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'''''galad''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word for | ==Sindarin== | ||
'''''galad''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word for "radiance", "glittering", or "reflection", usually connected to water, gems, or a smooth surface.<ref name=PM>{{PM|XI}}, "The names of Finwë's descendants" (section 5), p. 347</ref> | |||
===Etymology=== | |||
Tolkien experimented with several possible etymologies of ''galad'': | |||
#''galad'' deriving from [[Primitive Elvish]] ''galatā'' ("radiance, radiate"), from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[KAL]].<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 50</ref> | |||
#''galad'' deriving from [[Primitive Elvish]] ''ñaladā'', from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[ÑAL|ÑGAL]] ("gleam, sheen").<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 59</ref> | |||
#''galad'' deriving from [[Common Eldarin]] ''ñalatā'' ("radiance, glittering reflection"), from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[ÑAL]] ("shine by reflection").<ref name=PM/> | |||
===Examples=== | |||
*''[[Gil-galad#Etymology|Gil-galad]]'' | |||
*''[[Galadriel#Etymology|Galadriel]]'' | |||
=== | ===Cognates=== | ||
*''[[ | *[[Quenya]] ''[[ñalta]]'' | ||
*[[Telerin]] ''[[alata]]'' | |||
[[Category:Sindarin words]] | ==Silvan== | ||
'''''galad''''' is a [[Silvan Elvish]] word for "tree".<ref>{{MR|P3I5}}, p. 182 (commentary to §42)</ref> | |||
==Noldorin== | |||
'''''galad''''' is a [[Noldorin]] word meaning "light".<ref name=VT45>{{VT|45a}}, p. 13</ref> | |||
===Etymology=== | |||
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[KAL|GAL]]<ref name=VT45/> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[galadh]]'' ("tree") | |||
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Revision as of 21:27, 8 November 2012
Sindarin
galad is a Sindarin word for "radiance", "glittering", or "reflection", usually connected to water, gems, or a smooth surface.[1]
Etymology
Tolkien experimented with several possible etymologies of galad:
- galad deriving from Primitive Elvish galatā ("radiance, radiate"), from root KAL.[2]
- galad deriving from Primitive Elvish ñaladā, from root ÑGAL ("gleam, sheen").[3]
- galad deriving from Common Eldarin ñalatā ("radiance, glittering reflection"), from root ÑAL ("shine by reflection").[1]
Examples
Cognates
Silvan
galad is a Silvan Elvish word for "tree".[4]
Noldorin
galad is a Noldorin word meaning "light".[5]
Etymology
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", "The names of Finwë's descendants" (section 5), p. 347
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 50
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 59
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: (I) The First Phase: 5. Of Eldanor and the Princes of the Eldalië", p. 182 (commentary to §42)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 13