dalath

noun. flat surface, plane

dalath

noun. flat land, plain, (wide) valley

dalath

noun. flat surface, plane, plain

Derivations

• ᴹ√DAL “flat” ✧ Ety/DAL

Element in

• N. Dalath Dirnen “Guarded Plain”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√DAL > dalath	[dalatte] > [dalattʰe] > [dalaθθe] > [dalaθθ] > [dalaθ]	✧ Ety/DAL

palath

noun. surface

palath

noun. surface

Cognates

• ᴹQ. palme “surface” ✧ Ety/PAL

Derivations

• ᴹ√PAL “wide (open)” ✧ Ety/PAL

Element in

• N. Palath Nenui “Wetwang”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√PAL > palath	[palatte] > [palattʰe] > [palaθθe] > [palaθθ] > [palaθ]	✧ Ety/PAL

Variations

• palath ✧ Ety/PAL

dalw

adjective. flat

dalw

adjective. flat

Cognates

• ᴹQ. lára “flat” ✧ Ety/DAL

Derivations

• ᴹ√DAL “flat” ✧ Ety/DAL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√DAL > dalw	[dalwa] > [dalw] > [dalu]	✧ Ety/DAL

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”

imlad

noun. deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides (but a flat habitable bottom)

tum

noun. deep valley, under or among hills