Sindarin
mithril
mithril
mithril
mithril
mithril
noun. Moria-silver, true-silver
Elements
Word Gloss mith “grey, light grey, pale grey” RIL “brilliant (light), brilliance, brilliant (light), brilliance, [ᴹ√] glitter” Variations
- Mithril ✧ LotRI/Mithril; RSI/Mithril
mithril
noun. silver-like metal
mith (“grey”) + rill (“brilliance”)
mithril
noun. true-silver, a silver-like metal
mithres
noun. *Grey-Elf (f.)
Variations
- mithres ✧ PE17/140
- mithrel ✧ PE17/140 (
mithrel)
mithril
true-silver
” (a metal found principally in Moria) mithril (i vithril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mithril); coll. pl. mithrillath if there are any plural forms. (The Sindarin word seems to mean *”grey brilliance”.)
mithril
true-silver
(a metal found principally in Moria) mithril (i vithril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mithril); coll. pl. mithrillath if there are any plural forms.
mithril
copper, gold, iron, silver
(i** vithril, no distinct pl. form except with article [i** mithril], coll. pl. ?mithrillath). The description of mithril may seem to fit titanium.
mithril
true-silver
(i vithril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mithril); coll. pl. mithrillath if there are any plural forms.
celeb
silver
1) (noun) celeb (i geleb, o cheleb), pl. celib (i chelib) if there is a pl. form. 2) (adj., "of/like silver") celebren (lenited gelebren, pl. celebrin; also celebrin- as first element of compounds, as in Celebrindal). Also celefn (lenited gelefn, pl. celifn). As for ”silver” as adjective, see also SHINING WHITE. Adj.
tinc
metal
tinc (i dinc, o thinc), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thinc), coll. pl. tingath. The word rhaud “metal” occurring in the Etymologies would normally be ”updated” to Sindarin in the form raud, but since raud appears with different meanings in later sources (see
celeb
noun. silver
celeb
silver
celeb
noun. silver
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- S. Argeleb
- S. Celebdil “Silvertine” ✧ PE17/036; RC/775; TI/174
- S. Celeborn “Silver-tree; Silver Tall” ✧ UT/266
- S. Celeborn “Tree of Silver” ✧ SA/celeb; UT/266
- S. Celebrant “Silverlode, Silver-course” ✧ PE17/049; RC/775; SA/celeb; TI/174
- S. Celebrían “Silver-queen” ✧ Let/423
- S. celebrin “like silver (in hue or worth), like silver (in hue or worth), [G.] of silver” ✧ PE17/042; SA/celeb
- S. Celebros “Silver Foam, Silver Rain” ✧ SA/celeb
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶kyelepē > celeb [kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb] ✧ Let/426 ✶kyelep- > celeb [kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb] ✧ NM/349 ✶kelep/kyelep > celeb [kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb] ✧ PE17/036 √kyelep- > celeb [kjelepē] > [kelepē] > [kelepe] > [kelep] > [keleb] ✧ UT/266 Variations
- Celeb ✧ Let/423 (Celeb); RC/775; RC/775
ithildin
noun. a silver-colored substance, which mirrors only starlight and moonlight
raud
noun. metal
raud
noun. metal
Element in
- S. Rodëol “metal of Eöl” ✧ WJ/322
thenneth
noun. *Grey-Elf (f.)
Variations
- thindreth ✧ PE17/140
- Thindreth ✧ PE17/140
- thenneth ✧ PE17/141
- [thenne]s ✧ PE17/141
- thindeth ✧ PE17/141
- thiniðes ✧ PE17/141
galvorn
copper, gold, iron, silver
(i** ’alvorn, pl. gelvyrn [in ngelvyrn*] if there is a pl.), a black metal made by the Dark Elf Eöl. (WJ:322)*
ross
polished metal
(glitter), pl. ryss (idh** ryss**). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”spray, foam, rain, dew”. For concrete metals, see
tinc
metal
(i** dinc, o thinc), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thinc), coll. pl. tingath. The word rhaud** “metal” occurring in the Etymologies would normally be ”updated” to Sindarin in the form raud, but since raud** appears with different meanings in later sources (see
tinc
eminent
should at least be preferred for clarity).
. This gloss was rejected.