falas
shore, beach
ailinë
shore, beach
#ailinë (nominative uncertain) noun "shore, beach" (in Tolkien's later Quenya rather hresta). Only attested in inflected forms: sg. ablative ailinello "shore-from" (MC:213), sg. locative ailinisse "on shore" (MC:221), pl. locative ailissen "on beaches" (for *ailinissen?) (MC:221)
hresta
shore, beach
hresta noun "shore, beach", ablative hrestallo *"from (the) shore" in Markirya
falathren
noun/adjective. of the shore
falathren
noun/adjective. Shore-language (one of the names for Common Speech)
falathren
proper name. Shore-language
In the drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices, a Late Noldorin [Sindarin] name for the common tongue spoken along the shores of western Middle-earth that would eventually develop into Westron (PM/32). This name is most likely a combination of falas “shore” and the adjective suffix -ren, after undergoing the phonetic change: [[s|medial [s] became [θ] before [l], [r]]].
Conceptual Development: The word N. Falathren also appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s, but there it was an adjective referring to the region or Elvish folk of the Falas (Ety/PHAL). Their dialect of Ilkorin was called Falathrin (LR/170), of which a few examples appeared: Fal. Ariad(or) (Ety/AR²) and Fal. galbreth (Ety/BERÉTH).
Elements
Word Gloss falas “beach, shore, strand, surf(line)” -ren “adjective suffix”
falathren
of the shore
(pl. felethrin)
falas
shore, foaming shore
(pl. felais) (beach, coast, strand, line of surf; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand) (VT42:15). Adj.
faur
shore
(beach), pl. foer, coll. pl. forath (VT46:15)
habad
shore
(i chabad, o chabad), pl. hebaid (i chebaid). Archaic pl. hebeid (LR:386).
rhast
shore
(?i thrast or ?i rast – the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhaist (?idh raist).
sakal Reconstructed
noun. shore
This word is attested only in Sakalthôr, whose Quenya name is Falassion (UT/223). The first element of the Quenya name seems to be falassë “shore”, so the first element of his Adûnaic name probably has the same meaning, as suggested by several authors (AAD/22, AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/SAK’L).
Element in
- Ad. Sakalthôr “?Shore-son”
falathren
noun/adjective. of the shore
falathren
noun/adjective. Shore-language (one of the names for Common Speech)
falathrin
proper name. Falathrin
Variations
- Falathren ✧ Ety/PHAL
esgar
noun. shore
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
thlos
noun. shore, shore; [G.] breaker
A noun glossed “shore” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/154). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s there was a similar word G. thloss “breaker” derived from ᴱ√thol-, as well as an earlier (rejected?) word G. thloth “breakers, waves, surf” (GL/73). The Early Noldorin word was thus likely of similar derivation. The Gnomish word G. thloss was “confused with flass, floss” (GL/35, 73), but there are no signs of this in Early Noldorin.
Derivations
- ᴱ√ÞOLO “*surf”
Element in
- En. gwaithlos “*sea-shore” ✧ PE13/146
ailin
noun. shore
A word for “shore” in the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem and its draft of the late 1920s (MC/213, 221), in one place given an archaic form aile and a translation “beach” (PE16/75). In the version of the Markirya poem from the 1960s, this word became Q. hresta (MC/221-222), whereas Q. ailin itself usually meant “lake” in later writings.
Element in
- Eq. ailinisse alkarain “upon the shining shore” ✧ MC/221; PE16/074
- Eq. ailinissen alkarain “*upon the shining shore” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. ailinissen oilimaisen “*on the last shores” ✧ PE16/077
- Eq. ailissen oilimaisen “upon the last beaches” ✧ MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/074
- Eq. oilima ailinello lúte “leave the last shore” ✧ MC/213
Elements
Word Gloss AYA(LA) “lake” Variations
- aile ✧ PE16/075 (aile)
- ailin ✧ PE16/075
falas (falass-), falassë noun "shore, beach" (LT1:253, LT2:339); falassë "shore, line of surf" (SA:falas), "shore especially one exposed to great waves and breakers" (VT42:15), "beach" (PHAL/PHÁLAS); Falassë Númëa place-name "Western Surf" (LT1:253), Andafalassë "Langstrand" (PE17:135)