rhoss

noun. rain

rhoss Archaic

noun. polished metal

An archaic noun for “polished metal” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√RUS “flash, glitter of metal” that was “chiefly found in names” like N. Maidhros “Pale-glitter” (Ety/RUS). In Tolkien’s later writings the second element of Maedhros or Maedros was S. ross “red-haired”, so this 1930s word was probably abandoned. However there is a hint Tolkien may have still been considering it in the gloss “Star-glitter” for the name Elros from the Quendi and Eldar essay of 1959-60 (WJ/414); elsewhere Elros was usually translated “Star-foam” (Let/448; PM/349).

Neo-Sindarin: If you do decide to use this word, it should be adapted as ᴺS. ross “polished metal” since in Noldorin of the 1930s initial r unvoiced to rh, but this was not the case for Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s.

rhoss

noun. rain

thloss

noun. whisper or rustling sound

thross

noun. whisper or rustling sound

lhoss

noun. wilderness

floss

noun. whisper or rustling sound

rhoss

noun. whisper or rustling sound

ross

noun. rain

lhoss

noun. whisper or rustling sound

rhoss

whisper

(noun) *rhoss (?i thross or ?i ross_ _ the lenition product of rh- is uncertain; construct rhos) (rustling sound), pl. rhyss (?idh ryss). Suggested S form of ”N” thross.

rhoss

rustling sound

(noun) *rhoss (?i thross or ?i ross_ _ the lenition product of rh- is uncertain; construct rhos) (whisper), pl. rhyss (?idh ryss). Suggested S form of ”N” thross.

rhoss

whisper

(?i thross or ?i ross* – the lenition product of **rh***- is uncertain; construct rhos) (rustling sound), pl. rhyss (?idh ryss). – Suggested S form of ”N” thross**.

rhoss

rustling sound

(?i thross or ?i ross* – the lenition product of **rh***- is uncertain; construct rhos) (whisper), pl. rhyss (?idh ryss). – Suggested S form of ”N” thross**.

ross

rain

ross (construct ros) (foam, dew, spray [of fall or fountain]), pl. ryss (idh ryss). (Letters:282) Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”polished metal, glitter”.

ross

rain

(construct ros) (foam, dew, spray [of fall or fountain]), pl. ryss (idh ryss). (Letters:282) Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”polished metal, glitter”.

ross

polished metal

†ross (glitter), pl. ryss (idh ryss). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”spray, foam, rain, dew”. For concrete metals, see COPPER, GOLD, IRON, SILVER. Unidentified metals: 1) mithril (i vithril, no distinct pl. form except with article [i mithril], coll. pl. ?mithrillath). The description of mithril may seem to fit titanium. 2) galvorn (i **alvorn, pl. gelvyrn [in ngelvyrn**] if there is a pl.), a black metal made by the Dark Elf Eöl. (WJ:322)

ross

polished metal

†ross (glitter), pl. ryss (idh ryss). Note: homophones mean ”reddish, russet, copper-coloured, red-haired” and also ”spray, foam, rain, dew”.

ross Archaic

noun. polished metal

lhoss

whisper

(?i thloss or ?i loss [the lenition product of lh is uncertain], construct lhos), pl. lhyss (?i lyss). – Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thloss, floss.

lhoss

whisper

(noun) (also = ”rustling sound”) *lhoss (?i thloss or ?i loss [the lenition product of lh is uncertain],_ _construct lhos), pl. lhyss (?i lyss). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thloss, floss.

lhoss

rustling sound

(?i thloss or ?i loss [the lenition product of lh is uncertain], construct lhos), pl. lhyss (?i lyss). – Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thloss, floss.

eilia

rain

(vb.) eilia-, impersonal 3rd singular uil "it rains". (In ”Noldorin”, the impersonal form was "oeil" = öil, later eil.)

eilia

rain

impersonal 3rd singular uil "it rains". (In ”Noldorin”, the impersonal form was "oeil" = öil, later eil.)

lussa-

verb. to whisper

lussa- vb. "to whisper" (SLUS/SRUS). Since Tolkien eventually decided that roots in sl- yield Quenya words in hl- (though this was pronounced l- in late Exilic Quenya), it may be that the spelling *hlussa- is to be preferred.

ulo

noun. rain

ulo

noun. rain

A noun for “rain” in Late Notes on Verbs from 1969 given as {ulla >>} ulo in the phrase ulo úva “rain (unwelcome) is coming”, clearly related to the impersonal verb ul- “to rain” appearing in its future form on the same page: uluva “it will rain” (PE22/167).

Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, the noun for “rain” was ᴱQ. úqil, likewise related to the contemporaneous verb ᴱQ. uqin “it rains” (QL/98).