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'''Peredhil''' was a name for the '[[Half-elven]]' in [[Sindarin]].  
'''''Peredhil''''' (sing. '''''Peredhel''''') was a name for the "[[Half-elven]]" in [[Sindarin]].<ref>{{S|Index}}: "''Half-elven'' Translation of Sindarin ''Peredhel'', plural ''Peredhil''"</ref><ref name=App>{{S|Appendix}}: "''edhel'' 'elf' (Sindarin) in [...] ''Peredhil'' 'Half-elven'"</ref><ref>{{App|A1i}}, p. 1034 ([[The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)|50th Anniv. Ed.]])</ref>
 
The word is seen only in the plural, the singular is normally *''Peredhel''
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Element ''[[per-]]'' and the word ''[[edhel]]'' "[[Elves|Elf]]"
The word consists of the elements ''[[per-]]'' + ''[[edhel]]'' ("[[Elves|elf]]").{{or}}<ref name=App/>
 
{{references}}
[[Category: Sindarin nouns]]
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]

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Peredhil (sing. Peredhel) was a name for the "Half-elven" in Sindarin.[1][2][3]

Etymology

The word consists of the elements per- + edhel ("elf").Template:Or[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names": "Half-elven Translation of Sindarin Peredhel, plural Peredhil"
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names": "edhel 'elf' (Sindarin) in [...] Peredhil 'Half-elven'"
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Númenor", p. 1034 (50th Anniv. Ed.)