N. rhass n. “precipice” (Category: Slope, Cliff)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s gloss “precipice”, derived from primitive ᴹ✶khrassē (Ety/KHARÁS). Tolkien listed two soft mutated forms: i-rass and (archaic) †i-chrass, the latter the proper historical development but the former reformed to match normal (Noldorin) patterns of mutation.
Neo-Sindarin: This word would remain rhass if adapted into Sindarin, as its ancient initial consonants khr- would still produce rh-. But its mutations would likely be different; see the discussion of the Sindarin soft mutation.
References ✧ Ety/KHARÁS
Glosses
Variations
Related
Inflections
| †chrass | soft-mutation; rh-mutation | ✧ Ety/KHARÁS |
| rass | soft-mutation; rh-mutation | ✧ Ety/KHARÁS |
Cognates
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ᴹ✶khrassē > rhass | [kʰarássē] > [kʰrassē] > [kʰrasse] > [kʰrasse] > [xrasse] > [xrass] > [r̥ass] | ✧ Ety/KHARÁS |