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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.
'''''edhel''''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈeðel]}}), plural '''''edhil''''' (pron. {{IPA|[ˈeðil]}}), is the [[Sindarin]] word for ''[[Elves|elf]]''.<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''edhel''</ref> It was one of the most common words in Sindarin.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
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==Examples==
==Examples==
* [[Adanedhel]]
* ''[[Adanedhel]]''
* [[Aredhel]]
* ''[[Aredhel]]''
* [[Glóredhel]]
* ''[[Glóredhel]]''
* [[Edhellond]]
* ''[[Edhellond]]''
* [[Ost-in-Edhil]]
* ''[[Ost-in-Edhil]]''


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


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{{references}}
 
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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]

Revision as of 22:44, 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

References

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

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