lassē

noun. leaf

Derivations

• √LAS “leaf” ✧ PE17/153; VT39/09

Derivatives

• Q. lassë “leaf, leaf; [ᴱQ.] petal” ✧ Let/282; PE19/106; PE19/106; VT39/09
• S. lass “leaf, leaf; [G.] petal”

Element in

• ✶lassiē “*leafness”

las

root. leaf

This root was connected to leaves throughout Tolkien’s life. It did not appear directly in the Qenya or Gnomish lexicons of the 1910s, but ✱ᴱ√LASA “leaf” is implied by ᴱQ. lasse and G. lass “leaf” (QL/51; GL/52). ᴹ√LAS appeared directly in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the derivatives ᴹQ. lasse and N. lhass (Ety/LAS¹), and the root √LAS “leaf” was also mentioned in Tolkien’s later writings (PE17/77; VT39/9).

Derivatives

• Nan. las “leaf”
• ✶lassē “leaf” ✧ PE17/153; VT39/09
  • Q. lassë “leaf, leaf; [ᴱQ.] petal” ✧ Let/282; PE19/106; PE19/106; VT39/09
  • S. lass “leaf, leaf; [G.] petal”

Element in

• Nan. Legolas “Greenleaf” ✧ PE17/153

Variations

• las ✧ PE17/077; VT39/09
• LAS ✧ PE17/153

slas

root. ear

Derivatives

• ✶slas “ear”
  • Q. hlas “ear” ✧ PE17/077
• Q. hlar- “to hear”
• Q. hlas “ear” ✧ PE17/062
• ᴺS. lhassa- “to hear”
• ᴺS. lhae- “to hear”
• S. lheweg “ear” ✧ PE17/062

Variations

• S-LAS ✧ PE17/062
• SLAS/S-LAS ✧ PE17/185

slas

noun. ear

Derivations

• √SLAS “ear”

Derivatives

• Q. hlas “ear” ✧ PE17/077