_ n. _snow. Q. losse. >> glos, glosui, los, Loss(h)oth
Sindarin
gloss
adjective. (dazzling) white, (dazzling) white, [N.] snow-white, [G.] clear white; [N.] snow
gloss
adjective. snow-white, dazzling-white
loss
noun. snow
loss
noun. snow (especially fallen or long-lying snow)
loss
noun. snow
los
noun. snow
los
snow
{ŏ}_ n. _snow. Q. losse. >> glos, glosui, loss, Loss(h)oth
gloss
white as snow, dazzling white
gloss (in compounds -los), lenited loss; pl. glyss.
gloss
white as snow, dazzling white
gloss (in compounds -los), lenited loss; pl. glyss.
gloss
white as snow, dazzling white
(in compounds -los), lenited ’loss; pl. glyss.
gloss
white as snow, dazzling white
(in compounds -los), lenited ’loss; pl. glyss.
gloss
dazzling white
(in compounds -los), lenited ’loss; pl. glyss
loss
snow
(construct los; pl. lyss if there is a pl.) (RGEO:61-62, Letters:278, VT42:18) (Note: homophones mean ”flower” [more commonly loth] and ”wilderness”.).
loss
snow
(fallen snow) loss (construct los; pl. lyss if there is a pl.) (RGEO:61-62, Letters:278, VT42:18) (Note: homophones mean ”flower” [more commonly loth] and ”wilderness”.).
lossen
snowy
(pl. lessin, for archaic lössin). Adj.
fain
noun/adjective. white
fain
noun/adjective. cloud
glân
adjective. white, [bright shining] white; [N.] clear; [G.] pure, †bright; [ᴱN.] clean
nim
white
_adj. _white. >> Nimbrethil
nim
white
nim
adjective. white
paran
adjective. smooth, shaven (often applied to hills without trees)
silivren
adjective. (white) glittering
uilos
noun/adjective. always white, ever white as snow
uilos
noun/adjective. a small white everlasting flower also called simbelmynë or "evermind"
faen
white
(radiant). No distinct pl. form.
fain
white
; no distinct pl. form.
glân
white
1) glân (clear), lenited lân, pl. glain. (UT:390, VT45:13). Note: a homophone means ”hem, border”. 2) nimp (nim-) (pale); no distinct pl. form. 3) faen (radiant). No distinct pl. form. 4) fain; no distinct pl. form.
glân
white
(clear), lenited ’lân, pl. glain. (UT:390, VT45:13). Note: a homophone means ”hem, border”.
lossoth
snow-men
(a coll. pl.)
nimp
white
(nim-) (pale); no distinct pl. form.
nínim
snowdrop
(”white tear”), no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. nínimmath. – The niphredil seems to be a flower similar to the snowdrop (no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. niphrediliath)
paran
smooth
1) paran (lenited baran; pl. perain) (shaven). Often applied to hills wihtout trees. (RC:433) 2)
path
smooth
path (lenited bath; pl. paith)
silivren
glittering white
(lenited hilivren; pl. *silivrin**). *Verb
The usual Sindarin word for “snow” (Let/278; PE17/161; RGEO/62), especially fallen and long-lying snow (VT42/18), derived from primitive ✶lossē (PE17/161) based on the root √(G)LOS (PE17/26; RGEO/62). It sometimes appeared in a shorter form los (PE17/26, 161). See the entry on [s] for a discussion of these long vs. short variations; for purposes of Neo-Sindarin loss is probably preferable.
Conceptual Development: Perhaps the earliest iteration of this word was G. glui “snow” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, likely related to nearby words like G. gloss “white” (GL/40). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. gloss from the root ᴹ√GOLOS was both noun “snow” and adjective “snow-white” (Ety/GOLÓS), but in later writing Tolkien split these into S loss “snow” (see above) and S. gloss “(dazzling) white” (RGEO/62; VT42/18).