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'''''Pilinehtar''''' is the [[Elvish]] name of a plant.<ref>{{HM|PT}}, drawing no. 45 (the drawing first appeared in the ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979]]'')</ref><ref group="note">The name only appears on a drawings of the plant; [[Christopher Tolkien]] describes the physical appearance of the plant as a "''slender rushlike or grasslike [plant]''".</ref> | '''''Pilinehtar''''' is the [[Elvish]] name of a plant.<ref>{{HM|PT}}, drawing no. 45 (the drawing first appeared in the ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979]]'')</ref><ref group="note">The name only appears on a drawings of the plant; [[Christopher Tolkien]] describes the physical appearance of the plant as a "''slender rushlike or grasslike [plant]''".</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
It has been suggested that ''pilinehtar'' | It has been suggested that ''pilinehtar'' consists of [[Quenya]] ''[[pilin]]'' "arrow" + ''[[ehtar]]'' "spearman", features that describe "the shape of [the plant's] stems".<ref name=AI>{{HM|AI}}, p. 199 (note 34)</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[linquë súrisse]]'' | *''[[linquë súrisse]]'' | ||
Revision as of 18:11, 7 June 2011
Pilinehtar is the Elvish name of a plant.[1][note 1]
Etymology
It has been suggested that pilinehtar consists of Quenya pilin "arrow" + ehtar "spearman", features that describe "the shape of [the plant's] stems".[2]
See also
Notes
- ↑ The name only appears on a drawings of the plant; Christopher Tolkien describes the physical appearance of the plant as a "slender rushlike or grasslike [plant]".
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien, drawing no. 45 (the drawing first appeared in the J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979)
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator, p. 199 (note 34)
