Quenya 

heri

lady

heri noun "lady" (KHER, LT1:272)

heri

noun. lady

Derivations

  • kherī “lady”
    • KHER “possess, possess, [ᴹ√] rule, govern, [ᴱ√] have power”

Element in

Variations

  • héri ✧ UT/195 (héri)

heru

lord, master

heru (also hér) noun "lord, master" (PM:210, KHER, LT1:272, VT44:12); Letters:283 gives hér (heru); the form Héru with a long vowel refers to God in the source where it appears (i Héru "the Lord", VT43:29). In names like Herumor "Black Lord" and Herunúmen "Lord of the West" (SA:heru). The form heruion is evidently a gen.pl. of heru "lord": "of the lords" (SD:290); herunúmen "Lord-of-West" (LR:47), title of Manwë. Pl. númeheruvi "Lords-of-West" (*"West-lords") in SD:246, a title of the Valar; does this form suggest that #heruvi is the regular plural of heru?

hér

lord

hér noun "lord" (VT41:9), also heru, q.v.

hér

noun. lord

túrin

noun. lord

Derivations

  • TUR “dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power, dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power; [ᴹ√] victory; [ᴱ√] am strong”

Element in

Variations

  • Túrin ✧ Minor-Doc/1973-05-30
Quenya [Minor-Doc/1973-05-30] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Malantur

lord, ruler

Malantur, masc. name. Apparently includes -(n)tur "lord, ruler". The initial element is unlikely to connect with the early "Qenya" element mala- "hurt, pain", and may rather reflect the root MALAT "gold" (PM:366): Malat-ntur > Malantur "Gold-ruler"? (UT:210)

condo

noun. lord

quimellë

lady

quimellë noun "lady" (GL:45)

turu-

master, defeat, have victory over

turu- (1) vb. "master, defeat, have victory over" (PE17:113, not clearly said to be Quenya, but the Q name Turucundo "Victory-prince" is listed immediately afterwards). Compare tur-; cf. also *turúna.

herunauco

9V7J5.DaH noun. dwarf-lord, dwarven lord

Quenya [Compound of heru and nauco] Group: Neologism. Published by

Sindarin 

heryn

noun. lady

Sindarin [Roheryn S/436] hîr+dî. Group: SINDICT. Published by

heryn

noun. lady

n. lady. >> heruin, Rocheryn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:97] < _kherū _Lord, Master. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

heryn

noun. lady

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
herūnī > heruin[kʰerūnī] > [kʰerūni] > [xerūni] > [xeruin] > [heruin]✧ PE17/097
herūnī > heryn[kʰerūnī] > [kʰerunī] > [kʰeruni] > [xeruni] > [xeryni] > [xeryn] > [heryn]✧ PE17/097

Variations

  • heruin ✧ PE17/097
Sindarin [PE17/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

heruin

noun. lady

n. lady. >> heryn, Rocheruin

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:97] < _kherū _Lord, Master. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

heruin

noun. lady

Element in

herdir

noun. master

Sindarin [i-Cherdir SD/129-31] hîr+dîr. Group: SINDICT. Published by

herdir

noun. master

Changes

  • herdirCherdir “master” ✧ AotM/062

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
hîr“lord, master”
dîr“man, man, [N.] adult male; agental suffix”
Sindarin [AotM/062; SD/129] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hîr

noun. master, lord

Sindarin [Ety/364, S/432, SD/129-31, Letters/382, LB/354, ] Group: SINDICT. Published by

híril

noun. lady, lady; [G.] princess, †queen

Element in

  • S. Hírilorn “Tree of the Lady” ✧ SA/heru

tûr

noun. master, [N.] mastery, victory, [ᴱN.] power [over others]; [S.] master

Derivations

  • TUR “dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power, dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power; [ᴹ√] victory; [ᴱ√] am strong”

Element in

  • S. Turamarth “Master of Doom” ✧ SA/amarth
  • S. Turgon “Ruling Lord, Victory Prince, (lit.) Master Shout”
  • S. Túrin

Variations

  • tur ✧ SA/amarth (tur)
Sindarin [SA/amarth] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rodel

lady

1a _n._lady, high lady. >> Nimrodel

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:49] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

heryn

lady

1) heryn (i cheryn, o cheryn), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i cheryn), 2) hiril (i chiril, o chiril), no distinct pl. form even with article (i chiril), coll. pl. hirillath. 3) brennil (i vrennil), pl. same as sg. except with article: i mrennil. Coll. pl. brenillath. 4) bassoneth (bread-giver) (i massoneth, o mbassoneth), pl. bassonith (i mbassonith). Archaic *bassauneth. 5) (i nî, o ndi) (bride), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ndî).

heryn

lady

(i cheryn, o cheryn), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i cheryn)

heron

lord

(i cheron, o cheron) (master), pl. heryn (i cheryn), coll. pl. heronnath** (VT45:22). Since the pl. heryn clashes with the fem. sg. heryn** ”lady”, other words for ”lord” may be preferred.

heron

master

(i cheron, o cheron) (lord), pl. heryn (i cheryn), coll. pl. heronnath. (VT45:22). Since the pl. heryn clashes with the fem. sg. heryn ”lady”, other words for ”lord, master” may be preferred.

herdir

master

(noun) 1) herdir (i cherdir), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i cherdir). Possibly used = ”Mr.” (i cherdir Perhael ”the Master Samwise” or *”Mr. Samwise”). (SD:128-31). Coll. pl. ?herdiriath. 2) heron (i cheron, o cheron) (lord), pl. heryn (i cheryn), coll. pl. heronnath. (VT45:22)._ Since the pl. heryn clashes with the fem. sg. heryn ”lady”, other words for ”lord, master” may be preferred. 3) hîr (i chîr, o chîr; also hir-, her- at the beginning of compounds) (lord), no distinct pl. form even with article (i chîr). (Letters:282, 386; VT41:9)_ 4) (also used = ”mastery”) tûr (i dûr, o thûr, construct tur) (victory, power, control; victor, lord), pl. tuir (i thuir), coll. pl. túrath

herdir

master

(i cherdir), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i cherdir). Possibly used = ”Mr.” (i cherdir Perhael ”the Master Samwise” or ✱”Mr. Samwise”). (SD:128-31). Coll. pl. ?herdiriath.

tûr

master, mastery

(i dûr, o thûr, construct tur) (victory, power, control; victor, lord), pl. t**uir (i th**uir), coll. pl. túrath

hiril

lady

(i chiril, o chiril), no distinct pl. form even with article (i chiril), coll. pl. hirillath.

hîr

lord

1) hîr (i chîr, o chîr; also hir-, her- at the beginning of compounds) (master), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîr), coll. pl. híriath (Letters:282, 386; VT41:9); 2) heron (i cheron, o cheron) (master), pl. heryn (i cheryn), coll. pl. heronnath (VT45:22)._ _Since the pl. heryn clashes with the fem. sg. heryn ”lady”, other words for ”lord” may be preferred. 3) brannon (i vrannon), pl. brennyn (i mrennyn), coll. pl. brannonnath; 4) tûr (i dûr, o thûr, construct tur) (mastery, power, control; master, victor), pl. tuir (i thuir), coll. pl. túrath.

hîr

lord

(i chîr, o chîr; also hir-, her- at the beginning of compounds) (master), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîr), coll. pl. híriath (Letters:282, 386; VT41:9)

hîr

master

(i chîr, o chîr; also hir-, her- at the beginning of compounds) (lord), no distinct pl. form even with article (i chîr). (Letters:282, 386; VT41:9) 

orthor

master

(vb.) orthor (i orthor, in ertherir for archaic in örtherir) (conquer)

orthor

master

(i orthor, in ertherir for archaic in örtherir) (conquer)

tûr

master

(i dûr, o thûr, construct tur) (victory, power, control; victor, lord), pl. t**uir (i th**uir), coll. pl. túrath

brannon

lord

(i** vrannon), pl. brennyn (i** mrennyn), coll. pl. brannonnath

brennil

lady

(i vrennil), pl. same as sg. except with article: i mrennil. Coll. pl. brenillath.

bassoneth

lady

(bread-giver) (i massoneth, o mbassoneth), pl. bassonith (i mbassonith). Archaic ✱bassauneth.

lady

(i nî, o ndi) (bride), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ndî).

tûr

lord

(i** dûr, o thûr, construct tur) (mastery, power, control; master, victor), pl. tuir (i** thuir), coll. pl. túrath.

Adûnaic

kherû

masculine name. Lord

A rejected draft version of the Adûnaic name for Morgoth translated “Lord”, replaced by Arûn of the same meaning (SD/376). It is transparently a derivative of the Elvish root ᴹ√KHER, as suggested by Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynn (AAD/18). A later form of this word, ✱khôr “lord”, may appears as an element in the name Adûnakhôr “Lord of the West”.

Changes

  • KherūArûn “Lord” ✧ SD/376
  • KherūArûn ✧ SDI2/Arûn

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess”

Variations

  • Kherū ✧ SD/376 (Kherū); SDI2/Arûn (Kherū)
Adûnaic [SD/376; SDI2/Arûn] Group: Eldamo. Published by

arûn

masculine name. Lord

An Adûnaic name for Morgoth, perhaps coined by Sauron when he introduced the worship of the dark god to the Númenóreans, translated as “Lord” (SD/376). It is derived from the word ârû “king” and was sometimes used in a compound together with Morgoth’s true Adûnaic name: Arûn-Mulkhêr (SD/367). In other writings (SD/357) it was the original Adûnaic name of Morgoth before he fell to evil, but that hardly makes sense in the conceptual scenario of the later Silmarillion, in which Morgoth had already become evil before men awoke.

Elements

WordGloss
ârû“king”
Adûnaic [SD/357; SD/376; SDI2/Arûn] Group: Eldamo. Published by

bâr

noun. lord

A noun translated as “lord” (SD/311, 428). This nouns wins the prize for “most inflected Adûnaic noun”, since we have declensions for this noun in both the draft Adûnaic grammar and the later grammar of Lowdham’s Report. As such, it is very helpful for comparing how the noun declensions changed as Tolkien developed Adûnaic grammar. For example, comparing its draft plurals bāri/bārim to its later plural bârî/bârîm indicate the draft plural was originally formed with a short rather than long i. There are a few lingering examples of this short-i plural in later writings (SD/247, 251).

Conceptual Development: In earlier writings the rejected name Kherû “Lord” (SD/376) indicates a possible earlier form of this noun; Kherû itself was changed to Arûn. A similar form reappears in later writings in the name Adûnakhôr “Lord of the West”: either akhôr or khôr “lord”. Whether or not this later word replaced bâr is unknown.

Element in

Variations

  • Bār ✧ SD/428
  • bār ✧ SD/429; SD/437; SD/438; SD/438
Adûnaic [SD/247; SD/251; SD/311; SD/312; SD/428; SD/429; SD/437; SD/438; SD/439] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khôr Reconstructed

noun. lord

An element meaning “lord” appearing only in the name Adûnakhôr “Lord of the West”, though a similar form appears in the earlier names Kherû “Lord” and Mulkhêr “Lord of Darkness”. It isn’t clear whether this element is ✱akhôr or ✱khôr, but khôr resembles the Primitive Elvish root √KHER “rule, govern, possess”, to which it may be related.

This possible relationship has been suggested by various authors (AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/KHUR). Andreas Moehn rejected the relationship, pointing out that Primitive Elvish ✶khēru “lord” would have developed phonetically into Ad. ✱✱khîru (EotAL). However, khôr may be derived from some more ancient Avari loan word, which underwent different phonetic developments than those of the Eldarin languages, perhaps ✶kher- > khar > khaur > Ad. khôr.

Cognates

  • Q. heru “lord, master”

Derivations

  • KHER “possess, possess, [ᴹ√] rule, govern, [ᴱ√] have power”

Element in

Primitive elvish

kherūnī

noun. lady

Changes

  • herūnīcherūnī ✧ PE17/098

Derivatives

  • S. heryn “lady” ✧ PE17/097

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
kherū“lord, master”
NĪ/INI“*female, [ᴹ√] female”

Variations

  • herūnī ✧ PE17/097; PE17/098 (herūnī)
  • cherūnī ✧ PE17/098
Primitive elvish [PE17/097; PE17/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kherī

noun. lady

Derivations

  • KHER “possess, possess, [ᴹ√] rule, govern, [ᴱ√] have power”

Derivatives

Variations

  • herī ✧ PE17/097
Primitive elvish [PE17/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

árātō

noun. lord

Derivations

  • RĀ/ARA “noble, high, royal” ✧ PE17/118

Derivatives

  • Q. aráto “champion, eminent man, noble, lord, king” ✧ PE17/118
Primitive elvish [PE17/118] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

heron

noun. master

Noldorin [VT/45:22] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hiril

noun. lady

Noldorin [Ety/364] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hiril

noun. lady

Cognates

  • Ilk. hiril “lady”
  • ᴹQ. heri “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER

Derivations

  • On. khíril “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER
    • ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess” ✧ Ety/KHER

Elements

WordGloss
hîr“master, lord”
-(r)il“feminine suffix”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. khíril > hiril[xīril] > [hīril] > [hiril]✧ Ety/KHER
Noldorin [Ety/KHER; EtyAC/KHER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hîr

noun. master, lord

Noldorin [Ety/364, S/432, SD/129-31, Letters/382, LB/354, ] Group: SINDICT. Published by

brannon

noun. lord

Noldorin [Ety/351] Group: SINDICT. Published by

brannon

noun. lord

Noldorin [Ety/BARÁD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

brennil

noun. lady

Noldorin [Ety/351] Group: SINDICT. Published by

brennil

noun. lady

Element in

Noldorin [Ety/BARÁD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

orthor-

verb. to master, conquer

Noldorin [Ety/395] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

heri

noun. lady

Cognates

  • On. khíril “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER
  • N. hiril “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess” ✧ Ety/KHER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHER > heri[kʰeri] > [xeri] > [heri]✧ Ety/KHER

mandu

noun. lord

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MANA “*good (moral)”

nissa

noun. lady

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NIS “woman”

Doriathrin

garon

noun. lord

A Doriathrin noun for “lord” derived from the root ᴹ√ƷAR or possibly ᴹ√GAR (Ety/ƷAR), perhaps from a primitive form ✱✶ɣarān-. If so, the [[ilk|initial [ɣ] became [g]]], while the long [[ilk|[ā] became [ō]]] and then [[ilk|shortened to [o] in the final syllable of a polysyllable]].

Conceptual Development: An earlier version of this entry had Dor. garan, which likely had a short [a] in the second syllable which was preserved. Since it did not undergo the Ilkorin Syncope, the primitive form likely either had no final vowel or ended in a short [a], so the second [a] was in the final syllable, which seems to have prevented the syncope; this theory is supported by its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. haran.

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. haran “king, chieftain, lord or king of a specified region” ✧ EtyAC/ƷARA

Derivations

  • ᴹ√ƷAR “have, hold” ✧ Ety/ƷAR; EtyAC/ƷARA

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√ƷAR > garon[ɣarān] > [ɣarōn] > [garōn] > [garon]✧ Ety/ƷAR
ᴹ√ƷAR > garan[ɣarana] > [ɣaran] > [garan]✧ Ety/ƷAR

Variations

  • garan ✧ EtyAC/ƷAR (Dor. garan); EtyAC/ƷARA (Dor. garan)
Doriathrin [Ety/ƷAR; EtyAC/ƷAR; EtyAC/ƷARA] Group: Eldamo. Published by

hiril Reconstructed

noun. lady

A Doriathrin noun for “lady” attested only as an element in the name Hirilorn (Ety/NEL). It probably had essentially the same derivation as its Noldorin cognate N. hiril (Ety/KHER).

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess”

Element in

Old Noldorin 

khēro

noun. master

@@@ hard to explain unless it developed from kʰērŭ instead of kʰĕrū

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. heru “lord, master” ✧ Ety/KHER

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess” ✧ Ety/KHER

Derivatives

  • N. hîr “master, lord” ✧ Ety/KHER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHER > khēro[kʰēru] > [kʰēro] > [kʰēro] > [xēro]✧ Ety/KHER

Variations

  • khéro ✧ EtyAC/KHER
  • hīro ✧ PE22/029
Old Noldorin [Ety/KHER; EtyAC/KHER; PE22/029] Group: Eldamo. Published by

khíril

noun. lady

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. heri “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess” ✧ Ety/KHER

Derivatives

  • N. hiril “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHER > khíril[kʰēril] > [kʰīril] > [xīril]✧ Ety/KHER
Old Noldorin [Ety/KHER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

hermon

noun. lord

Cognates

túrin

masculine name. Lord

Gnomish [LT2I/Túrin; PE15/61] Group: Eldamo. Published by

gwiniel

noun. lady

Cognates

  • Eq. qimelle “little woman” ✧ GL/45

malc

noun. lord

Cognates

  • Eq. malko “lord, sir”

Derivations

Element in

  • G. malcos “lordship, power, a province or principality” ✧ GL/56
  • G. malcrin “lordly, noble, mighty” ✧ GL/56

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶malkŭ- > malc[malku] > [malk]✧ GL/56

Variations

  • malc ✧ GL/56

Early Noldorin

hîr

noun. lord

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HERE “rule, have power”

Variations

  • hír ✧ PE13/147
Early Noldorin [PE13/121; PE13/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

heruni

noun. lady

Cognates

  • G. hiril “princess, †queen”
Early Quenya [QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

heri

noun. lady

Cognates

  • G. hiril “princess, †queen”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HERE “rule, have power” ✧ LT1A/Valahíru; QL/040

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HERE > heri[xerī] > [xeri] > [heri]✧ QL/040
Early Quenya [LT1A/Valahíru; PME/040; QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

heru

noun. lord

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HERE “rule, have power” ✧ LT1A/Valahíru; QL/040

Element in

  • Eq. heruni “lady” ✧ QL/040
  • Eq. heruvesto “husband, (lit.) lord husband” ✧ QL/040

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HERE > heru[xerū] > [xeru] > [heru]✧ QL/040

Variations

  • hēru ✧ GL/49
Early Quenya [GL/49; LT1A/Valahíru; PME/040; QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by