A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with various Qenya derivatives such as ᴱQ. fainu- “release” and ᴱQ. fairie “freedom” (QL/37). There are words in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon of similar form and meaning, such as G. fair “free, unconstrained” and G. faith “liberty” (GL/34). Of interest is that Tolkien gave this root as an example of a hypothetical ancient gradation of l in different positions of articulation in the early Qenya Phonology, having the most ancient form ᴱ√FAL̃A (PE12/16). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.
Early Primitive Elvish
fala
root. *foam, wave
fala
root. bare, nude
fal̃a
root. *free
faya
root. *free
A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “bare, nude” with various derivatives of similar meaning (QL/37). This root appeared in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon as well, with derivatives such as G. falon “naked” and G. falt “bare” (GL/33). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.