Gamil Zirak

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Et bien concernant son nom, ou du moins l'élément Zirak (PE17 p. 36) :

Zirak-zigil should mean "silver-spike" (cf. Silvertine; and Celebdil < S celeb 'silver' + till 'tine, spike, point'). But "silver" is evidently KBL in Kibil-nâla - kbl seems to have some connexion with Q telep- 'silver', S celeb (< kelep, or kyelep). But all these peoples seem to have possessed various words for the precious metals, some referring to their material and its properties, some to their colour and other associations. So that zigil (ZGL) is probably another name for "silver," or for its white-grey colour. Zirak is evidently a word for spike (smaller and more slender than a 'horn'). Caradhras seems to have been a great mountain tapering upwards (like Matterhorn) while Celebdil was simply crowned by a smaller pinnacle.

Tu n'a plus qu'à faire part de cette nouvelle information pour mettre à jour le sujet du forum de CCF et corriger l'erreur (Zirak ne signifiant pas 'argent').