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Early Primitive Elvish

lehe

root. *smooth

A root implied by entries the Gnomish Lexicon such as ᴱ✶leχa > G. lech/ᴱQ. lea “smooth, slippery”, ᴱ✶leχ-rā > G. lethrin “smooth, slippery, peril(o)us”, and ᴱ✶leχ-sa > G. lais “green sward, glade” (GL/53). There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing.

Derivatives

  • ᴱ✶leχa
    • Eq. lea “smooth, slippery” ✧ GL/53
    • G. lech “smooth, slippery” ✧ GL/53
  • ᴱ✶leχ-rā
    • G. lethrin “slippery, peril(o)us” ✧ GL/53
  • ᴱ✶leχ-sa “green sward, glade”
    • G. lais “green sward, glade” ✧ GL/53
  • Eq. lé “a sward, glade”
  • G. lech “smooth place; slide”

Variations

  • lech ✧ GL/52
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/52] Group: Eldamo. Published by