Elda
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Elda was a Quenya adjective meaning "of the stars"[1] which came to mean the noun Eldo, "one of the people of the Stars", later merged and became Elda (pl. eldar, p.pl eldali[2])
Etymology
Common Eldarin eldâ, an adjectival formation meaning "connected or concerned with the stars" (root EL)[3] Itself coming from an earlier PQ eledâ[4][5] from Root ELED[6]
Other forms
- poss. sg. eldava "Elf's"[7]
- gen. pl. eldaron "of Elves"[8]
- dative pl. eldain "for Elves"Cite error: Closing
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Cognates
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p. 362
- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar 49 p.8
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar" p.360
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 281, (dated 15 December 1965)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p.360
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p.407
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels p.368