Quenya 

fanta-

to veil, cloak, mantle

fanta- vb. "to veil, cloak, mantle" (VT43:22), mainly used of veils cast over things that shone, or that were brighter and more vivid (PE17:174); according to Tolkien usually the strong past tense fánë and perfect afánië were used, but later also fantanë in the past tense (and then perhaps *afantië in the perfect?) (PE17:179-180) Cf halya- (q.v.), the stem of which Tolkien contrasted with the stem of this verb (PE17:184).

fanta-

verb. to veil, cloak, mantle

Cognates

  • S. fanna- “to veil, cloak” ✧ PE17/174

Derivations

  • phantā- “to veil, cloak” ✧ PE17/174
    • PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ PE17/173
    • PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237
  • PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ VT43/22
    • PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
phantā- > fanta-[pʰanta-] > [ɸanta-] > [fanta-]✧ PE17/174
phan- > fanta-[pʰanta-] > [ɸanta-] > [fanta-]✧ VT43/22
Quenya [PE17/174; PE17/175; PE17/176; PE17/179; PE17/180; VT43/22] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fanwa

veil, screen

fanwa noun "veil, screen" (PE17:176, 180)

halya-

veil, conceal, screen from light

halya- vb. "veil, conceal, screen from light" (SKAL1, VT46:13) Tolkien noted that "√SKAL applied to more opaque things that cut off light and cast shadows over other things" (PE17:184), contrasting it with √SPAN, the rejected stem of fanta-, q.v.

vasarya-

to veil

vasarya- (þ) vb. "to veil" (VT42:10)

vasarya-

verb. to veil

Derivations

  • WATHAR “*shadow, veil” ✧ VT42/10

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
waþar > vasarya-[watʰarja-] > [waθarja-] > [βaθarja-] > [vaθarja-] > [vasarja-]✧ VT42/10

vasar

noun. veil

Cognates

  • S. gwath “shadow, dim light, shadow, dim light, [N.] shade” ✧ VT42/09

Derivations

  • WATHAR “*shadow, veil” ✧ VT42/09; VT42/10

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
Wathar > waþar > vasar[watʰar] > [waθar] > [βaθar] > [vaθar] > [vasar]✧ VT42/09
waþar > vasar[watʰar] > [waθar] > [βaθar] > [vaθar] > [vasar]✧ VT42/10
Quenya [VT42/09; VT42/10] Group: Eldamo. Published by

vasar

veil

vasar (þ) noun "veil" (VT42:10, the word was "not in daily use", VT42:9). Older form waþar.

collo

noun. cloak

A word for “cloak” appearing in Sindacollo “Grey Cloak” cognate to S. Thingol (PE17/72; SA/thin(d)), clearly a derivative of √KOL “bear, carry, wear”.

Cognates

  • S. coll “cloak, mantle”

Derivations

  • KOL “bear, carry, wear”

Element in

  • Q. Sindacollo “Grey-cloak, Greymantle” ✧ SA/thin(d)
  • Q. Sindicollo “Grey-cloak”
  • Q. Singollo “Grey-cloak, Greymantle” ✧ SA/thin(d)
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Sindarin 

coll

noun. cloak, mantle

Sindarin [Thingol S/421, MR/385] Group: SINDICT. Published by

coll

noun. cloak, mantle

A word for “cloak, mantle” implied by the name Thingol “Grey Cloak, Grey Mantle” and its Quenya cognate Sindacollo containing Q. collo “cloak” (S/56; SA/thin(d); PE17/72), clearly derived from √KOL “bear, carry, wear” (PE17/158).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. tôl “a mantle” related to G. “wool” (GL/71).

Cognates

Derivations

  • KOL “bear, carry, wear”

Element in

  • S. Thingol “Greycloak, Greymantle” ✧ PE17/072
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fân

noun. veil

Sindarin [RGEO/74] Q fana. Group: SINDICT. Published by

fân

noun. cloud (applied to clouds, floating as veils over the blue sky or the sun or moon, or resting on hills)

Sindarin [RGEO/74] Q fana. Group: SINDICT. Published by

fanha-

verb. to veil

v. to veil, cloak. Q. fanta-. Naturally mainly used of veils cast over things that shone, or were brighter and more vivid.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:174] < *_phantā- _< PHAN cover, screen, veil. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

fanha-

verb. to veil, cloak

esgal

noun. veil, screen, cover that hides

Sindarin [S/431] Group: SINDICT. Published by

fân

veil

(cloud, manifested body of a Vala), construct fan, pl. fain

fanna- Reconstructed

verb. to veil, cloak

Cognates

  • Q. fanta- “to veil, cloak, mantle” ✧ PE17/174

Derivations

  • phantā- “to veil, cloak” ✧ PE17/174
    • PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ PE17/173
    • PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
phantā- > fanha-[pʰanta-] > [pʰantʰa-] > [pʰanθa-] > [ɸanθa-] > [fanθa-] > [fanna-]✧ PE17/174

Variations

  • fanha- ✧ PE17/174
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gwathra

veil

(i ’wathra, in gwathrar) (dim, obscure, overshadow)

gwathra

veil

(verb) gwathra- (i **wathra, in gwathrar**) (dim, obscure, overshadow)

coll

cloak

coll (i goll, o choll), pl. cyll (i chyll). Note: homophones mean "hollow" and also "red, scarlet".

coll

cloak

(i goll, o choll), pl. cyll (i chyll). Note: homophones mean "hollow" and also "red, scarlet".

escal

veil

(screen, cover that hides), pl. escail. Also spelt esgal (pl. esgail).

escal

veil

(noun) 1) escal (screen, cover that hides), pl. escail. Also spelt esgal (pl. esgail). 2) fân (cloud, manifested body of a Vala), construct fan, pl. fain

Primitive elvish

phantā-

verb. to veil, cloak

Derivations

  • PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ PE17/173
    • PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Derivatives

  • Q. fanta- “to veil, cloak, mantle” ✧ PE17/174
  • S. fanna- “to veil, cloak” ✧ PE17/174
Primitive elvish [PE17/174] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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!

Gnomish

tôl

noun. mantle

Derivations

muthra-

verb. to veil