Quenya 

falassë

noun. (wave-beaten) shore, seashore, line of surf, (wave-beaten) shore, seashore, line of surf; [ᴹQ.] beach

A word for “(wave-beaten) shore” (VT42/15; PE17/135), or “seashore, surfline” (PE17/62), derived from the root √PHAL “foam” (PE17/62).

Conceptual Development: This word first appeared as ᴱQ. falas (falass-) “shore, beach” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the root ᴱ√FALA (QL/37). It appeared with the gloss “beach” and variants falas and falasse in the contemporaneous Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin (PE15/24) and as falasse “beach” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/138). ᴹQ. falasse “beach” reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived the root ᴹ√PHAL “foam” (Ety/PHAL) and similar derivatives appeared in Tolkien’s later writings as noted above.

Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would reserve this word for its later meaning “(sea)shore” and “surfline”, and for the beach itself I would use the word Q. hresta.

Cognates

  • S. falas “beach, shore, strand, surf(line)” ✧ PE17/062; SA/falas; VT42/15

Derivations

  • PHAL “foam, splash” ✧ PE17/062

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
PHAL > falasse[pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse]✧ PE17/062

Variations

  • falasse ✧ PE17/062; PE17/135
Quenya [PE17/062; PE17/135; SA/falas; VT42/15] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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)

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)

hresta

shore, beach

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

Sindarin 

falas

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

Sindarin [Ety/381, S/431, RC/18, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

falas

noun. the western coast of Beleriand

Sindarin [Ety/381, S/431, RC/18, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

falas

beach

1b n. beach, strand. >> Anfalas

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:73:97] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

falathren

noun/adjective. of the shore

Sindarin [Ety/381, PM/32, PM/55] falas+-ren. Group: SINDICT. Published by

falathren

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

Sindarin [Ety/381, PM/32, PM/55] falas+-ren. Group: SINDICT. Published by

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.

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)

falathren

of the shore

(pl. felethrin)

faur

shore

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

faur

beach

(shore), 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 rastthe lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhaist (?idh raist).

Adûnaic

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).

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Noldorin 

falas

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

Noldorin [Ety/381, S/431, RC/18, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

falas

noun. the western coast of Beleriand

Noldorin [Ety/381, S/431, RC/18, X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

falathren

noun/adjective. of the shore

Noldorin [Ety/381, PM/32, PM/55] falas+-ren. Group: SINDICT. Published by

falathren

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

Noldorin [Ety/381, PM/32, PM/55] falas+-ren. Group: SINDICT. Published by

faur

noun. beach, shore

Noldorin [VT/46:15] Group: SINDICT. Published by

esgar

noun. shore

Noldorin [VT/46:14] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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Qenya 

falasse

noun. beach

Cognates

  • N. falas “beach, shore” ✧ Ety/PHAL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PHAL “foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PHAL/PHÁLAS > falasse[pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse]✧ Ety/PHAL

falasse

place name. Falasse

Quenya equivalent of Falas (SM/257, LR/171). It is simply falasse “beach” used as a name.

Cognates

  • N. Falas “Western Shore, (lit.) Coast” ✧ LRI/Falas; SMI/Falas

Elements

WordGloss
falasse“beach”

Variations

  • Falassë ✧ LRI/Falas; MRI/Falas; SMI/Falas
Qenya [LRI/Falas; MRI/Falas; SMI/Falas] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

falas

noun. beach

Early Noldorin

thlos

noun. shore, shore; [G.] breaker

A noun glossed “shore” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/154). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s there was a similar word G. thloss “breaker” derived from ᴱ√thol-, as well as an earlier (rejected?) word G. thloth “breakers, waves, surf” (GL/73). The Early Noldorin word was thus likely of similar derivation. The Gnomish word G. thloss was “confused with flass, floss” (GL/35, 73), but there are no signs of this in Early Noldorin.

Derivations

Element in

Early Noldorin [PE13/146; PE13/154] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

falas(se)

noun. shore, beach, surf

Cognates

  • G. falos “sea-marge, surf, coast, line, beach; margin, fringe, edge” ✧ LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/24; LT1A/Falman

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FALA “*foam, wave” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/037

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FALA > falas[ɸalassǝ] > [ɸalass] > [falass] > [falas]✧ QL/037

Variations

  • Falassë ✧ LT1A/Falassë Númëa; LT1A/Falman
  • falas(s) ✧ LT1A/Falman
  • falas ✧ LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/24; QL/037
  • falassë ✧ LT2A/Falasquil
  • falasse ✧ PE15/24; PE16/138
Early Quenya [LT1A/Falassë Númëa; LT1A/Falman; LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/24; PE16/138; PME/037; QL/037] Group: Eldamo. Published by

aile

noun. beach

marmale

noun. beach

A noun for “beach” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of ᴱQ. marma “sand” (QL/63). It was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/63).

Early Quenya [PME/063; QL/063] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ailin

noun. shore

A word for “shore” in the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem and its draft of the late 1920s (MC/213, 221), in one place given an archaic form aile and a translation “beach” (PE16/75). In the version of the Markirya poem from the 1960s, this word became Q. hresta (MC/221-222), whereas Q. ailin itself usually meant “lake” in later writings.

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
AYA(LA)“lake”

Variations

  • aile ✧ PE16/075 (aile)
  • ailin ✧ PE16/075
Early Quenya [MC/213; MC/221; PE16/062; PE16/066; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/075; PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by

sorakte

noun. beach

A word glossed “beach, etc.” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of the prefix ᴱQ. so- “together” with ᴱQ. rakte “pile, heap” (QL/85). It was also mentioned in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/85).

Early Quenya [PME/085; QL/085] Group: Eldamo. Published by