Sindarin 

imladris

place name. Imladris

topon. >> imlad, riss

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:87] < S. _imlad_ + S. _riss_ < _imbilat_ + _rinsa_ < ? + RIS cut. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

imladris

noun. deep-dale cleft

im (“between, within”) + lad (“plain, valley”) + ris (“a ravine”) The original form of ris is probably riss with the final s dropped at the end of a polysyllable [HKF].

Sindarin [Tolkiendil] Group: Tolkiendil Compound Sindarin Names. Published by

imladris

place name. Rivendell, (lit.) Deep Dale of the Cleft

Sindarin name of Rivendell (LotR/657), a combination of imlad “deep valley” and riss “cleft” (PE17/87), so literally “Deep Dale of the Cleft” (RC/482).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Imlad-ril (rejected) >> Imladrist (TI/120), but was soon revised to Imladris (TI/146), a form that also appeared in The Etymologies with essentially the same derivation as given above (Ety/RIS²).

Cognates

  • Wes. Karningul “Rivendell” ✧ LotR/1134; PMI/Imladris; PM/044

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
imlad“deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides, gap, gully, deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides, gap, gully, [N.] dell, glen”
riss“cleft, cloven, separate; cleft”

Variations

  • Imlad-ris(t) ✧ RC/774
Sindarin [LotR/0657; LotR/1134; LotRI/Imladris; PE17/087; PM/044; PMI/Imladris; RC/774; RGEO/62; S/288; SA/lad; SA/ris; SI/Imladris; UTI/Imladris; VT47/14] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

imladris(t)

place name. Rivendell

Changes

  • Imladrist → Imladris ✧ PM/044
  • Imladrist → Imladris ✧ PMI/Imladris
  • Imlad-ril → Imlad-rist ✧ TI/120
  • Imlad-rist → Imlad-ris ✧ TI/146

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
imlad“dell, deep vale, glen”
rhis“ravine”

Variations

  • Imladris ✧ Ety/RIS²; PE22/127 (Imladris); TII/Imladris
  • Imladrist ✧ PM/044 (Imladrist); PMI/Imladris; TI/124; TI/128; TII/Imladris; WRI/Imladrist
  • Imlad-ril ✧ TI/120 (Imlad-ril)
  • Imlad-rist ✧ TI/120; TI/146
  • Imlad-ris ✧ TI/146
  • Imladril ✧ TII/Imladris
Noldorin [Ety/RIS²; LRI/Imladris(t); PE22/127; PM/044; PMI/Imladris; TI/120; TI/124; TI/128; TI/146; TII/Imladris; WRI/Imladrist] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Undetermined

imladris

Rivendell

Rivendell ("cloven-dell") is the Common Speech translation of the Sindarin name Imladris ("deep dale of the cleft"). An alternative (or complementary) etymology, gives Rivendell as the Englished version of the Westron name Karningul (itself a translation of Imladris).

The name Imladris is also glossed as "Canyon of the Cleft" and "flat-floared valley of the Cleft".

Undetermined [Tolkien Gateway "Rivendell"] Published by

Westron

karningul

place name. Rivendell

Changes

  • Karbandul → Carbandur ✧ PM/044
  • Carbandur → Karningul ✧ PM/068
  • Karbandul → Carbandur ✧ PM/068
  • Carbandur → Karningul ✧ PM/083

Cognates

  • S. Imladris “Rivendell, (lit.) Deep Dale of the Cleft” ✧ LotR/1134; PMI/Imladris; PM/044

Variations

  • Carbandur ✧ PM/044; PM/068 (Carbandur); PM/083 (Carbandur)
  • Karbandul ✧ PM/058 (Karbandul); PM/068 (Karbandul)
Westron [LotR/1134; PM/044; PM/058; PM/068; PM/083; PMI/Imladris] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Karningul

place name. Rivendell

Westron [LotR/1134.3507, PM/044.1609, PM/068.3604, PM/083.4503, PMI/Imladris.006] Published by

Qenya 

imbeláris

place name. Rivendell

A Quenya name for Imladris(t) (Rivendell) given on a rejected page of linguistic notes from the 1940s (PE22/127), simply a Quenyarized form of the Noldorin name.

Cognates

latimberista

place name. Rivendell

A Quenya name for Imladris(t) (Rivendell) given on a rejected paged of linguistic notes from the 1940s (PE22/127). The elements of this Quenya name are the same as its Noldorin cognate: Tolkien stated that is initial element is latimbe “glen” (√LAT + imbe), and its final element is clearly rista “cut”. On the same page, Tolkien stated that this name was not used in practice, and was replaced the Quenyarized form of the Noldorin name: Imbeláris.

Cognates

Elements

WordGloss
latimbe“glen”
rista“cut”

arkimbele

place name. Rivendell

A Quenya name for Imladris(t) (Rivendell) appearing only in the locative form Arkimbelesse “at Rivendell” in linguistic notes from the 1940s (PE22/125). The etymology of the name is unclear, but it may be a combination of arka “narrow” and imbe “dell” as suggested to me by Lokyt in a Discord conversation from 2021-08-25.

Cognates

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
arka“narrow”
imbe“dell, deep vale, ravine, glen”

Variations

  • Arkimbelesse ✧ PE22/125