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Gnomish

hair

adjective. timely, punctual, in good time

Element in

  • G. Hairen “Spring” ✧ GL/47; LT1A/Tuilérë
Gnomish [GL/47; LT1A/Tuilérë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

haidra

adverb. timely, punctual, in good time

mô

noun. hand

Cognates

  • Eq. má “hand”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√MAHA “grasp” ✧ GL/55

Variations

  • mâ ✧ GG/14 (mâ)
Gnomish [GG/14; GL/55; GL/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

faigli

noun. hair, long tresses

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hair, long tresses”, a term Tolkien said was used especially of women (GL/33). Its primitive form appearing on another page as ᴱ✶fīđ’lī (GL/35). Its form illustrates a number of Gnomish sound changes, notably how long ī became ai and how ðl became gl; these sound changes were abandoned in later Sindarin.

Derivations

Element in

  • G. faiglim “having long hair” ✧ GL/33; LT2A/Faiglindra
  • G. Faiglindra “Long-tressed” ✧ LT2A/Faiglindra
  • G. faiglion “having long hair” ✧ GL/33; LT2A/Faiglindra

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶fīđ’lī > faigli[ɸīðlī] > [fīðlī] > [faiðlī] > [faiðli] > [faigli]✧ GL/35
Gnomish [GL/33; GL/35; LT2A/Faiglindra] Group: Eldamo. Published by