Eldamo : Early Primitive Elvish : LEHE³

ᴱ√LEHE³ root. “*smooth”

⚠️ᴱ√LEHE³ root. “*smooth”

A root implied by entries the Gnomish Lexicon such as ᴱ✶leχa > G. lech/ᴱQ. lea “smooth, slippery”, ᴱ✶leχ-rā > G. lethrin “smooth, slippery, peril(o)us”, and ᴱ✶leχ-sa > G. lais “green sward, glade” (GL/53). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Reference ✧ GL/52 ✧ lech

G. laitha- a confusion of two distinct roots, see lech ✧ GL/52

Derivatives

> ᴱ✶leχa
- > ᴱQ. lea “smooth, slippery” ✧ GL/53
- > G. lech¹ “smooth, slippery” ✧ GL/53
> ᴱ✶leχ-rā
- > G. lethrin “slippery, peril(o)us” ✧ GL/53
> ᴱ✶leχ-sa “green sward, glade”
- > G. lais “green sward, glade” ✧ GL/53
> ᴱQ. lé “a sward, glade”
> G. lech² “smooth place; slide”