S. Caras i-Ngelaidh loc. “City of the Trees”
The pure Sindarin form of Caras Galadhon, appearing in notes from the mid-1960s (PE17/60). In these notes, it appears as Caras (i)Ngelelaið, but Christopher Gilson suggested the final word was probably a slip for Ngelaið, which would be the ordinary nasal mutation of the plural of galadh “tree”. Its initial element is S. (or Nan.) caras, and the i is the elided form of the plural definite article in, whose elision causes the nasal mutation of the final word.
Reference ✧ PE17/60 ✧ Caras (i)Ngelelaið
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Elements
caras | “city, fort or dwelling surrounded by bulwarks, circular earthwall with dike” | ✧ PE17/60 | |
i¹ | “the” | plural elided | ✧ PE17/60 |
galadh | “tree” | nasal-mutation plural | ✧ PE17/60 (Ngelaið) |
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