1) #hîl (i chîl), same forms in pl., also with article (i chîl), coll. pl. híliath. Isolated from the name Eluchíl, heir of Elu (WJ:350). 2) rêd (construct red), pl.rîd (idh rîd). The word is presented as a borrowing from Beorian, so it may not be the normal Sindarin word for ”heir”.
Sindarin
eluchíl
masculine name. Thingol’s Heir, (lit.) Heir of Elu
Elements
Word Gloss Elu hîl “heir” Variations
- Eluchil ✧ WJI/Eluchil
hîl
noun. heir
hîl
noun. heir
Cognates
- Q. hildë “heir, follower, heir, follower; [ᴱQ.] child”
Element in
hîl
heir
hîl
heir
(i chîl), same forms in pl., also with article (i chîl), coll. pl. híliath. Isolated from the name Eluchíl, heir of Elu (WJ:350).
rêd
heir
(construct red), pl.rîd (idh rîd). The word is presented as a borrowing from Beorian, so it may not be the normal Sindarin word for ”heir”.
Sobriquet of Dior, grandson of Elu Thingol, translated “Thingol’s Heir” (S/188) but more correctly “Heir of Elu”. His name is a combination of the name of his grandfather Elu and the lenited form chíl of hîl “heir” (SA/khil, PM/369).