falas

place name. Western Shore, (lit.) Coast

Region on the coast of Beleriand (S/58). This name is simply the word falas “shore, coast” used as a name (SA/falas). This name sometimes appears with the definite article: i Falas “The Coast” (VT42/15, Ety/PHAL). It sometimes was translated “Western Shore/Coast” (LR/128, Ety/PHAL), but the word for “west” did not appear in its Sindarin name.

Conceptual Development: This name first appeared as N. Falas in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/121, LR/128), and in The Etymologies already had the derivation given above (Ety/PHAL).

Element in

• S. Forfalas “North Falas” ✧ WJI/Falas
• S. Harfalas “South Falas” ✧ WJI/Falas

Variations

• i·Falas ✧ VT42/15 (i·Falas)

falas

noun. beach, shore, strand, surf(line)

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).

Cognates

• Q. falassë “(wave-beaten) shore, seashore, line of surf, (wave-beaten) shore, seashore, line of surf; [ᴹQ.] beach” ✧ PE17/062; SA/falas; VT42/15

Derivations

• √PHAL “foam, splash” ✧ PE17/062; PE17/073

Element in

• S. Anfalas “Langstrand, (lit.) Long Beach” ✧ PE17/073; PE17/097; SA/falas; VT42/15
• S. Belfalas “Shore of Bel” ✧ RC/018; SA/falas; VT42/15
• S. Falas “Western Shore, (lit.) Coast” ✧ SA/falas; VT42/15
• S. Falathar ✧ SA/falas
• S. Falathren “Shore-language”
• S. Falathrim “Elves of the Falas, Wave-folk” ✧ SA/falas
• S. Forfalas “North Falas”
• S. Harfalas “South Falas”
• S. Thenfalas “Short Beach” ✧ VT42/15
• S. Tol Falas “*Island of the Shore”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√PHAL > falas	[pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse] > [falass] > [falas]	✧ PE17/062
√PHAL > falas	[pʰalasse] > [ɸalasse] > [falasse] > [falass] > [falas]	✧ PE17/073

falas

beach

1b n. beach, strand. >> Anfalas

falas

surfline

1a n. surfline, seashore. Q. falasse.

falas

noun. beach, wave-beaten shore, line of surf

falas

noun. the western coast of Beleriand

falas

Falas

The word falas means "surfline, sea-shore" in Sindarin, deriving from the root PHAL ("foam").

falas

beach

1) falas (pl. felais) (shore, coast, strand, line of surf, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15) 2) faur (shore), pl. foer, coll. pl. forath (VT46:15)

falas

line of surf

falas (pl. felais) (beach, shore, coast, strand, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15)

falas

coast

falas (pl. felais) (beach, shore, strand, line of surf, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15)

falas

foaming shore

falas (pl. felais) (beach, coast, strand, line of surf; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15)

falas

shore, foaming shore

falas (pl. felais) (beach, coast, strand, line of surf; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand) (VT42:15). Adj. OF THE SHORE (or "of the Falas", the western seaboard of Beleriand) falathren (pl. felethrin)

falas

strand

falas (pl. felais) (beach, shore, coast, line of surf, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15)

falas

surf, line of

falas (pl. felais) (beach, shore, coast, strand, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15)

falas

shore, foaming shore

(pl. felais) (beach, coast, strand, line of surf; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand) (VT42:15). Adj.

falas

beach

(pl. felais) (shore, coast, strand, line of surf, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15)

falas

surf, line of

(pl. felais) (beach, shore, coast, strand, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15)

falas

line of surf

(pl. felais) (beach, shore, coast, strand, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). *(VT42:15)*****

falas

coast

(pl. felais) (beach, shore, strand, line of surf, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15)

falas

foaming shore

(pl. felais) (beach, coast, strand, line of surf; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15)

falas

strand

(pl. felais) (beach, shore, coast, line of surf, foaming shore; the word was especially used of the western seaboard of Beleriand). (VT42:15)

falathrim

falas

: PEOPLE OF THE FALAS (the western seaboard of Beleriand) Falathrim (WJ:378, PM:386)

falathrim

people of the falas

(WJ:378, PM:386)

falathren

noun/adjective. of the shore

falathren

noun/adjective. Shore-language (one of the names for Common Speech)

lîr

noun. line, line, [N.] row

Derivations

• ᴹ√LIR “*row”

Element in

• S. aeglir “line of peaks, line of peaks, [N.] range of mountain peaks; [ᴱN.] peak, mountain top” ✧ RC/011

Variations

• lir ✧ RC/011 (lir)

falathren

of the shore

(pl. felethrin)

faur

shore

(beach), pl. foer, coll. pl. forath (VT46:15)

faur

beach

(shore), pl. foer, coll. pl. forath (VT46:15)

habad

shore

(i chabad, o chabad), pl. hebaid (i chebaid). Archaic pl. hebeid (LR:386).

lîr

line

1) lîr (row), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. líriath. 2) tê (i dê, o thê) (way), pl. tî (i thî), coll. pl. ?teath, 3) tî (i dî, o thî) (row), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thî), coll. pl. tíath.

lîr

line

(row), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. líriath.

nothlir

family line

(family tree); no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. nothliriath.

rhast

shore

(?i thrast or ?i rast – the lenition product of rh is uncertain), pl. rhaist (?idh raist).

taeg

boundary line

(i daeg, o thaeg) (limit, boundary), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thaeg).

tilias

line of peaks

(i** dilias, o thilias), pl. tiliais (i** thiliais), coll. pl. tiliassath.

tê

line

(i dê, o thê) (way), pl. tî (i thî), coll. pl. ?teath

tî

line

(i** dî, o thî) (row), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thî), coll. pl. tíath.