Eldamo : Primitive Elvish : PHAL

√PHAL root. “foam, splash”

√PHAL root. “foam, splash”: ?ᴱ√SARA² “*surf”

This root was connected to Elvish words for foaming waves for much of Tolkien’s life. It first appeared as unglossed ᴱ√FALA² in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with derivatives like ᴱQ. falas “shore, beach”, ᴱQ. falmar “wave as it breaks” and ᴱQ. falmo “foam” (QL/37). It had a similar set of derivatives in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon such as G. falm “a breaker, a wave” and G. falos “sea-marge, surf, coast, line, beach; margin, fringe, edge” (GL/33).

In The Etymologies of the 1930s the root appeared as ᴹ√PHAL “foam” with extended form ᴹ√PHÁLAS and derivatives like ᴹQ. falasse/N. falas “beach” and ᴹQ. falma/N. falf “(crested) wave, breaker” (Ety/PHAL). The root appeared a couple of times in Tolkien’s later writings with glosses like “foam” (PE17/62) and “splash” (PE17/73).

References ✧ PE17/62, 73, 173

Glosses

“foam” ✧ PE17/62
“foam, splash” ✧ PE17/173
“splash” ✧ PE17/73

Derivatives

> ᴺQ. ^falarya- “to splash, ⚠️foam”
- ⇒ ᴺQ. !falarië “splashing, splash”
> ᴺQ. !falwa “turquoise, (lit.) pale surf colour”
> ᴺS. !felaich “splash”
> ᴺS. !felechia- “to splash”
⇒ Q. Falarombar
> Q. falassë “(wave-beaten) shore, seashore, line of surf” ✧ PE17/62
- ⇒ 4 compounds
> Q. falasta- “to foam, surge”
> Q. falma “(crested or foaming) wave, breaker” ✧ PE17/62; PE17/73
- ⇒ 6 compounds
> S. falas “beach, shore, strand, surf(line)” ✧ PE17/62; PE17/73
- ⇒ 10 compounds
⇒ S. faloth “large foamy wave”
- ⇒ S. Asfaloth “Sunlit Foam” ✧ PE17/18

ᴹ√PHAL root. “foam”

See √PHAL for discussion.

References ✧ Ety/NYEL, PHAL, SPAL; EtyAC/SPAL

Glosses

“foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL (PHAL/PHÁLAS)

Variations

PHAL ✧ Ety/NYEL
PHAL/PHÁLAS ✧ Ety/PHAL; Ety/SPAL

SPÁLAS is a variant of PHAL/PHÁLAS “foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
SPÁLAS is a variant of PHAL/PHÁLAS ✧ Ety/SPAL

Changes

PHAL/PHALAS »» PHAL/PHÁLAS ✧ EtyAC/SPAL

Derivatives

⇒ ᴹQ. Falanyel “*Beach Singer” ✧ Ety/PHAL
> ᴹQ. falasse “beach” ✧ Ety/PHAL
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Falanyel “*Beach Singer”
- ⇒ ᴹQ. Falasse
> ᴹQ. falle “foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
> ᴹQ. falma “(crested) wave” ✧ Ety/PHAL
> ᴹQ. falmar(in) “sea-spirit, nymph” ✧ Ety/PHAL
⇒ ᴹT. Fallinel “Teleri” ✧ Ety/NYEL; Ety/PHAL
> N. falas “beach, shore” ✧ Ety/PHAL; Ety/PHAL
- ⇒ 6 compounds
> N. falf “foam, breaker” ✧ Ety/PHAL
⇒ N. Men Falros “*Place of Splashing Foam”
> ON. phalsa- “to foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL
- > N. faltha- “to foam” ✧ Ety/PHAL

ᴱ√FALA² root. “*foam, wave”

See √PHAL for discussion.

References ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman; QL/37

Variations

FALA ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/37
fal-¹ ✧ GL/33

fal-¹ very similar to thol- ✧ GL/33

Derivatives

> ᴱQ. falas(se) “shore, beach, surf” ✧ LT1A/Falman; LT1A/Falman; QL/37
- ⇒ 4 compounds
> ᴱQ. falasta- “to surge, make a sound like surf”
> ᴱQ. Falman “Osse” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/37
- ⇒ ᴱQ. Falmasan “Friday”
> ᴱQ. falmar “wave (as it breaks), foamcrest” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/37
> ᴱQ. falmo “foam” ✧ LT1A/Falman; QL/37
- ⇒ ᴱQ. falmarin “sea-fay (male), spirit of the sea foam” ✧ LT1A/Falman
> G. falm “breaker, wave” ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman
- ⇒ G. Falmon “Ossë” ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman
⇒ G. falos “sea-marge, surf, coast, line, beach; margin, fringe, edge” ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman
- ⇒ G. Falas-a-’Wilb “Beach of Peace” ✧ LT2A/Falasquil; PE15/24
- ⇒ G. Falathron “Ossë” ✧ GL/33; LT1A/Falman
> G. flass “sea-marge, surf; foam; margin, ragged margin, fringe”
- ⇒ 4 compounds