pheriannath

pheriannath

mutated form of #periannath after article i >> perain

Perian

halfling

pl1. #periain, pl2. #periannath** ** n. halfling. >> berain, pheriain, pheriannath

perian

noun. Halfling, Hobbit

Sindarin word for a “Halfing” (PE17/66, 100; RGEO/67; LotR/859) based on the root √PER “half”.

ernil i pheriannath

proper name. Prince of the Halflings

Title given to Pippin by the people Minas Tirith translated “Prince of the Halflings” (LotR/768), a combination of ernil “prince”, the elided plural form of the definite article i “the” and the nasal mutation plural of Perian “Halfling” (Let/425).

Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as Ernil a Pheriannath (WR/287). This form seems to included the genitive preposition N. a(n) “of”, elided and causing nasal mutation of the following noun, as suggested by Roman Rausch (EE/3.25).

aglar’ni pheriannath

glory to the halflings

Perian

halfling

(hobbit) perian (i berian, o pherian), pl. periain, coll. pl. periannath (also attested in nasal-mutated form pheriannath) (RGEO, Letters:426)

perian

halfling

(i berian, o pherian), pl. periain, coll. pl. periannath (also attested in nasal-mutated form pheriannath) (RGEO, Letters:426)

perian

noun. Halfling

ernil a pheriannath

proper name. Prince of the Halflings

cuio i pheriain anann

long live the halflings

perian

noun. Halfling

Quenya word for a “Halfing” (VT49/40) based on the root √PER “half”. As originally published in VT49, it was an element in Periondion, but this was corrected to Periandion in errata.

banakil

noun. halfling