gaessarn

noun. pearl, (lit.) sea-pebble

A neologism for “pearl” coined by Elaran on 2021-09-21 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of gaear “sea” and sarn “pebble”, with rs becoming ss as usual. A possible alternate form is aessarn, depending on whether you think the Sindarin word for “sea” is gae(a)r or ae(a)r.

Cognates

• ᴺQ. ëassar “pearl, (lit.) sea-pebble/stone”

Elements

Word	Gloss
gaear	“sea”
sarn	“(small) stone, pebble; stony (place), (small) stone, pebble; stony (place); [N.] stone as a material”