S. ?brithon adj. “pebbly” (Category: Rock, Stone)
Used as the name of the river S. Brithon. In The Etymologies of the 1930s, this word was Ilkorin and translated Ilk. brithon “pebbly” (Ety/BIRÍT). This word likely became Sindarin after Tolkien abandoned the Ilkorin language, perhaps with the same meaning.
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brith | “gravel” |
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Ilk. brithon adj. “pebbly” (Category: Rock, Stone)
An Ilkorin adjective meaning “pebbly” used for the river name Brithon (Ety/BIRÍT). It seems to be a combination of brith “broken stones, gravel” and an adjective suffix -on.
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brith | “broken stones, gravel” |
*-en | “adjectival suffix” |
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