Sindarin 

lad

noun. plain, valley

Sindarin [S/433] Group: SINDICT. Published by

laden

plain

(adjective) laden (flat, wide, open, cleared), pl. ledin (suggested Sindarin forms for ”Noldorin” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

laden

plain

(flat,  wide, open, cleared), pl. ledin (suggested Sindarin forms for ”Noldorin” lhaden pl. lhedin, LR:368 s.v. LAT)

lâd

plain

(valley, lowland), construct lad, pl. laid

talath

plain

(noun) 1) talath (i dalath, o thalath) (flat surface, plane, flatlands, [wide] valley), pl. telaith (i thelaith). Tolkien changed this word from ”Noldorin” dalath_, LR:353 s.v.

talath

plain

(i dalath, o thalath) (flat surface, plane, flatlands, [wide] valley), pl. telaith (i thelaith). *Tolkien changed this word from ”Noldorin” dalath, LR:353 s.v. DAL. Compare the Talath Dirnen or ”Guarded Plain” mentioned in the *Silmarillion.

Primitive elvish

palad

noun. plain

Derivations

  • PAL “wide, broad, extended, wide, broad, extended; [ᴹ√] wide (open); [ᴱ√] flatness”

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. palar “flat field, ‘wang’, plain, plain, flat field, ‘wang’”
Primitive elvish [PE21/71] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

lhad

noun. plain

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAT “lie open; be extended, stretch, be situated (of an area)”

Element in

  • N. Palath-ledin “Gladden Fields” ✧ TI/114
  • N. Dagorlad “Battle Plain”
  • N. imlad “dell, deep vale, glen” ✧ EtyAC/IMBE
  • N. lhaden “flat (and wide); open, cleared, flat (and wide); open, cleared; [ᴱN.] smooth”
  • N. Lithlad “Plain of Ash”
  • N. Lanhail “Plain-wise”
Noldorin [EtyAC/IMBE; TI/114] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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!

Rohirric

emnet

noun. plain

Element in

Rohirric [UTI/Wold] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

landa

noun. plain

A noun for “a plain” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of the 1940s derived from ᴹ√LAD “lie flat, be flat” with variants landa and lanna (PE22/126), the latter probably derived from ✱ladna with the voiced stop d becoming a nasal before nasal n. It might simply be the noun form of adjective ᴹQ. landa “wide” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/LAD).

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I’d stick to the form landa, which appears in an inflected form landannar “to the plains” early in QVS (PE22/125).

Derivations

  • ᴹ√LAD “lie flat, be flat” ✧ PE22/126

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√LAD > lanna[ladna] > [lanna]✧ PE22/126
ᴹ√LAD > landa[landa]✧ PE22/126

Variations

  • lanna ✧ PE22/126
  • landa ✧ PE22/126
Qenya [PE22/125; PE22/126] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lanna

noun. plain

Gnomish

bladwen

noun. plain

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a plain” (GL/23), probably derived from the root ᴱ√PALA “flatness” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Palúrien; QL/071).

Gnomish [GL/23; LT1A/Palúrien; LT2A/Ladwen-na-Dhaideloth] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

ladwen

noun. plain, plain, [G.] heath; levelness, flatness; plane; surface

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “levelness, flatness; a plain, heath; plane; surface”, a more elaborate form of G. lad “a level, a flat” (GL/52). It reappeared in the Lays of Beleriand of the 1920s as an element in the name ᴱN. Loth-a-ladwen “Lily of the Plain” (LB/149), but there is no sign of it thereafter.

Element in

Early Noldorin [LB/149] Group: Eldamo. Published by

teloth

noun. plain, plain; [G.] roofing, canopy, shelter

A noun appearing as G. teloth in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with the gloss {“roofing, cover, shelter” >>} “roofing, canopy, shelter” derived from the root ᴱ√tel- “cover in” (GL/70). It was an element in the name G. Dor-na-Dhaideloth “[Land of] the Heaven Roof” (LT2/287). In the Lays of Beleriand of the 1920s the element Deloth in this name was glossed “Plain” (LB/49). Both these meanings were later abandonned, and this name eventually became S. Dor Daedeloth “Land of Great Dread” (WJ/183).

Element in

Early Noldorin [LB/049] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

palante

noun. plain

palume

noun. plain

Changes

  • palankapalante ✧ QL/071

Variations

  • palante ✧ QL/071
  • palanka ✧ QL/072 (palanka)
Early Quenya [QL/071; QL/072] Group: Eldamo. Published by