Eldamo : Sindarin : firith

S. firith n. “fading; [late] autumn” (Category: Autumn)

S. firith, n. “fading; [late] autumn” (Category: Autumn): G. narcolas “the fall of the leaf, Autumn”

A Sindarin word for late autumn, the equivalent of Q. quellë, name of a 54 day period in the calendar of Imladris with the meaning “fading” (LotR/1107; PM/135). It is a noun form of fir- “fade”.

Reference ✧ LotR/1107 ✧ “fading”

narbeleth “sun-waning” alternate name for firith “fading” ✧ LotR/1107

Elements

#fir-	“to fade, *die”	✧ LotR/1107 (#fir-)
-th	“abstract noun”	✧ LotR/1107 (#-th)

Cognates

Q. quellë “late autumn and early winter, (lit.) fading” ✧ LotR/1107

N. firith n. “autumn” (Category: Autumn)

See S. firith for discussion.

Reference ✧ PM/135 ✧ Firith “autumn”

Cognates

ᴹQ. qelle “Autumn” ✧ PM/134 (Quellë)