silver-like") + baur ("fist").
mithril
noun. true-silver, a silver-like metal
ithildin
noun. a silver-colored substance, which mirrors only starlight and moonlight
celeb
noun. silver
celeb
silver
celeb
noun. silver
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- S. Argeleb
- S. Celebdil “Silvertine” ✧ PE17/036; RC/775; TI/174
- S. Celeborn “Silver-tree; Silver Tall” ✧ UT/266
- S. Celeborn “Tree of Silver” ✧ SA/celeb; UT/266
- S. Celebrant “Silverlode, Silver-course” ✧ PE17/049; RC/775; SA/celeb; TI/174
- S. Celebrían “Silver-queen” ✧ Let/423
- S. celebrin “like silver (in hue or worth), like silver (in hue or worth), [G.] of silver” ✧ PE17/042; SA/celeb
- S. Celebros “Silver Foam, Silver Rain” ✧ SA/celeb
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶kyelepē > celeb [kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb] ✧ Let/426 ✶kyelep- > celeb [kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb] ✧ NM/349 ✶kelep/kyelep > celeb [kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb] ✧ PE17/036 √kyelep- > celeb [kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb] ✧ UT/266 Variations
- Celeb ✧ Let/423 (Celeb); RC/775; RC/775
celeb
silver
1) (noun) celeb (i geleb, o cheleb), pl. celib (i chelib) if there is a pl. form. 2) (adj., "of/like silver") celebren (lenited gelebren, pl. celebrin; also celebrin- as first element of compounds, as in Celebrindal). Also celefn (lenited gelefn, pl. celifn). As for ”silver” as adjective, see also SHINING WHITE. Adj.
Last descendant of Fëanor, who crafted the Elvish rings of power (LotR/242), translated “Silver-fist” (PE17/42) or “Silver Grasp” (PM/179). His name is a combination of celebrin “silver” and the suffixal form -bor of paur “fist” (PE17/42, SA/celeb).
Conceptual Development: This name already had its final form when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (RS/449). The name N. Celebrimbor also appeared in The Etymologies, already with its final meaning (Ety/KWAR).