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S. galadh n. “tree” (Category: Tree (generic))

S. galadh, n. “tree” (Category: Tree (generic))

The basic Sindarin word for “tree” (LotR/1113), derived from primitive ✶galadā and very well attested. This word dates back at least to The Etymologies of the 1930s, where N. galadh “tree” appeared under the root ᴹ√GALAD (Ety/GALAD). See also orn “(tall) tree” of similar meaning.

Conceptual Development: Gnomish of the 1910s had some earlier version of this “tree” word: G. galdon >> alwen “tree” in the Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin (PE15/24) and archaic/poetic G. †alwen “tree” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/19), the latter probably from the early root ᴱ√ALA² “spread” that was the basis for ᴱQ. alda “tree” (QL/29).

References ✧ LB/354; Let/426; LotR/1113; MR/182, 470; NM/349, 352; PE17/25, 50, 60, 63, 97, 136, 153; RGEO/65; SA/alda, kal; UT/267

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Ngelaið nasal-mutation plural; g-mutation   ✧ PE17/60
geledhion/galaðon old-genitive plural “of trees” ✧ PE17/97

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galadā > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ Let/426
galada > galað [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ NM/352
galadā > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/25
galadā > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/50
galadā > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/63
galadā > galaða > galað > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/136
galadā́ > galað [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/153
galadā > galað [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ PE17/153
galadā > galadh [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ UT/267

N. galadh n. “tree” (Category: Tree (generic))

See S. galadh for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/GALAD; LR/41; PE22/47; SD/302; TI/249

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ᴹ✶galadā > galað [galadā] > [galada] > [galaða] > [galað] ✧ SD/302

G. †alwen n. “tree” (Category: Tree (generic))

See S. galadh for discussion.

References ✧ GL/19; LT2/215; LT2A/Duilin, Galdor; PE13/109; PE15/24

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âl “wood (material)” ✧ GL/19
#-wen¹ “noun suffix” ✧ GL/19 (#-wen)

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G. galdon n. “tree” (Category: Tree (generic))

See S. galadh for discussion.

References ✧ LT2/215; LT2A/Duilin, Galdor; PE13/104; PE15/24

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