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Belain

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Belain is a Sindarin word for Valar. Its singular is balan. Bal- is the original stem in words such as Valinor, but due to the soft mutation in Sindarin the b became v. Yet in Belain the b has remained.


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The Silmarillion: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names.