S. certhas n. “runes-rows, runic alphabet” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)
Sindarin name of the runic alphabet from The Lord of the Rings appendices (LotR/1123). It is an elaboration of certh “rune”, probably either with the abstract noun suffix -as, or with the collective noun suffix -ath with dissimilation of the final th to s after the th in the base word.
References ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/122; PE22/150
Variations
Inflections
| #gerthas | soft-mutation; c-mutation | ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/122 |
Elements
| certh | “rune” | ✧ LotR/1123 |
| #-as | “abstract noun” | ✧ LotR/1123 (#-as) |
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