S. beleg adj. “great, mighty; large, big” (Category: Big, Large, Great)
The primitive form of this word in later writings is unclear. The development in Quenya seems indicates a primitive initial ✶mb- and a primitive form of ✶mbeleke, as in ✶Mbelekōro or ✶Mbelekōre > Q. Melkor (PE17/115, WJ/402). However, the nasal mutation meleg appears in Taur-i-Melegyrn “Forest of the Great Trees”, indicating a primitive initial ✶b- and a primitive form of ✶beleke. It is possible the soft mutation veleg appears Arveleg, also indicating a primitive initial ✶b-. @@@ Also Cûl Veleg.
It may be that the strengthening of √BEL ⇒ √MBEL occurred only in Quenya, and the Sindarin form developed from the original √BEL instead. Since The Etymologies state that √BEL was “not found in Q[uenya]”, this seems a likely scenario to me.
References ✧ PE17/115; RC/536; S/209; SA/beleg; WJI/Taur-i-Melegyrn
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| Meleg | nasal-mutation; b-mutation | “great” | ✧ WJI/Taur-i-Melegyrn |
| Veleg | soft-mutation; b-mutation | “big” | ✧ RC/536 |
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| ✶mbelek- > beleg | [mbelek] > [belek] > [beleg] | ✧ PE17/115 |
| √mbelek > beleg | [mbelek] > [belek] > [beleg] | ✧ PE17/115 |
N. beleg adj. “great, large” (Category: Big, Large, Great)
References ✧ Ety/BEL; PE22/31
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| feleg | soft-mutation; b-mutation | “large” | ✧ PE22/31 |
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| ON. beleka > beleg | [beleka] > [belek] > [beleg] | ✧ Ety/BEL |
ᴱN. beleg adj. “great, large, huge” (Category: Big, Large, Great)
References ✧ PE13/122, 125, 128, 138
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| bailiad | augmentative | ✧ PE13/125 |
| beliad | augmentative | ✧ PE13/125 |
| bilig | plural | ✧ PE13/122 |
| bailiant | superlative | ✧ PE13/125 |
| belegariant | superlative | ✧ PE13/125 |
| beliant | superlative | ✧ PE13/125 |
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G. beleg adj. “mighty, great” (Category: Big, Large, Great)
References ✧ GL/22; LT1A/Haloisi Velikë
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