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| '''Isil''' ([[Quenya|Q]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈisil]}}) or '''Iþil''' ([[Vanyarin|VQ]], pron. {{IPA|[ˈiθil]}}) was a name given to the [[Moon]] in [[Quenya]] by the [[Vanyar]]. It is said to mean 'the Sheen'.
| | #REDIRECT [[Moon#Other names]] |
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| ==Etymology==
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| Root ''[[SIL]]/[[THIL]]'', "to shine white", intensified by a prefix.<ref name="Etym">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] (ed.), ''[[The Lost Road and Other Writings]]'', "[[The Etymologies]]", especially entries I-, SIL and THIL</ref>
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| ==Cognates==
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| *[[Sindarin]] ''[[Ithil]]/[[Istil]]''
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| [[fr:/encyclo/geographie/astronomie/isil]]
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