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Middle Primitive Elvish

galas

root. joy, be glad

A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “joy, be glad” that is an extension of ᴹ√GALA “thrive” (Ety/GALAS). Its two most notable derivatives were ᴹQ. alasse and N. glass “joy”. The appearance of Q. alassë “happiness” in the so-called “Merin Sentence” (MS), probably written after the publication of The Lord of the Rings, indicates that this root may have remained valid.

Changes

  • GAL(AS) → GALA “prosperity, abundance, wealth, gladness” ✧ Ety/GALA

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA

Derivatives

  • ᴺ✶. galast- “marble, (orig.) thing pleasant to touch”
    • ᴺQ. alas “marble”
    • ᴺS. glast “marble”
  • ᴺQ. alarya- “to be happy or merry, rejoice”
  • ᴺQ. alasta- “to be merry, rejoice”
  • Q. alassë “happiness, happiness, [ᴹQ.] joy, merriment”
  • ᴹQ. alasse “joy, merriment” ✧ Ety/GALÁS
  • ᴺQ. alasta- “to make happy, cheer (up)”
  • ᴹQ. alla “hail!” ✧ Ety/GALÁS; EtyAC/GAL(AS)
  • ᴺS. galtha- “to be glad”
  • ᴺS. glaich “merry, joyous, happy”
  • N. glass “joy, *happiness” ✧ Ety/BOR; Ety/GALÁS
  • ᴺS. glasta- “to make happy”

Variations

  • GALÁS ✧ Ety/BOR; Ety/GALÁS
  • GAL(AS) ✧ EtyAC/GAL(AS) (GAL(AS))
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/BOR; Ety/GALA; Ety/GALÁS; EtyAC/GAL(AS); EtyAC/LAR] Group: Eldamo. Published by