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ᴺS. !gaessarn n. “pearl, (lit.) sea-pebble” (Category: Gem, Jewel)

ᴺS. !gaessarn, n. “pearl, (lit.) sea-pebble” [created by Elaran] (Category: Gem, Jewel)

A neologism for “pearl” coined by Elaran on 2021-09-21 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of gaear “sea” and sarn “pebble”, with rs becoming ss as usual. A possible alternate form is aessarn, depending on whether you think the Sindarin word for “sea” is gae(a)r or ae(a)r.

Elements

S. gaear “sea”
S. sarn “(small) stone, pebble; stony (place)”

Cognates


G. brithla n. “pearl” (Category: Gem, Jewel)

A word for “pearl” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/24), the equivalent of ᴱQ. marilla and hence derived from the early root ᴱ√MṚÐṚ “grind” (QL/63).

Conceptual Development: In Tolkien’s later writings this early Gnomish word seems to have been replaced by S./N. brith “gravel” (UT/54; Ety/BIRÍT).

References ✧ GL/24, 67; LT1A/Silmarilli

Glosses

Elements

ᴱ√MṚÐṚ “grind”
#-la² “noun suffix” ✧ GL/24 (#-la)

Element In

Cognates