celebrin
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celebrin is a Sindarin adjective meaning "like silver (in hue or worth)".[1] It is composed of the noun celeb ("silver") + -ren, an adjective suffix.[2]
Cognates[edit]
Other versions of the legendarium[edit]
Words similar to, and with a similar meaning appear all the way to the earliest legendarium:
- In Gnomish, a very early precursor to Sindarin associated with The Book of Lost Tales, there appear the adjectives celebriol and celebrin, meaning "like silver" and "of silver", respectively.[3]
- In Noldorin, a somewhat later precursor to Sindarin, there appears the adjective celebren, likewise meaning "of silver, like silver".[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), entry S Celebrimbor, p. 42
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paul Strack, "S. celebrin adj.", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon (accessed 11 August 2022)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), entries celebriol and celebrin, p. 25
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry KYELEP-, pp. 366-7
