aile

noun. beach

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

marmale

noun. beach

A noun for “beach” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. marma “sand” (QL/63). It was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/63).

sorakte

noun. beach

A word glossed “beach, etc.” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of the prefix ᴱQ. so- “together” with ᴱQ. rakte “pile, heap” (QL/85). It was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/85).