Eldamo : Quenya : niquessë

Q. niquessë n. “frost-patterns; snowflake, ice-flake; (lit.) chill feather” (Category: Ice, Frost)

Q. niquessë, n. “frost-patterns; snowflake, ice-flake; (lit.) chill feather” (Category: Ice, Frost)

A noun literally meaning “chill feather”, but variously used for “frost-patterns” (WJ/417) or “snowflake, ice-flake” (PE17/168). It originated as a variant of niquis (niquiss-) where the second element was modified by association with quessë “feather”.

See Q. niquis for further discussion.

References ✧ PE17/168; WJ/417

Glosses

“chill feather, snowflake” ✧ PE17/168
“frost-patterns” ✧ WJ/417
“ice-flake or snowflake” ✧ PE17/168

niquis “ice-flake or snowflake, petal (loose) of a white flower” often through association with quesse changed to niquesse “ice-flake or snowflake” ✧ PE17/168

Elements

nixë	“frost; ice-flake or snow-flake”	✧ WJ/417
quessë	“feather”	✧ PE17/168; WJ/417