Noldorin
ifant is a Noldorin word meaning "aged, having lived long, old (with no connotation of weakness)".[1][2][3]
Sindarin
ifant appears to retain the same meaning and form in Sindarin, as seen in the name Torhir Ifant.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", pp. 358, 400
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 23
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Didier Willis, "Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary", Jrrvf.com, accessed 20 March 2013
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion", p. 192
- ↑ David Salo, "Re: Unvoiced nasals (message #5596)" 30 July 2001, Elfling mailing list, accessed 20 March 2013