alas
marble
alas
noun. marble
Cognates
- ᴺS. glast “marble”
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. alasta “of marble, marble”
glast
noun. marble
Cognates
- ᴺQ. alas “marble”
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺS. glathren “[of or like] marble”
galast-
noun. marble, (orig.) thing pleasant to touch
Derivations
Derivatives
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glast
noun. marble
A noun appearing as G. glast “marble” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/39), probably derived from ᴱ✶ʒalast- like its cognate ᴱQ. alas (alast-) “marble” in the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon (QL/30).
Neo-Sindarin: I think this word may be salvageable in Neo-Sindarin as ᴺS. glast, reconceived as a derivative of ᴹ√GALAS “joy, be glad”, perhaps from ᴺ✶galast- originally with the sense “thing pleasant to touch”.
Cognates
- Eq. alas “marble”
Derivations
- ᴱ✶ʒalast- “*marble”
Element in
glastrin
adjective. marble
An adjective appearing as G. glastrin “marble” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjectival form of G. glast (GL/39).
Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to Neo-Sindarin, I think this word would become ᴺS. glathren: compare S. othrond from S. ost + S. rond.
Cognates
- Eq. alasta “of marble, marble”
alas
noun. marble
A noun appearing as ᴱQ. alas (alast-) “marble” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s derived from primitive ᴱ✶ʒalast- (QL/30).
Neo-Quenya: I think this word may be salvageable in Neo-Quenya as ᴺQ. alas, reconceived as a derivative of ᴹ√GALAS “joy, be glad”, perhaps from ᴺ✶galast- originally with the sense “thing pleasant to touch”.
Cognates
- G. glast “marble”
Derivations
- ᴱ✶ʒalast- “*marble” ✧ QL/030
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ✶ʒalast- > alas [ɣalastǝ] > [ɣalast] > [ɣalas] > [alas] ✧ QL/030
alas (alast-) noun "marble" (QL:30, GL:39).