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'''''riellë''''' or '''''riel''''' is a noun in [[Quenya]] meaning "a maiden crowned with a festival garland", or more simply "garlanded maiden". Compare with ''[[rî]]'' in [[Sindarin]].
'''''riellë''''' or '''''riel''''' is a noun in [[Quenya]] and [[Telerin]] meaning "a maiden crowned with a festival garland"<ref>{{HM|PM}} p.347</ref>, or more simply "garlanded maiden". Compare with ''[[rî]]'' in [[Sindarin]].


Examples:
Examples:
* [[Altáriel]] = "Maiden of the Radiant Garland"
* [[Altáriel]] = "Maiden of the Radiant Garland"
* [[Míriel]] = "Maiden of the Jeweled Garland"
* [[Míriel]] = "Maiden of the Jeweled Garland"
==Etymology==
Possible [[Primitive Elvish]] form *''rîgellê'' from the [[root]] [[RIG]].
From ''[[ría]]/[[rie]]'' "garland" and ''[[elle]]''.


==Inflections==
==Inflections==
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== References ==
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* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]
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Revision as of 13:14, 31 January 2010

riellë or riel is a noun in Quenya and Telerin meaning "a maiden crowned with a festival garland"[1], or more simply "garlanded maiden". Compare with in Sindarin.

Examples:

  • Altáriel = "Maiden of the Radiant Garland"
  • Míriel = "Maiden of the Jeweled Garland"

Etymology

Possible Primitive Elvish form *rîgellê from the root RIG.

From ría/rie "garland" and elle.

Inflections

Template:Qya-decl-e Template:Qya-decl-ll

References