(noun) 1) *cêf (i gêf, o chêf), pl. cîf (i chîf), coll. pl. cevath (suggested Sindarin forms of ”Noldorin” cef, pl. ceif). 2) maw (i vaw) (stain), pl. moe (i moe). Note: a homophone is an archaic word for ”hand”.
Quenya
cén
soil, earth
cén
soil, earth
cêf
soil
(noun) 1) *cêf (i gêf, o chêf), pl. cîf (i chîf), coll. pl. cevath (suggested Sindarin forms of ”Noldorin” cef, pl. ceif). 2) maw (i vaw) (stain), pl. moe (i moe). Note: a homophone is an archaic word for ”hand”.
cêf
soil
(i gêf, o chêf), pl. cîf (i chîf), coll. pl. cevath (suggested Sindarin forms of ”Noldorin” cef, pl. ceif).
gwatha
soil
(verb) gwatha- (i **watha, in gwathar**) (stain)
gwatha
soil
(i ’watha, in gwathar) (stain)
maw
soil
(i vaw) (stain), pl. moe (i moe). Note: a homophone is an archaic word for ”hand”.
gwatha-
verb. to soil, stain
hmaw
noun. soil, stain
maw
noun. soil, stain
cef
noun. soil
cef
noun. soil
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “soil” derived from the root ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” (Ety/KEM). It had a rather unusual plural form ceif which shows i-intrusion but not the usual i-raising of e to i; under ordinary phonetic developments the expected plural would be ✱cif. I can think of no good reason for this abnormal plural, but it would be ^caif if adapted to Sindarin. It is mostly moot since this word is very unlikely to be used in the plural.
Derivations
- ᴹ√KEM “soil, earth” ✧ Ety/KEM
Element in
- N. cennan “potter”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KEM > cef [keme] > [kem] > [kev] ✧ Ety/KEM ᴹ√KEM > ceif [kemi] > [keim] > [keiv] ✧ Ety/KEM
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grosgen
noun. soil
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “soil”, a combination of G. groth “earth, soil” and suffixal G. -gen from the root ᴱ√KEME (GL/42). This root was glossed “soil” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/46), so the actual meaning of this word seems to be something like “earthy soil”.
keme
root. soil
Derivatives
cén (cem-) ("k")noun "soil, earth"; see cemen (KEM)