pl1. #periain, pl2. #periannath** ** n. halfling. >> berain, pheriain, pheriannath
Sindarin
pheriannath
pheriannath
Perian
halfling
perian
noun. Halfling, Hobbit
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)
mutated form of #periannath after article i >> perain