Q. falassë n. “(wave-beaten) shore, seashore, line of surf” (Category: Shore, Beach)
A word for “(wave-beaten) shore” (VT42/15; PE17/135), or “seashore, surfline” (PE17/62), derived from the root √PHAL “foam” (PE17/62).
Conceptual Development: This word first appeared as ᴱQ. falas (falass-) “shore, beach” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s as a derivative of the root ᴱ√FALA² (QL/37). It appeared with the gloss “beach” and variants falas and falasse in the contemporaneous Name-list to the Fall of Gondolin (PE15/24) and as falasse “beach” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/138). ᴹQ. falasse “beach” reappeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the root ᴹ√PHAL “foam” (Ety/PHAL) and similar derivatives appeared in Tolkien’s later writings as noted above.
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would reserve this word for its later meaning “(sea)shore” and “surfline”, and for the beach itself I would use the word Q. hresta.
References ✧ PE17/62, 135; SA/falas; VT42/15
Glosses
Element In
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| √PHAL > falasse | [pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse] | ✧ PE17/62 |
ᴹQ. falasse n. “beach” (Category: Shore, Beach)
Reference ✧ Ety/PHAL ✧ “beach”
Element In
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| ᴹ√PHAL/PHÁLAS > falasse | [pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse] | ✧ Ety/PHAL |
ᴱQ. falas(se) (falass-) n. “shore, beach, surf” (Category: Shore, Beach)
References ✧ LT1A/Falassë Númëa, Falman; LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/24; PE16/138; PME/37; QL/37
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| falass- | stem | “shore, beach” | ✧ PME/37 |
| falass- | stem | ✧ QL/37 |
Element In
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| ᴱ√FALA > falas | [ɸalassǝ] > [ɸalass] > [falass] > [falas] | ✧ QL/37 |