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'''celeb''' is the [[Sindarin]] word for [[silver]]. Other forms of the word include ''celebren'', "like silver" and ''celevon'', "of silver".  Its [[Quenya]] counterpart is ''[[telpë]]''.
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'''''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>


Examples and Instances of use:
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>


* ''[[Celeborn, Lord of Lórien|Celeborn]]''
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/>
* ''[[Celebrimbor]]''
* ''[[Celebrindal]]''


[[Category:Sindarin words]]
==Etymology==
 
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[KYELEP]]<ref name=UT/><ref name=LR/>
 
==Cognates==
 
*[[Quenya]] ''[[telpe|tyelpe, telpe]]''
*[[Telerin]] ''[[telepi]]''
 
==Examples==
* ''[[Argeleb I#Etymology|Ar'''geleb''']]''
* ''[[Celeborn#Etymology|'''Celeb'''orn]]''
* ''[[Celebrimbor#Etymology|'''Celebrim'''bor]]''
* ''[[Celebrindal#Etymology|'''Celeb'''rindal]]''
* ''[[Celebrant#Etymology|'''Celeb'''rant]]''
 
==See also==
 
*''[[ithildin]]''
*''[[mithril]]''
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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]

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References

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ Didier Willis, Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary at Jrrvf.com (accessed 19 June 2011)
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