Eldamo : Sindarin : mallos

S. mallos n. “golden flower” (Category: Flower (other))

S. mallos, n. “golden flower” (Category: Flower (other))

Name of a “golden flower” in Middle-Earth (PE17/100), more accurately described as a “golden bell-shaped flower” (PE22/153). It is a combination of malt “gold” and a variant suffixal form of loth “flower”.

References ✧ Let/248; LotR/875; LotRI/Mallos; PE17/100; PE22/153; UTI

Glosses

“golden bell-shaped flower” ✧ PE22/153
“golden flower” ✧ PE17/100; UTI/mallos

alfirin “immortal” joined with mallos “golden bell-shaped flower” ✧ PE22/153
ᴺS. malthos “butter cup” could be a dialectical variant of mallos “golden flower”

Elements

malt	“gold”
loth	“flower, single blossom; inflorescence, head of small flowers”