laug

adjective. warm

laug

warm

laug (pl. loeg)

laug

adjective. warm

laug

warm

(pl. loeg)

gladhwen

feminine name. Laughing Maiden

The Sindarin equivalent of Lalwendë, a combination of gladh- “laugh” and the suffixal form -wen of gwend “maiden” (PM/343, 359 note #29).

lalaith

feminine name. Laughter

Name of Túrin’s deceased sister, translated “Laughter” (S/198). It is apparently the noun lalaith used as a name.

Conceptual Development: In Silmarillion revisions from the late 1950s, her name was changed to Lalaeth (MR/374), but that was not the name Christopher Tolkien used in the published Silmarillion.

lalaith

noun. laughter

lalaith

noun. laughter

gladh-

verb. to laugh, to laugh [at a joke], *guffaw

This word is not compatible with the name Lalaith “Laughter” attested in The Silmarillion. The most likely explanation of this name is that it is the unattested verb ✱lala- “laugh” with the abstract noun suffix -th seen in tirith “watch(ing)” and sirith “flowing”. This indicates a primitive form ✶lala- instead of ✶glada- (both primitives produce Quenya lala-). If you were to accept gladh- as the Sindarin word for “laugh”, then the word for “laughter” would perhaps be the equivalent abstract noun ✱gladhath, and the name Lalaith might be a mix of Quenya and Sindarin. @@@ Neo-Sindarin uses

lala-

verb. to laugh

gladh-

verb. to laugh

lall

noun. laugh

gladha

laugh

(verb) gladha- (i **ladha, in gladhar**)

gladha

laugh

(i ’ladha, in gladhar)

lalaith

laughter

lalaith; no distinct pl. form..

lalaith

laughter

; no distinct pl. form..

iaeda-

verb. to mock, deride, make fun of, laugh at