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).

Note: One of the forms from PE22 was published as mirieail, but Christopher Gilson confirmed in a Discord chat that the actual form was miriail: discord.com.

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

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)

silivren penna míriel

from glittering crystal slanting falls with light like jewels