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)

falas

shore, beach

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)

fára

beach, shore

fára noun "beach, shore" (VT46:15)

hresta

shore, beach

hresta noun "shore, beach", ablative hrestallo *"from (the) shore" in Markirya

hresta

noun. beach, shore

A word for “shore” (MC/221) or “beach” (MC/222) in the Markirya poem from the 1960s. Its etymology is unclear, but it might be related to S. ras(t) “cape, shore”.

Conceptual Development: In the earlier version of ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya from around 1930s, Tolkien used the word ᴱQ. ailin instead.

Element in

• Q. métima hrestallo círa “leave the last shore” ✧ MC/221

falas

beach

1b n. beach, strand. >> Anfalas

falathren

noun/adjective. of the shore

falathren

noun/adjective. Shore-language (one of the names for Common Speech)

falas

noun. beach, shore, strand, surf(line)

A well-established word for “beach” or “shore”, derived from the root √PHAL “foam, splash” (PE17/62, 73).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s this word appeared as G. falos “sea-marge, surf, coast, line; margin, fringe, edge” (GL/33), but it was G. falas “beach” in the contemporaneous Name-list to The Fall of Gondolin (PE15/24) as well as in names from this period such as G. Falas-a-’Wilb “Beach of Peace” and G. Falathron = “Ossë”. It appeared as N. falas “beach, shore” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the extended form ᴹ√PHÁLAS of the root ᴹ√PHAL “foam” (Ety/PHAL). Similar derivations appeared in Tolkien’s later writings well (PE17/62, 73).

Cognates

• Q. falassë “(wave-beaten) shore, seashore, line of surf, (wave-beaten) shore, seashore, line of surf; [ᴹQ.] beach” ✧ PE17/062; SA/falas; VT42/15

Derivations

• √PHAL “foam, splash” ✧ PE17/062; PE17/073

Element in

• S. Anfalas “Langstrand, (lit.) Long Beach” ✧ PE17/073; PE17/097; SA/falas; VT42/15
• S. Belfalas “Shore of Bel” ✧ RC/018; SA/falas; VT42/15
• S. Falas “Western Shore, (lit.) Coast” ✧ SA/falas; VT42/15
• S. Falathar ✧ SA/falas
• S. Falathren “Shore-language”
• S. Falathrim “Elves of the Falas, Wave-folk” ✧ SA/falas
• S. Forfalas “North Falas”
• S. Harfalas “South Falas”
• S. Thenfalas “Short Beach” ✧ VT42/15
• S. Tol Falas “*Island of the Shore”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√PHAL > falas	[pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse] > [falass] > [falas]	✧ PE17/062
√PHAL > falas	[pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse] > [falass] > [falas]	✧ PE17/073

falas

noun. beach, wave-beaten shore, line of surf

falas

noun. the western coast of Beleriand

falas

beach

1) falas (pl. felais) (shore, coast, strand, line of surf, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15) 2) faur (shore), pl. foer, coll. pl. forath (VT46:15)

falas

beach

(pl. felais) (shore, coast, strand, line of surf, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15)

faur

beach

(shore), pl. foer, coll. pl. forath (VT46:15)

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”

falas

noun. beach, shore

Cognates

• ᴹQ. falasse “beach” ✧ Ety/PHAL

Derivations

• ᴹ√PHAL “foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL

Element in

• N. Anfalas “Langstrand”
• N. Falas “Western Shore, (lit.) Coast” ✧ Ety/PHAL
• N. Falathrin ✧ Ety/PHAL
• N. Harfalas
• N. Orfalas
• N. Tolfalas

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√PHAL/PHÁLAS > falas	[pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse] > [falass] > [falas]	✧ Ety/PHAL
ᴹ√PHAL/PHÁLAS > feles	[pʰalassi] > [ɸalassi] > [falassi] > [felessi] > [feless] > [feles]	✧ Ety/PHAL

faur

noun. beach, shore

faur

noun. beach, shore

A word for “beach, shore” in The Etymologies of the 1930s from the root ᴹ√SPAR “strew, spread, ?scatter” (EtyAC/SPAR²). The status of this word is uncertain, as its root conflicts with ᴹ√SPAR “hunt, pursue” and other beach words appeared under ᴹ√PHAL “foam”. Derivatives of the latter root are probably to be preferred.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. fára “beach, shore” ✧ EtyAC/SPAR²

Derivations

• ᴹ√SPAR “strew, spread, ?scatter” ✧ EtyAC/SPAR²

Element in

• N. Forfain “?White Beach”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√SPAR² > faur	[spāra] > [spǭra] > [sɸǭra] > [sɸoura] > [ɸoura] > [foura] > [faura] > [faur]	✧ EtyAC/SPAR²

esgar

noun. shore

falathren

noun/adjective. of the shore

falathren

noun/adjective. Shore-language (one of the names for Common Speech)

falas

noun. beach, wave-beaten shore, line of surf

falas

noun. the western coast of Beleriand