Eldamo : Sindarin : lach

S. lach n. “(leaping) flame” (Category: Flame)

S. lach, n. “(leaping) flame” (Category: Flame): G. blectha “a flame”; G. bleg “a flame”; G. cantha “flame”; N. cûl “flame”; G. tang “flame, flash”

An element meaning “flame” appearing in many names. Christopher Tolkien gave its form as lhach “leaping flame” in the Silmarillion appendix (SA/lhach), but given Lachend “Flame-eyed” (WJ/384) and lacho calad! “flame light!” (UT/65), I think *lach is the likelier Sindarin form, which is the form also suggested by Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD).

Conceptual Development: ᴱN. lhacha “flame” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/148).

References ✧ SA/lhach; WJ/384

Glosses

“flame” ✧ WJ/384 (#Lach)
“leaping flame” ✧ SA/lhach (lhach)

Variations

#Lach ✧ WJ/384
lhach ✧ SA/lhach

Element In

S. Anglachel “*Iron-of-the-flaming-star” ✧ SA/lhach
S. Borlach “?Steadfast-flame”
S. bragollach “sudden flame” ✧ SA/lhach
S. Finellach “?Flame of Hair and Eye”
S. Lachend “Flame-eyed” ✧ WJ/384