Eldamo : Gnomish : blectha

G. blectha n. “a flame” (Category: Flame)

⚠️G. blectha, n. “a flame” (Category: Flame): S. lach “(leaping) flame”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a flame” derived from the early root ᴱ√(M)BELEKE (GL/22). Tolkien marked this word as “Q”, but the editors pointed out this is almost certainly a slip for “G”.

Reference ✧ GL/22 ✧ “a flame”

Cognates

ᴱQ. velka “flame” ✧ GL/22

Derivations

< ᴱ√(M)BELEKE “*flame” ✧ GL/22 (melek/mbelek/belek)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√melek/mbelek/belek > blectha

[βelektā] > [belektā] ? [blektā] > [blekta] > [blekθa] > [blekθa]

✧ GL/22