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'''''gîl''''' or '''''geil''''' means "star" in [[Sindarin]].
'''''gíl''''' or '''''geil''''' means "star" in [[Noldorin]].<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 358</ref><ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 15</ref><ref>One of the forms was supposed to be plural, but it appears like [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] did not decide which.</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Possible [[OS]] *''ñgile'', from [[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[ÑIL]].
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[GIL]]<ref name=LR/>
==Synonyms==
* ''[[tinu]]''
* ''[[êl]]''


==Examples==
==See also==
* [[Gil-galad]] = "Star of Radiance"
* [[Gilraen]] = "Star-lace"
*[[Gildor Inglorion|Gildor]] = "Star Noble"
*[[Gilrain]]
*[[Gilthoniel]]
*[[Borgil]]


== References ==
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[gil]]''
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]]


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Revision as of 12:10, 18 July 2011

gíl or geil means "star" in Noldorin.[1][2][3]

Etymology

See also

Notes

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 358
  2. 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. 15
  3. One of the forms was supposed to be plural, but it appears like Tolkien did not decide which.