meren
feast, festival
asar
fixed time, festival
asar (þ) (Vanyarin athar) noun "fixed time, festival". Adopted and adapted from Valarin. (WJ:399) Pl. asari is attested (VT39:31)
asar
noun. fixed time, festival
Derivations
- Val. aþāra “appointed” ✧ WJ/399
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources Val. aþāra > aþar > asar [atʰara] > [atʰar] > [aθar] > [asar] ✧ WJ/399
mereth
noun. feast, festival
The word was changed to bereth in the Etymologies, but was never changed in the texts (cf. Mereth Aderthad and the compound Merethrond)
mereth
noun. feast, feast, [N.] festival
Derivations
- ᴹ√M(B)ER “*feast, festive”
Element in
- S. Mereth Aderthad “Feast of Reuniting” ✧ S/113; SA/mereth
- S. Merethrond “Great Hall of Feasts” ✧ SA/mereth
Elements
Word Gloss -th “abstract noun” Variations
- Mereth ✧ S/113
mereth
festival
mereth (i vereth) (feast), pl. merith (i merith). Note: In the Etymologies, Tolkien changed the relevant root from _ to
mereth
festival
(i vereth) (feast), pl. merith (i merith). Note: In the Etymologies, Tolkien changed the relevant root from MER to MBER so that mereth became bereth, but names occurring in Tolkien’s narratives (Mereth Aderthad, Merethrond) were not changed, so this revision was never fully implemented.
mereth
feast
mereth (i vereth) (festival), pl. merith (i merith). Note: In the Etymologies, Tolkien changed the relevant root from _ to
mereth
feast
(i vereth) (festival), pl. merith (i merith). Note: In the Etymologies, Tolkien changed the relevant root from MER to MBER so that mereth became bereth, but names occurring in Tolkien’s narratives (Mereth Aderthad, Merethrond) were not changed, so this revision was never fully implemented.
bereth
noun. feast, festival
Changes
mereth→ bereth “festive” ✧ Ety/MBERCognates
- ᴹQ. meren(de) “feast, festival” ✧ Ety/MBER
Derivations
- ᴹ√M(B)ER “*feast, festive” ✧ Ety/MBER; Ety/MBER
Element in
- N. Mereth Aderthad “Feast of (Games and) Reuniting” ✧ Ety/MBER
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MBER > bereth [mberette] > [mberettʰe] > [mbereθθe] > [bereθθe] > [bereθθ] > [bereθ] ✧ Ety/MBER ᴹ√MER > mereth [merette] > [merettʰe] > [mereθθe] > [mereθθ] > [mereθ] ✧ Ety/MBER Variations
- bereth ✧ Ety/MBER
- mereth ✧ Ety/MBER (
mereth)
mereth
noun. feast, festival
The word was changed to bereth in the Etymologies, but was never changed in the texts (cf. Mereth Aderthad and the compound Merethrond)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
meren(de)
noun. feast, festival
Cognates
- N. bereth “feast, festival” ✧ Ety/MBER
Derivations
- ᴹ√M(B)ER “*feast, festive” ✧ Ety/MBER; EtyAC/MBER
Element in
- ᴺQ. merenya- “to be festive, celebrate”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√MBER > meren [mberende] > [mberend] > [merend] > [meren] ✧ Ety/MBER ᴹ√MER > meren [meren] ✧ EtyAC/MBER ᴹ√MER > mernen [merenen] > [mernen] ✧ EtyAC/MBER Variations
- meren ✧ Ety/MBER; EtyAC/MBER (
meren)- merende ✧ Ety/MBER
dulwen
noun. feast
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “feast” based on a (hypothetical) early root ᴱ√DULU having to do with dining (GL/31).
Elements
Word Gloss DULU “*dinner, dine” -wen “noun suffix”
kalende
noun. festival, a special day
Derivations
- ᴱ√KALA “shine golden” ✧ QL/044
Element in
- Eq. austalende “mid-summer’s day”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√KALA > kalende [kalendē] > [kalende] ✧ QL/044
meren (merend-), merendë noun "feast, festival" (MBER; Tolkien first gave the stem-form of meren as mern- before emending it to merend-, VT45:33-34)