Q. eressëa adj. “lonely” (Category: Alone, Only)
A word for “lonely”, most notably as an element in the name Tol Eressëa “Lonely Isle” (LotR/1116; S/59). This word and name had a long history in Tolkien’s writings, dating back to Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/36, 94) and appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√ERE (Ety/ERE).
Reference ✧ LotR/1116 ✧ erEssëa
Elements
| #eressë | “(in) solitude, separation, isolation” | ✧ LotR/1116 (#erEssë) |
| #-a | “adjectival suffix” | ✧ LotR/1116 (#-a) |
Element In
ᴹQ. eressea adj. “lonely” (Category: Alone, Only)
Reference ✧ Ety/ERE ✧ “lonely”
Elements
| eresse | “(in) solitude, separation, isolation” | ✧ Ety/ERE |
| #-a | “adjectival suffix” | ✧ Ety/ERE (#-a) |
Element In
ᴱQ. eressea adj. “lonely” (Category: Alone, Only)
References ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Tol Eressëa; PE14/47, 79; PE15/74; PME/36; QL/36
Glosses
Elements
| eresse | “alone, by oneself, singly, only; once” | ✧ LT1A/Tol Eressëa; PE14/79; QL/36 | |
| #-a | “adjectival suffix” | ||
| er¹ | “one, only, alone, a single” | ✧ PE14/47 | |
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Cognates