Eldamo : Sindarin : calar

S. calar n. “(portable) lamp” (Category: Lamp)

S. calar, n. “(portable) lamp” (Category: Lamp)

A noun for a “(portable) lamp” in the word calardan “lampwright” (PE17/96; RC/523, PE23/136), which appear as a plural in the name Rath Celerdain “Lampwrights’ Street” (LotR/768).

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. dant “lamp”, but this word was deleted (GL/29).

References ✧ PE17/96; PE23/136, 138-139; RC/523

Glosses

“a portable lamp” ✧ RC/523
“lamp” ✧ PE17/96; PE23/139

Variations

calar ✧ PE17/96; PE23/139; RC/523

Inflections

chelair	nasal-mutation plural; c-mutation		✧ PE23/138
in·chelair	nasal-mutation plural; c-mutation		✧ PE23/139
galar	soft-mutation; c-mutation	“lamp”	✧ PE23/136

Element In

S. calardan “lampwright” ✧ PE17/96; RC/523

Cognates

Q. calar “lamp”
T. calar “lamp”

Derivations

< √KAL “light; shine, be bright”

G. dant n. “lamp” (Category: Lamp)

See S. calar for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/29 ✧ “lamp”

Element In

G. dantha- “to illuminate, light up, illustrate” ✧ GL/29

Derivations

< ?ᴱ√DṆTṆ “light up”