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'''''Edhel''''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈeðel]}}), plural '''''Edhil''''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈeðil]}}), is the [[Sindarin]] word for ''[[Elves|elf]]''. It was one of the most common words in Sindarin.
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'''''Edhel''''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈeðel]}}), plural '''''Edhil''''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈeðil]}}), is the [[Sindarin]] word for ''[[Elves|elf]]''.<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''dôr''</ref> It was one of the most common words in Sindarin.
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[[OS]] *''edelo'' from [[root]] É-[[DEL]]
[[OS]] *''edelo'' from [[root]] É-[[DEL]]
==Examples==
==Examples==
* [[Adanedhel]]
* [[Aredhel]]
* [[Glóredhel]]
* [[Edhellond]]
* [[Ost-in-Edhil]]
* [[Ost-in-Edhil]]
* [[Edhellond]]


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Egla]] (also Sindarin)
*[[Egla]] (also Sindarin)
*[[Elda]] ([[Quenya]])
*[[Elda]] ([[Quenya]])
{{WJ|Quendi}}


==References==
{{references}}
{{WJ|Quendi}}


[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]

Revision as of 05:48, 21 October 2012

Edhel (pron. [ˈeðel]), plural Edhil (pron. [ˈeðil]), is the Sindarin word for elf.[1] It was one of the most common words in Sindarin.

Etymology

OS *edelo from root É-DEL

Examples

See also

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar"

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", dôr