Quenya 

alassë

joy, merriment

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

alassëa

`Cな#,F`C adjective. happy, joyous

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

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Sindarin 

gell

joy

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

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)

Noldorin 

glas

noun. joy

Noldorin [Ety/357] Group: SINDICT. Published by

glas

noun. joy

glass

noun. joy

Noldorin [Ety/357] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gell

noun. joy, triumph

Noldorin [Ety/359] Group: SINDICT. Published by

gell

noun. joy, triumph, (?victory), joy, triumph

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. yello “call, shout, cry of triumph” ✧ Ety/GYEL

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GYEL “*cry of joy or triumph” ✧ Ety/GYEL

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GYEL > gell[gjello] > [gello] > [gell]✧ Ety/GYEL
Noldorin [Ety/GYEL; EtyAC/GYEL] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GALÁS > glas[galásse] > [glasse] > [glasse] > [glass]✧ Ety/GALÁS

Variations

  • glas ✧ Ety/GALÁS
  • alas- ✧ EtyAC/GALÁS (alas-)
Noldorin [Ety/BOR; Ety/GALÁS; EtyAC/GALÁS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

alasse

noun. joy, merriment

Changes

  • alasse → alasse “joy, mirth, merriment” ✧ Ety/GALÁS

Cognates

  • N. glass “joy, *happiness” ✧ Ety/GALÁS

Derivations

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

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√GALÁS > alasse[galasse] > [ɣalasse] > [alasse]✧ Ety/GALÁS
Qenya [Ety/GALÁS; EtyAC/GALÁS] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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