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'''''celeb''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "[[silver]]".<ref name=L347>{{L|347}}, p. 426</ref><ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref> | '''''celeb''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "[[silver]]".<ref name=L347>{{L|347}}, p. 426</ref><ref name=UT>{{UT|6e}}</ref><ref name=SApp>{{S|Appendix}}</ref> | ||
In the early pre-cursors of Sindarin (the languages [[Noldorin]] and [[ | In the early pre-cursors of Sindarin (the languages [[Noldorin]] and [[Gnomish]]), ''celeb'' also signified "silver".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 366-7</ref><ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 25</ref> | ||
Other forms of the word include Noldorin ''celebren'' ("of silver"<ref name=LR/> or "like silver"<ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 25</ref>) and Sindarin ''celebrin'' ("like silver"). [[Didier Willis]] has suggested that the Noldorin form ''celevon'' means "of silver".<ref>[[Didier Willis]], [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/english.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com] (accessed 19 June 2011)</ref><ref name=LR/> | Other forms of the word include Noldorin ''celebren'' ("of silver"<ref name=LR/> or "like silver"<ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 25</ref>) and Sindarin ''celebrin'' ("like silver").<ref name=SApp/> [[Didier Willis]] has suggested that the Noldorin form ''celevon'' means "of silver".<ref>[[Didier Willis]], [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/english.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com] (accessed 19 June 2011)</ref><ref name=LR/> | ||
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*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[KYELEP]]<ref name=UT/><ref name=LR/> | |||
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* ''[[Argeleb I| | * ''[[Argeleb I#Etymology|Ar'''geleb''']]'' | ||
* ''[[Celeborn]]'' | * ''[[Celeborn#Etymology|'''Celeb'''orn]]'' | ||
* ''[[Celebrimbor]]'' | * ''[[Celebrimbor#Etymology|'''Celebrim'''bor]]'' | ||
* ''[[Celebrindal]]'' | * ''[[Celebrindal#Etymology|'''Celeb'''rindal]]'' | ||
* ''[[Celebrant#Etymology|'''Celeb'''rant]]'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:15, 26 November 2017
celeb is a Sindarin word meaning "silver".[1][2][3]
In the early pre-cursors of Sindarin (the languages Noldorin and Gnomish), celeb also signified "silver".[4][5]
Other forms of the word include Noldorin celebren ("of silver"[4] or "like silver"[6]) and Sindarin celebrin ("like silver").[3] Didier Willis has suggested that the Noldorin form celevon means "of silver".[7][4]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Cognates[edit | edit source]
Examples[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 347, (dated 17 December 1972), p. 426
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Appendix E: The Names of Celeborn and Galadriel"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pp. 366-7
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 25
- ↑ 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. 25
- ↑ Didier Willis, Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary at Jrrvf.com (accessed 19 June 2011)
