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Q. lassë n. “leaf” (Category: Leaf)

Q. lassë, n. “leaf; ⚠️[ᴱQ.] petal” (Category: Leaf)
ᴱQ. pat “small leaf”

The basic Quenya word for “leaf”, derived from the root √LAS¹ (PE17/62, 153; VT39/9). This word dates all the way back to the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s where ᴱQ. lasse “leaf” appeared as its own entry (QL/51). ᴹQ. lasse “leaf” also appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√LAS¹ (Ety/LAS¹). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s Tolkien said that lasse meant both “a leaf or petal” (GL/52). After that Tolkien translated it only as “leaf”. In one set of later notes Tolkien said it was even more restricted in meaning, and “only applied to certain kinds of leaves, especially those of trees, and would not e.g. be used of leaf of a hyacinth (linque)” (PE17/62).

Neo-Quenya: Despite Tolkien late declaration, I would use lassë as the general “leaf” word for purposes of Neo-Quenya, though more specialized words may also exist such as linquë “(leaf of a) hyacinth”. I would also use it metaphorically in its Early Qenya sense as the “petal” of a flower where the context is very clear, such as lassi indilo “leaves of a lily” = “lily petals”. But where ambiguous, I would use the neologism ᴺQ. lótelas for “petal”, more literally “flower leaf”.

References ✧ Let/282, 382; LotR/377, 1107; PE16/96; PE17/62, 76; PE19/106; Plotz/11-20; RGEO/58; VT39/9; WJ/407

Glosses

Variations

Related

Inflections

lassello ablative   ✧ Plotz/19
lassellon ablative plural   ✧ Plotz/19
lassē accusative   ✧ Plotz/12: only in classical Quenya, no longer used in spoken Quenya
lassenna allative   ✧ Plotz/15
lassennar allative plural   ✧ Plotz/15
lassen dative   ✧ Plotz/16
lassin dative plural   ✧ Plotz/16
lasset dual   ✧ Plotz/11
lasseo genitive   ✧ Plotz/13
lasseo genitive “of a leaf” ✧ WJ/407
lassio genitive plural “of leaves” ✧ WJ/407
lassion genitive plural   ✧ Plotz/13
lassion genitive plural “of leaves” ✧ WJ/407
lassenen instrumental   ✧ Plotz/14
lassínen instrumental plural   ✧ Plotz/14
lassī́nen instrumental plural   ✧ PE19/106
lassesse locative   ✧ Plotz/17
lassessen locative plural   ✧ Plotz/17
lassin nominative plural   ✧ PE17/76
lasselī partitive-plural   ✧ Plotz/11: lasseli in spoken Quenya
lassi plural “leaves” ✧ Let/382; LotR/377; RGEO/58
lassi plural   ✧ PE17/62; PE17/76
lassī plural   ✧ PE19/106
lassī plural   ✧ Plotz/11: lassi in spoken Quenya
lássi plural “leaves” ✧ RGEO/58
lasseva possessive   ✧ Plotz/20
lasses s-case   ✧ Plotz/18
lassis s-case plural   ✧ Plotz/18

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Derivations

Phonetic Developments

lassē > lasse [lassē] > [lasse] ✧ Let/282
lassḗi > lássei > lassī [lassei] > [lassī] > [lassi] ✧ PE19/106
AQ. lasséinen > lassēnen > lassī́nen [lasseinen] > [lassīnen] ✧ PE19/106
lassē > lasse [lassē] > [lasse] ✧ VT39/9

ᴹQ. lasse n. “leaf” (Category: Leaf)

See Q. lassë for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/LAS¹; PE21/6-7, 9, 47-48, 53-54; PE22/11; VT28/8

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

lassello ablative ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47; PE21/53
lassellos ablative dual ✧ PE21/54
lassellut ablative dual ✧ PE21/6
lassendet ablative dual ✧ PE21/48
lasselillon ablative plural ✧ PE21/6
lassellon ablative plural ✧ PE21/6
lassellon ablative plural ✧ PE21/53
lassenden ablative plural ✧ PE21/47
lassillon ablative plural ✧ PE21/6
lassinden ablative plural ✧ PE21/47
lasse accusative ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47
lasset accusative dual ✧ PE21/6
lasseli accusative plural ✧ PE21/6
lassi accusative plural ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47
lassende allative ✧ PE21/47
lassenta allative ✧ PE21/6; PE21/53
[lassen]to allative dual ✧ PE21/6
lassellot allative dual ✧ PE21/48
lassentas allative dual ✧ PE21/54
lassentau allative dual ✧ PE21/6
lasselintan allative plural ✧ PE21/6
lassellon allative plural ✧ PE21/47
lassentan allative plural ✧ PE21/6
lassentar allative plural ✧ PE21/53
lassillon allative plural ✧ PE21/47
lassintan allative plural ✧ PE21/6
lasseko comitative ✧ PE21/53
lassel comitative ✧ PE21/47
lasselte comitative dual ✧ PE21/48
lassúto comitative dual ✧ PE21/54
lassil comitative plural ✧ PE21/47
lassíko comitative plural; prosodic-lengthening ✧ PE21/53
lassíle comitative plural; prosodic-lengthening ✧ PE21/47
lassen dative ✧ PE21/53
lasser dative ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47
lassetar dative dual ✧ PE21/48
lassu dative dual ✧ PE21/6
lassúno dative dual ✧ PE21/54
lasselir dative plural ✧ PE21/6
lassir dative plural ✧ PE21/6
lassíno dative plural; prosodic-lengthening ✧ PE21/53
lassíre(n) dative plural; prosodic-lengthening ✧ PE21/47
lassú- dual ✧ PE21/54
[lass]eo genitive ✧ VT28/8
[lass]o genitive ✧ VT28/8
lasseo genitive ✧ PE21/6; PE21/9; PE21/47; PE21/53
lassio genitive ✧ PE21/6; PE21/9
lasso genitive ✧ PE21/7; PE21/9
lassehta genitive dual ✧ PE21/6
lassetos genitive dual ✧ PE21/54
lassetu genitive dual ✧ PE21/48
lasselion genitive plural ✧ PE21/6
lasseron genitive plural ✧ PE21/47
lasseron genitive plural ✧ PE21/53
lassion genitive plural ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47; PE21/53
lassenen instrumental ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47; PE21/53
lassemet instrumental dual ✧ PE21/6
lassenwen instrumental dual ✧ PE21/48
lassúnen instrumental dual ✧ PE21/54
lasselínen instrumental plural; prosodic-lengthening ✧ PE21/6; PE21/9
lassínen instrumental plural; prosodic-lengthening ✧ PE21/6; PE21/9; PE21/47; PE21/53
lassesse locative ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47; PE21/53
lassesset locative dual ✧ PE21/6; PE21/48; PE21/54
lasselissen locative plural ✧ PE21/6
lassessen locative plural ✧ PE21/47
lassessen locative plural ✧ PE21/53
lassissen locative plural ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47
[lass]en nominative ✧ VT28/8
lasse nominative ✧ PE21/53
lassen nominative ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47
lassent nominative dual ✧ PE21/6
lasset nominative dual ✧ PE21/48; PE21/54
lasselin nominative plural ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47
lasser nominative plural ✧ PE21/47
lasser nominative plural ✧ PE21/53
lassi nominative plural ✧ PE21/53
lassin nominative plural ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47
lassehta partitive-plural ✧ PE21/47
lassíka partitive-plural; prosodic-lengthening ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47
lassi plural ✧ PE21/47
lassí- plural ✧ PE21/53
lassea possessive ✧ PE21/9
lasseva possessive ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47
lasseva possessive ✧ PE21/6
lassehta possessive dual ✧ PE21/6
lasselinwa possessive plural ✧ PE21/6
lassíva possessive plural; prosodic-lengthening ✧ PE21/47
lassendon similative ✧ PE21/6; PE21/47; PE21/53
lasselindon similative plural ✧ PE21/6
lassendon similative plural ✧ PE21/47
lassindon similative plural ✧ PE21/6
lassindon similative plural ✧ PE21/47
lasse stem ✧ PE21/47

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Derivations

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶lassē > lasse [lassē] > [lasse] ✧ Ety/LAS¹
†ᴹ✶lassē-ō > †lasso [lassēo] ? [lasso] ✧ PE21/9

ᴱQ. lasse n. “leaf; petal” (Category: Leaf)

See Q. lassë for discussion.

References ✧ GL/52; LT1A/Gar Lossion; MC/213, 216, 220; PE16/62, 72, 74-75, 77, 80, 90, 92, 139; PME/51; QL/51; VT40/8

Glosses

Variations

Inflections

lasselin nominative plural “leaves” ✧ PE16/75
lasser plural   ✧ VT40/8
lasselindon similative plural “like leaves” ✧ MC/213; MC/220; PE16/62
lasselindon similative plural   ✧ PE16/74; PE16/77
lässelindon similative plural   ✧ PE16/72
lasse- stem   ✧ QL/51

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Derivations