Eldamo : Gnomish : glith

G. glith n. “dale, hillslope” (Category: Dale, Valley)

⚠️G. glith, n. “dale, hillslope” (Category: Dale, Valley): S. nan(d) “vale, valley, [ᴱN.] dale; [N.] wide grassland; ⚠️[G.] field acre”; S. pend “slope, steep incline, hill side, [N.] declivity; [S.] sloping (down), steeply inclined”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “dale, hillslope” derived from ᴱ√nḷđ (GL/40). Its plural was glidhin, indicating a stem form of glidh-. The ancient initial nḷ- developed into nli- as often happened with favored clusters like nl-, which eventually developed into dl- and then gl-. Meanwhile, the final -dh became -th, though the dh was preserved in the plural form as noted above.

References ✧ GL/40

Glosses

“dale, hillslope” ✧ GL/40

Variations

glith ✧ GL/40

Inflections

glidhin

plural

✧ GL/40

Derivations

< ᴱ√NḶĐḶ “*dell” ✧ GL/40 (nḷđ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√nḷđ > glith

[nḷð] > [nlið] > [dlið] > [glið] > [gliθ]

✧ GL/40