Nísimaldar

fragrant trees

Nísimaldar noun "Fragrant trees", a region in Númenor (UT:167; evidently #nísima "fragrant", attested here only, + aldar "trees").

nísimaldar

place name. Fragrant Trees

The region of Númenor around Eldalondë, known for its many flowering tree (UT/167). This name is a compound of nísima “fragrant” and the plural form of alda “tree”.

nísima

fragrant

#nísima adj. "fragrant", isolated from Nísimaldar, q.v.

nísima

adjective. fragrant

Element in

• Q. Nísimaldar “Fragrant Trees” ✧ UT/167

Elements

Word	Gloss
nis-	“*to smell sweetly”
-ima	“-able, possibility, -able, [ᴹQ.] -ible, able to be done, [ᴱQ.] possible”

nes-

sweet smelling

nes- ?verb/?root "sweet smelling" (PE17:100); cf. Nísimaldar

Nísimaldar

Nísimaldar

The name means 'Fragrant Trees', and it was so called because of the great variety of rare and beautiful trees that grew there.