palis noun "sward, lawn" (LT1:264)
Quenya
lëa
noun. green sward, glade
palis
sward, lawn
paswa
noun. sward
Sindarin
parth galen
place name. Green Sward
Field by the shore of Nen Hithoel glossed “Green Sward” (LotR/417, RC/349), a combination of parth “sward” and the lenited form of calen “green”.
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, Tolkien considered several names for this field, first N. Kelufain and Forfain revised to Calenbel >> N. Calembel (TI/371, TI/382). The name Calembel went through a number of revision starting with Cale(m)- before Tolkien settled on Parth Galen (WR/301, 307). Later, the name S. Calembel was reused for a town in Gondor (LotR/790).
sâdh
noun. sward, turf
parth
sward
1) parth (i barth, o pharth) (field, enclosed grassland), pl. perth (i pherth), 2) sâdh (i hâdh, o sâdh, construct sadh) (turf), pl. saidh (i saidh) (VT42:20)
parth
sward
(i barth, o pharth) (field, enclosed grassland), pl. perth (i pherth)
pathu
sward
*pathu (i bathu) (level place), analogical pl. pethy (i phethy). Cited in archaic form pathw in the source (LR:380 s.v. PATH), hence the coll. pl. is likely pathwath.
pathu
sward
(i bathu) (level place), analogical pl. pethy (i phethy). Cited in archaic form pathw in the source (LR:380 s.v. PATH), hence the coll. pl. is likely pathwath.
sâdh
sward
(i hâdh, o sâdh, construct sadh) (turf), pl. saidh (i saidh) (VT42:20)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
Gnomish
lais
noun. green sward, glade
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “green-sward, glade” from primitive ᴱ✶leχ-sa (GL/53), where the diphthong ei > ai arose from G. the vocalization of the spirant χ.
Early Quenya
lé
noun. a sward, glade
Early Primitive Elvish
leχ-sa
noun. green sward, glade
A neologism for “green sward, glade” coined by Christopher Gilson posted on 2025-05-09 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS) as a modernization of ᴱQ. lé, reconceived as a derivative of ✱layā < √LAY.