Eldamo : Sindarin : belaith

S. belaith [mb-] adj. “mighty” (Category: Strong, Mighty, Powerful)

S. belaith [mb-], adj. “mighty” (Category: Strong, Mighty, Powerful): G. †baldrin “mighty”

An adjective for “mighty” derived from the root √MBELEK in a page of notes having to do with “large & small” words, probably from the late 1960s (PE17/115), apparently from the primitive form *✶mbelektā with the ekt vocalizing to eith and then the ei becoming ai in the final syllable.

Reference ✧ PE17/115 ✧ “mighty”

ᴺS. ^polodhren “mighty, *powerful (politically)” vs. belaith “mighty”

Cognates

Q. melehta “mighty” ✧ PE17/115

Derivations

< √MBELEK “mighty, powerful, strong; power as force or strength; great, large” ✧ PE17/115
- < √BEL “*strong” ✧ PE17/115 (MBEL)

Phonetic Developments

√mbelek > belaith

[mbelektā] > [mbelekta] > [mbelektʰa] > [mbelexθa] > [belexθa] > [beleiθa] > [beleiθ] > [belaiθ]

✧ PE17/115