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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=SApp>{{S|Appendix}}</ref> | ||
In the early pre-cursors of Sindarin (the languages [[Noldorin]] and [[Goldogrin|Gnomish]]), ''celeb'' also signified "silver".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, pp. 366-7</ref><ref>{{PE|11}}, p. 25</ref> | In the early pre-cursors of Sindarin (the languages [[Noldorin]] and [[Goldogrin|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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celeb is a Sindarin word meaning "silver".[1][2]
In the early pre-cursors of Sindarin (the languages Noldorin and Gnomish), celeb also signified "silver".[3][4]
Other forms of the word include Noldorin celebren ("of silver"[3] or "like silver"[5]) and Sindarin celebrin ("like silver").[2] Didier Willis has suggested that the Noldorin form celevon means "of silver".[6][3]
Cognates
Examples
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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.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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)
