_n. _feminine personalized form, probably = 'supreme, sublime, queen'. Q. *Varsi.
Sindarin
bereth
noun. queen, spouse
bereth
noun. spouse
bereth
noun. feminine personalized form
bereth
theology. a form of Elbereth seldom used
_theon._a form of _Elbereth _seldom used.
bereth
noun/adjective. queen, spouse; supreme, sublime
@@@ unclear why it was not beraith since it was derived from barathī; however Elaran deduced that Tolkien may have re-etymologized this word as a derivative of √BER “marry”, given its later gloss “spouse” in addition to “queen” (PE17/23; RGEO/66); in its original derivation it was probably because [[n|[ei] sometimes became [e] in unstressed final syllables]] in Noldorin
Derivations
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶barathī(e) > bereth [baratʰī] > [baratʰi] > [baraθi] > [bereθi] > [bereθ] ✧ PE17/023
mereth
noun. feast, festival
The word was changed to bereth in the Etymologies, but was never changed in the texts (cf. Mereth Aderthad and the compound Merethrond)
mereth
noun. feast, feast, [N.] festival
Derivations
- ᴹ√M(B)ER “*feast, festive”
Element in
- S. Mereth Aderthad “Feast of Reuniting” ✧ S/113; SA/mereth
- S. Merethrond “Great Hall of Feasts” ✧ SA/mereth
Elements
Word Gloss -th “abstract noun” Variations
- Mereth ✧ S/113
brethil
noun. beech, beech-tree, silver birch
neldor
noun. beech
Element in
- S. Neldoreth ✧ SA/neldor
- S. Taur-na-Neldor “Beech-forest” ✧ LotR/0469
rían
noun. queen, queen, *(lit.) crowned-lady
Element in
- S. Celebrían “Silver-queen” ✧ Let/423
rîs
noun. queen
bereth
spouse
(fem.) bereth (i vereth) (queen), pl. berith (i mberith)
mereth
feast
mereth (i vereth) (festival), pl. merith (i merith). Note: In the Etymologies, Tolkien changed the relevant root from _ to
fêr
beech
†fêr (stem feren-, pl. ferin) (mast);
rîs
queen
1) rîs, no distinct pl. except with article preceding (idh rîs); coll. pl. ?rissath; 2) rían (”crown-gift”), pl. ríain (idh ríain); 3) bereth (i vereth) (spouse), pl. berith (i mberith), 4) ríen (crowned lady), pl. ?rîn (idh rîn). The adjective rîn ”crowned” may also be used as a noun ”crowned woman” = ”queen”, but with no distinct pl. form except when article precedes (idh rîn again); coll. pl. ríniath. Note: a homophone means ”remembrance”.
rîs
noun. queen
_n. _spouse, used of one who is queen as spouse of a king. Tolkien notes the parallel with the word queen "being in origin only an ancient word for wife or woman already in Old English reserved for the King's wife".