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'''Isil''' was a name given to the [[Moon]] in [[Quenya]] by the [[Vanyar]].  It is said to mean 'the Sheen'.  .
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==Etymology==
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>
==Cognates==
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[Ithil]]/[[Istil]]''
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[[Category:Quenya nouns]]
[[Category:Quenya nouns]]

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