S. calardan n. “lampwright” (Category: Lamp)
A word for a “lampwright” (PE17/96; RC/523), appearing in its plural form in the name Rath Celerdain “Lampwrights’ Street” (LotR/768).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts of the 1940s it appeared in the mutated plural forms chalardain and chelerdain (WR/287, 388)
References ✧ PE17/96; RC/523
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Variations
Inflections
| Celerdain | plural | ✧ RC/523 |
| celerdain | plural | ✧ PE17/96 |
Elements
| calar | “(portable) lamp” | ✧ PE17/96; RC/523 | |
| #tân | “builder, smith, wright, artificer” | soft-mutation | |
| √TAN¹ | “construct, make with tools” | ✧ PE17/96 | |
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Cognates
N. #calardan n. “lampwright” (Category: Lamp)
References ✧ WR/287, 388
Inflections
| Chalardain | nasal-mutation; c-mutation | ✧ WR/287 |
| Chelerdain | nasal-mutation plural; c-mutation | ✧ WR/388 |
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