S. leber n. “finger” (Category: Finger)
The Sindarin word for “finger”, derived from primitive ✶leper and based on the root √LEP “pick up” (VT47/10; VT48/5).
Conceptual Development: Tolkien used various Elvish words for “finger” over his life, but most were based on the root √LEP. The Gnomish Grammar and Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. leptha “finger” (GG/13; GL/53), clearly derived from the early root ᴱ√LEPE that was the basis for contemporaneous Qenya finger words (QL/53). In Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s it was ᴱN. lhê “finger”, derived from primitive ᴱ✶lept- (PE13/148). In The Etymologies of the 1930s it was N. lhebed “finger” based on the root ᴹ√LEPET of the same meaning (Ety/LEP). In drafts of the 1968 notes mentioned above, Tolkien had S. lebed “finger” (VT47/27), but this was replaced by leber in the finished versions (VT47/23-24 note #30).
References ✧ VT47/10, 23-24; VT48/5
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| lebid | plural | ✧ VT47/23 |
| lebir | plural | ✧ VT47/10; VT47/24; VT48/5 |
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| ✶leper- > leber | [lepero] > [leper] > [leber] | ✧ VT47/10 |
| ✶leper- > lebir | [leperī] > [leperi] > [lepiri] > [lepir] > [lebir] | ✧ VT47/10 |
| ✶leper- > leber | [lepero] > [leper] > [leber] | ✧ VT47/24 |
| ✶leperī > lebir | [leperī] > [leperi] > [lepiri] > [lepir] > [lebir] | ✧ VT47/24 |
| ✶leper > leber | [lepero] > [leper] > [leber] | ✧ VT48/5 |
| ✶leperī > lebir | [leperi] > [leperi] > [lepiri] > [lepir] > [lebir] | ✧ VT48/5 |
N. lhebed n. “finger” (Category: Finger)
Reference ✧ Ety/LEP ✧ “finger”
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| ᴹ√LEPET > lhebed | [lepete] > [lepet] > [l̥epet] > [l̥ebet] > [l̥ebed] | ✧ Ety/LEP |
ᴱN. lhê n. “finger” (Category: Finger)
References ✧ PE13/148
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| lhaith | plural | ✧ PE13/148 |
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G. leptha n. “finger” (Category: Finger)
References ✧ GG/13; GL/53
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| lepthar | dative; declension-B | ✧ GG/13 |
| lepthair | dative plural; declension-B | ✧ GG/13 |
| lepthathir | dative plural; declension-B | ✧ GG/13 |
| lepthon | genitive; declension-B | ✧ GG/13 |
| lepthaion | genitive plural; declension-B | ✧ GG/13 |
| lepthath | genitive plural; declension-B | ✧ GG/13 |
| lepthathon | genitive plural; declension-B | ✧ GG/13 |
| lepthain | plural; declension-B | ✧ GG/13 |
| lepthin | plural | ✧ GL/53 |
| lepthos | plural; dialectical | ✧ GG/13 |
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