míriel

feminine name. *Jewel-daughter

This name was given to two different women in Tolkien’s legendarium. First, it was the name of the first wife of Finwë, the mother of Fëanor (S/63). She was the first Elf to die a non-violent death, for which she was also called Fíriel “She that Sighed, She that Died” (MR/250). The second woman, Tar-Míriel, was the Quenya name of the queen of Númenor, also known as Ad. Ar-Zimraphel (S/269, UT/224). The first element of this name is almost certainly mírë “jewel”. The second element is the suffix -iel, which either means “-daughter” or is a general feminine suffix.

Conceptual Development: The first name given to the last queen of Númenor was ᴹQ. Istar >> Tar-Ilien (LR/27).

Cognates

• Ad. Zimraphel “*Jewel Daughter” ✧ SDI2/Tar-Míriel; SDI2/Ar-Zimraphel; UTI/Ar-Zimraphel

Element in

• Q. Namna Finwë Míriello “the Statute of Finwë and Míriel” ✧ MR/258

Elements

Word	Gloss
mírë	“jewel, gem, precious thing, treasure; precious”
-iel	“-daughter; feminine suffix”

Variations

• Tar-Míriel ✧ PE17/024

Míriel

jewel-woman

Míriel noun "Jewel-woman" or "Jewel-daughter" (Silm), genitive Míriello (see namna) indicating a stem-form #Míriell-.

Fíriel

she that sighed

Fíriel fem. name "She that sighed" or "She that died", later name of Míriel (MR:250)

mírë

jewel

mírë noun "jewel" (MIR, SA:mîr), "a treasure, a precious thing" (PE17:37).Cf. Elemmírë; short form -mir in Tar-Atanamir (SA:mîr); see also Artamir.

mirilya

 adjective. sparkling like jewels, like a jewel

Cognates

S. míriel "sparkling like jewels, like a jewel"

Elements

Word	Gloss
miril	“shining jewel”
-ya	adjective suffix

Míriel

adjective. or quasi-adverb like a jewel

_adj. or quasi-adverb _like a jewel, shining jewel-like. In origin a participial form of verb míria-. silivren penna míriel lit. 'glittering slants-down sparkling (as jewels)'. >> míria-

míriel

adjective. sparkling like jewels, like a jewel

An adjective meaning for “sparkling like jewels” (RGEO/64) in the poem A Elbereth Gilthoniel (LotR/238). It was the passive participle of the verb míria- “to sparkle like jewels” (PE17/24). Tolkien also considered connecting it to Quenya past passive participles like káriela in notes from 1969, perhaps from a verb ✱mir- with a Q. past participle míriela, but this Q. form was deleted and the whole thing seems to have been a transient idea (PE22/152).

Cognates

• Q. miriéla “?sparkling” ✧ PE22/152

Element in

• S. silivren penna míriel “from glittering crystal slanting falls with light like jewels” ✧ LotR/0238; PE17/024; RGEO/63; RGEO/64

Variations

• mirieil ✧ PE22/152
• mirieail ✧ PE22/152

Míriel

noun. sparkling like a jewel

Míriel

jewel-like

míriel (lenited víriel, pl. míril) (sparkling like a jewel)

Míriel

sparkling like a jewel

míriel (lenited víriel, pl. míril) (jewel-like)

míriel

jewel-like

(lenited víriel, pl. míril) (sparkling like a jewel)

míriel

sparkling like a jewel

(lenited víriel, pl. míril) (jewel-like)

mírdan

noun. jewel-smith

mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure

mîr

noun. jewel

_ n. _jewel, precious thing. Q. míre, pl1. míri. >> advir

golovir

noldo-jewel

(i Ngolovir = i Ñolovir, o N’golovir = o Ñgolovir), no distinct pl. form except with article (in Golovir = i Ñgolovir). Adj.

lim

sparkling

(adj.) lim (clear, light), no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fish”.

lim

sparkling

(clear, light), no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fish”.

mirion

great jewel

(i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin.)

mírdan

jewel-smith

(i vírdan), pl. mírdain (i mírdain)

mîr

jewel

mîr (i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, treasure), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath. GREAT JEWEL (Silmaril) Mirion (i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin.)

mîr

jewel

(i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, treasure), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

zimra Reconstructed

noun. jewel

An element appearing in the names Zimraphel (UT/224) and Zimrathôn (UT/222) and also the Hadorian name Zimrahin (WJ/234). The corresponding Quenya names Q. Míriel and Q. Hostamir both seem to contain mírë “jewel”, so this is the likely meaning of the Adûnaic word as well, as suggested by most authors (AAD/25, AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/ZIM’R).

Element in

• Ad. Zimraphel “*Jewel Daughter”
• Ad. Zimrathôn “?Many-jewels”
• Ed. Zimrahin “*Jewel-child”

mirion

noun. great jewel, Silmaril

mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure