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gíl or geil means "star" in Noldorin.^[1]^[2]^{[note 1]}

Etymology

Root GIL^[1]

See also

Sindarin gil

Notes

↑ One of the forms was supposed to be plural, but it appears like Tolkien did not decide which.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 358
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 15

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