is listed in LR:385 s.v. SIL as the cognate of Quenya silma of this meaning, but silef is there asterisked, apparently to indicate that it only appears as part of the word Silevril ”Silmaril”. The word silef may also be used = Quenya silima (noun), the crystal substance of the Silmarils.
Sindarin
síla-
verb. *to shine
Cognates
- Q. sil- “to shine (white)”
Derivations
- √SIL “shine (white or silver)”
Element in
- S. menel-vîr síla díriel “*heaven-jewel shines having watched [for us]” ✧ LB/354
síla
shine white
silef
shining white
glóren
shining with golden light
(glórin-) (golden), lenited ’lóren; pl. glórin.
(i híla, i sílar) Adj.