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#''galad'' deriving from [[Common Eldarin]] ''ñalatā'' ("radiance, glittering reflection"), from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[ÑAL]] ("shine by reflection").<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 59</ref> | #''galad'' deriving from [[Common Eldarin]] ''ñalatā'' ("radiance, glittering reflection"), from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[ÑAL]] ("shine by reflection").<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 59</ref> | ||
===Examples=== | ===Examples=== | ||
*''[[Gil-galad]]'' | *''[[Gil-galad#Etymology|Gil-galad]]'' | ||
*''[[Galadriel]]'' | *''[[Galadriel#Etymology|Galadriel]]'' | ||
===Cognates=== | ===Cognates=== | ||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[ñalta]]'' | *[[Quenya]] ''[[ñalta]]'' |
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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").[4]
Examples
Cognates
Silvan
galad is a Silvan Elvish word for "tree".[5]
Noldorin
galad is a Noldorin word meaning "light".[6]
Etymology
See also
References
- ↑ 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, "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)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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