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Q. ailin n. “a large lake” (Category: Lake, Pond)

Q. ailin, n. “(large) lake, [ᴹQ.] pool” (Category: Lake, Pond)

A noun for a large lake or pool, a combination of the ancient roots √AY “sea” and √LIN¹ “pool” (PE17/160; Ety/AY, LIN¹). It is an element in several names such as Q. Angalailin “Mirrormere” (NM/353) and Q. Luvailin “Shadowmere” (RC/217).

Conceptual Development: This word dates all the way back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s where it appeared as ᴱQ. ailin “lake”; its root was marked “?”, but Tolkien indicated its stem form was also ailin- (QL/29). This word was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/29) as well as the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, along with a variant ᴱQ. ailo (ailu-) of the same basic meaning (GL/17). ᴱQ. ailin “lake” was mentioned again in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/138), though in one place its stem form was given as ailind- (PE13/158).

ᴹQ. ailin “pool, lake” reappeared in The Etymologies, already with the etymology given above, along with its genitive singular form ailinen (Ety/AY, LIN¹). It was mentioned again in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957, again as a combination of √LĬNĬ “pool, mere, lake” and √AYA(R) “sea”, and as such specifically referred to “a large lake” (PE17/160). In this note Tolkien gave variant forms ilin and ailinn for the root √LĬNĬ, the latter possibly an alternate explanation for ailin “lake”.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I prefer √GAY(AR) as the basis for “sea” words. As such, I think augmented ilin/ailin(n) mentioned in QN is the best basis for Q. ailin and S. ael “lake”.

Reference ✧ PE17/160 ✧ “a large lake”

Elements

AY(AR) “sea” ✧ PE17/160 (AYA(R))
LIN¹ “pool, mere, lake” ✧ PE17/160 (LĬNĬ)

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ᴹQ. ailin n. “pool, lake” (Category: Lake, Pond)

See Q. ailin for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/AY, LIN¹

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

ailinen genitive ✧ Ety/AY

Elements

ᴹ√AY(AR) “sea” ✧ Ety/LIN¹ (AY)
ᴹ√LIN¹ “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Cognates

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶ai-lin- > ailin [ailin] ✧ Ety/AY

ᴱQ. ailin¹ (ailind-) n. “lake, pool” (Category: Lake, Pond)

See Q. ailin for discussion.

References ✧ GL/17; LT2A/Elwing; PE13/136, 158; PE15/14; PME/29; QL/29

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

ailindi plural ✧ PE13/158
ailind- stem ✧ PE13/158

Elements

?ᴱ√AYA(LA) “lake”

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ᴱQ. ailo (ailu-) n. “lake, pool” (Category: Lake, Pond)

See Q. ailin for discussion.

References ✧ GL/17; LT2A/Elwing

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

ailu stem ✧ GL/17

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