Eldamo : Middle Quenya : maril

ᴹQ. maril n. “glass, crystal” (Category: Glass)

ᴹQ. maril, n. “crystal, ⚠️glass” (Category: Glass): ᴺQ. !imirë “crystal”; ᴺQ. !imirin “of crystal”; ᴱQ. sintl “crystal”

A noun glossed “glass, crystal” on the cover page of The Etymologies of the 1930s where it was the basis of a possible derivation of [ᴹQ.] Silmaril (EtyAC/SIL).

Conceptual Development: A similar word ᴱQ. marilla “pearl” appeared in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, again as the basis for [ᴱQ.] Silmaril (QL/59; PME/59).

Neo-Quenya: The word maril seems to be the best available Quenya word for “crystal”, and I would use it that way for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

Reference ✧ EtyAC/SIL ✧ “glass, crystal”

Element In

ᴺQ. !falmaril “aquamarine, (lit.) wave-crystal”
ᴺQ. !laimaril “emerald”
ᴺQ. !lómaril “jade”

ᴱQ. marilla n. “pearl” (Category: Gem, Jewel)

See ᴹQ. maril for discussion.

References ✧ GL/24; LT1A/Silmarilli; PME/59; QL/59

Glosses

“pearl” ✧ LT1A/Silmarilli; PME/59 (mařilla); QL/59

Variations

marilla ✧ GL/24; LT1A/Silmarilli; QL/59
mařilla ✧ PME/59

Element In

ᴱQ. Silmaril “*Moon-pearl” ✧ LT1A/Silmarilli

Cognates

G. brithla “pearl” ✧ GL/24; LT1A/Silmarilli

Derivations

< ᴱ√MARA² “*sand, soil” ✧ QL/59 (‽MARA)

Phonetic Developments

‽ᴱ√MARA > marilla

[maðillā] > [maðilla] > [mazilla] > [marilla]

✧ QL/59