brith

noun. gravel

A noun for “gravel” seen in several late names like S. Brithiach and S. Brithon (UT/54).

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s N. brith was glossed “gravel” and derived from primitive ᴹ✶b’rittē, though in this document it was a loan word from Ilkorin (Ety/BIRÍT). After Tolkien abandoned Ilkorin, it must have become a native Sindarin word.

brithombar

place name. *Brithon Home

A haven at the mouth of the river Brithon in Beleriand (S/120), a combination of the river name with bâr “home” (SA/brith, bar), hence “✱Brithon Home”.

Conceptual Development: This name appeared in the Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/227, LR/180). In The Etymologies, the name Ilk. Brithombar was designated Ilkorin (Ety/BIRÍT), with a derivation probably similar to the above. In the Quendi and Eldar essay from 1959-60 it was named Brithonbar with an n (WJ/380), but this may simply have been a slip.

Brithombar

noun. land of river Brithon

Brithon (name of the river “pebbly” [HKF]) + (m-)bar (“dwell, inhabit”)

brithiach

place name. *Gravel Ford

A ford in the river Sirion (S/131), a combination of brith “gravel” and iach “ford” (SA/brith, UT/54), hence: “✱Gravel Ford”.

Brithiach

noun. gravel ford

brith (Ilk. “broken stones, gravel”) + #iach (“ford”)

brithon

place name. Pebbly

A river in western Beleriand (S/196), it is simply the adjective brithon “pebbly” used as a name (Ety/BIRÍT).

Conceptual Development: This name appeared in early Silmarillion maps from the 1930s (SM/227). In The Etymologies, the name Brithon was designated Ilkorin with the translation “pebbly” (Ety/BIRÍT), which is the source of the derivation given above.

brith

gravel

brith (i vrith), no distinct pl. form expect with article (i mrith) if there is a pl.

brith

gravel

(i vrith), no distinct pl. form expect with article (i mrith) if there is a pl.

brithon Speculative

adjective. pebbly

Used as the name of the river S. Brithon. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, this word was Ilkorin and translated Ilk. brithon “pebbly” (Ety/BIRÍT). This word likely became Sindarin after Tolkien abandoned the Ilkorin language, perhaps with the same meaning.

Brithon

pebbly

brithon (lenited vrithon, pl. brithoen). Archaic *brithaun.

brithon

pebbly

(lenited vrithon, pl. brithoen). Archaic ✱brithaun.

brith

noun. gravel

brith

noun. gravel

Brithombar

Brithombar (name)

Brithombar comes from the name of the river Brithon, which means "pebbly".

Brithon

pebbly

Brithon is Ilkorin for pebbly.

virittë

noun. gravel

A neologism coined by Röandil for his Quenya translations of words in Minecraft, the equivalent of S. brith “gravel” as derived from ancient ᴹ✶b’rittē.

marilla

pearl

marilla noun "pearl" (LT1:265)