alassë

noun. happiness, happiness, [ᴹQ.] joy, merriment

Derivations

• ᴹ√GALAS “joy, be glad”
  • ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA

Element in

• ᴺQ. alassëa “joyful, happy, *merry”
• ᴺQ. harnalasse “schadenfreude, malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else’s misfortune, (lit.) wound-joy”
• Q. merin sa haryalyë alassë nó vanyalyë Ambarello “I hope that you have happiness before you pass from the world” ✧ MS/01

Variations

• alasse ✧ MS/01

vald-

blessedness, happiness

vald- noun "blessedness, happiness" (LT1:272 a final vowel would seem to be required). See valin regarding the dubious conceptual validity of this and related words.

máralë

noun. goodness

Elements

Word	Gloss
mára	“good, proper, good, proper; [ᴹQ.] useful, fit, good (of things), [ᴱQ.] excellent; mighty, power, doughty”
-lë	“abstract noun, adverb”

márië

goodness

márië (1) "goodness", "good" as noun (abstract formation from the adj. mára). (PE17:58, 89). Genitive máriéno, dative máriena, locative máriessë (PE17:59, occurring in the greeting (hara) máriessë "(stay) in happiness", PE17:162) Allative márienna *"to goodness", used as an interjection "farewell" (archaic namárië, q.v.),

máriën

noun. goodness

almië

blessedness, 'blessings', good fortune, bliss

almië noun "blessedness, 'blessings', good fortune, bliss". In deleted entries in Etym, the glosses were "blessedness, prosperity, bliss" (GALA, VT45:5, 14)

mandë

well

mandë (2) adv. "well" (VT49:26; this is "Qenya"). Rather mai in Tolkiens later Quenya.

Almaren

blessedness

Almaren place-name, the first abode of the Valar in Arda, apparently related to almarë "blessedness" (Silm, LR:357)

Almáriel

blessedness

Almáriel fem. name, apparently containing almarë "blessedness" (GALA, VT45:5, 14)

Mairen

well

Mairen fem. name(UT:210), initial element perhaps related or identical to mai "well". The second element is obscure; the root REN "recall, have in mind" (PM:372) could be related; if so the name may imply "well remembered", "(of) good memory" or something similar. It may also connect with the adj. maira, q.v. and compare the masc. name Mairon (PE18:163).

alassë

joy, merriment

alassë (1) noun "joy, merriment" (GALÁS) [VT42:32; a gloss "mirth" was deleted, VT45:14]

márië

noun/adverb. well, happily; goodness, good estate, being well, happiness

Element in

• Q. Amarië
• Q. á na márië “be well” ✧ PE17/162
• Q. áva márië “go happily” ✧ PE17/162
• Q. (hara) máriessë “(stay) in happiness” ✧ PE17/162
• Q. namárië “farewell, (lit.) be well, let it be well (to you)” ✧ PE17/058; PE17/059; PE17/074; PE17/162
• Q. quenten tulil márië nin “I said: you come happily (for me)” ✧ PE22/158
• Q. quí(ta) la tuldes, nánë márië (nin) “[if he had not come], it was well to me (I was glad)” ✧ PE22/158

Elements

Word	Gloss
mára	“good, proper, good, proper; [ᴹQ.] useful, fit, good (of things), [ᴱQ.] excellent; mighty, power, doughty”
-ië	“abstract noun, adverb”

Variations

• máriën ✧ PE17/058
• mārie ✧ PE17/059; PE17/074; PE17/138
• márie ✧ PE17/059; PE17/162; PE22/158 (márie)
• márien ✧ PE17/059

mai

well

mai (1) adv. "well" (VT47:6), apparently also used as prefix (PE17:17:162, 163, 172)

mai

adverb. well, well; [ᴱQ.] too much

Cognates

• S. mae “well; excellent, admirable” ✧ PE17/162

Derivations

• √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ PE17/162
• √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state, good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state; [ᴹ√] use, handle” ✧ PE17/162; VT47/06

Element in

• Q. mai- “excellent, admirable, excellent, admirable; *well, happily” ✧ PE17/162
• ᴺQ. maicámima “acceptable, (lit.) well-receivable”
• ᴺQ. maicarindo “benefactor”
• ᴺQ. maisinwa “well-known, notable, famous”
• ᴺQ. maitulië “welcome thing, happy arrival”
• ᴺQ. maitulya “welcome”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√MAY > maie	[maje]	✧ PE17/162
√MAG > maie	[magje] > [maɣje] > [maije]	✧ PE17/162
√MAG > mai	[magje] > [maɣje] > [maije]	✧ VT47/06

Variations

• maie ✧ PE17/162 (maie); PE17/162 (maie)

heren

fortune

heren (2) noun "fortune", etymologically "governance" ("and so what is in store for one and what one has in store") (KHER).Herendil masc. name *"Fortune-friend" = Eadwine, Edwin, _Audoin(LR:52, 56, cf. the Etymologies, stems KHER-, NIL/NDIL)_

tampo

well

tampo noun "well" (QL:93)

almarë

blessedness, 'blessings', good fortune, bliss

almarë noun "blessedness, 'blessings', good fortune, bliss". In deleted entries in Etym, the glosses provided were "blessedness, prosperity, bliss" (GALA, VT45:5, 14)

alma

good fortune, weal, wealth

alma (1) noun "good fortune, weal, wealth". In a deleted entry in Etym, the glosses were "riches, (good) fortune, blessedness"; in another deleted entry, Tolkien provided the glosses "growth" and maybe "increase" (reading uncertain), also "good fortune, riches" (GALA [ALAM], VT45:5, 13, 14)

marto

fortune, fate, lot

marto (2) noun "fortune, fate, lot" (LT2:348); cf. marta # 3 and see mart-.

ehtelu-

verb. well, bubble out

alassëa

`Cな#,F`C adjective. happy, joyous

Alassë (joy/merriment) + -a (adjectival suffix)

tampo

noun. well

Derivations

• √TAM “construct, construct; [ᴹ√] knock, [ᴱ√] beat; smelt, forge”

mae

adverb. well

mae

adverb. well

adv. well. Ai na vedui Dúnadan. Mae g'ovannen. 'Ah! At last, Dúnadan ! Well met !'.

mae

well

_ adv. _well. >> mael

mael

adjective. well

_ adj. _well. adjective << adverb. >> mae

mael

adjective. well

Derivations

• √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state, good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state; [ᴹ√] use, handle” ✧ PE17/162

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√MAGA > mael	[magla] > [maɣla] > [maila] > [mail] > [mael]	✧ PE17/162

al-

well

pref. #well. Q. al(a)-. . This gloss was rejected.

maeras

noun. goodness

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Elements

Word	Gloss
maer	“good, excellent, fair, good, excellent, fair; [N.] useful, fit, good (of things)”
-as	“abstract noun”

glass

joy

1) glass (i **lass, constuct glas), pl. glais (in glais), 2) gell (i **ell) (triumph), pl. gill (i ngill = i ñill).

glass

joy

(i ’lass, constuct glas), pl. glais (in glais)

elias

noun. blessedness

Elements

Word	Gloss
elia-	“to cause to prosper, bless (a work), help one”

mae

well

(adverb) mae (lenited vae).

mae

well

(lenited vae).

manadh

fortune

(usually = final bliss) manadh (i vanadh) (doom, final end, fate), pl. menaidh (i menaidh). Cf. .

manadh

fortune

(i vanadh) (doom, final end, fate), pl. menaidh (i menaidh). Cf.

eithel

well

(= source) eithel (spring, issue of water), pl. eithil

eithel

well

(spring, issue of water), pl. eithil

gell

joy

(i ’ell) (triumph), pl. gill (i ngill = i ñill).

mai

adverb. well

Derivations

• √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right”

Derivatives

• S. mae “well; excellent, admirable” ✧ PE17/016; PE17/017

Variations

• măgē ✧ PE17/016

glass

noun. joy, *happiness

Cognates

• ᴹQ. alasse “joy, merriment” ✧ Ety/GALÁS

Derivations

• ᴹ√GALAS “joy, be glad” ✧ Ety/BOR; Ety/GALÁS
  • ᴹ√GAL “grow, thrive” ✧ Ety/GALA

Element in

• S. Araglas “*Royal-joy”
• N. Borlas ✧ Ety/BOR; Ety/GALÁS; EtyAC/GALÁS (Borlas)
• ᴺS. glassui “joyful, happy”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√GALÁS > glas	[galásse] > [glasse] > [glasse] > [glass]	✧ Ety/GALÁS

Variations

• glas ✧ Ety/GALÁS
• alas- ✧ EtyAC/GALÁS (alas-)

glass

noun. joy

mai

adverb. well

Element in

• N. mai govannen “well met” ✧ RS/194

glas

noun. joy

glas

noun. joy

gell

noun. joy, triumph