S. falas n. “beach, shore, strand, surf(line)” (Category: Shore, Beach)
A well-established word for “beach” or “shore”, derived from the root √PHAL “foam, splash” (PE17/62, 73).
Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s this word appeared as G. falos “sea-marge, surf, coast, line; margin, fringe, edge” (GL/33), but it was G. falas “beach” in the contemporaneous Name-list to The Fall of Gondolin (PE15/24) as well as in names from this period such as G. Falas-a-’Wilb “Beach of Peace” and G. Falathron = “Ossë”. It appeared as N. falas “beach, shore” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from the extended form ᴹ√PHÁLAS of the root ᴹ√PHAL “foam” (Ety/PHAL). Similar derivations appeared in Tolkien’s later writings well (PE17/62, 73).
References ✧ PE17/62, 73, 97; RC/18; SA/falas; VT42/15
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| √PHAL > falas | [pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse] > [falass] > [falas] | ✧ PE17/62 |
| √PHAL > falas | [pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse] > [falass] > [falas] | ✧ PE17/73 |
N. falas n. “beach, shore” (Category: Shore, Beach)
References ✧ Ety/PHAL
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| feles | plural | ✧ Ety/PHAL |
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| ᴹ√PHAL/PHÁLAS > falas | [pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse] > [falass] > [falas] | ✧ Ety/PHAL |
| ᴹ√PHAL/PHÁLAS > feles | [pʰalassi] > [ɸalassi] > [falassi] > [felessi] > [feless] > [feles] | ✧ Ety/PHAL |
G. falos n. “sea-marge, surf, coast, line, beach; margin, fringe, edge” (Category: Shore, Beach)
References ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman; LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/24
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| ᴱ√FALA² | ✧ GL/33 (fal-¹); LT1A/Falman |
| #-os¹ | ✧ GL/33 (#-os) |
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