ᴺS. !gaessarn n. “pearl, (lit.) sea-pebble” (Category: Gem, Jewel)
A neologism for “pearl” coined by Elaran on 2021-09-21 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of gaear “sea” and sarn “pebble”, with rs becoming ss as usual. A possible alternate form is aessarn, depending on whether you think the Sindarin word for “sea” is gae(a)r or ae(a)r.
Elements
| S. gaear | “sea” |
| S. sarn | “(small) stone, pebble; stony (place)” |
Cognates
G. brithla n. “pearl” (Category: Gem, Jewel)
A word for “pearl” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/24), the equivalent of ᴱQ. marilla and hence derived from the early root ᴱ√MṚÐṚ “grind” (QL/63).
Conceptual Development: In Tolkien’s later writings this early Gnomish word seems to have been replaced by S./N. brith “gravel” (UT/54; Ety/BIRÍT).
References ✧ GL/24, 67; LT1A/Silmarilli
Glosses
Elements
| ᴱ√MṚÐṚ | “grind” | |
| #-la² | “noun suffix” | ✧ GL/24 (#-la) |
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