G. faigli n. “hair, long tresses” (Category: Hair)
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “hair, long tresses”, a term Tolkien said was used especially of women (GL/33). Its primitive form appearing on another page as ᴱ✶fīđ’lī (GL/35). Its form illustrates a number of Gnomish sound changes, notably how long ī became ai and how ðl became gl; these sound changes were abandoned in later Sindarin.
References ✧ GL/33, 35; LT2A/Faiglindra
Glosses
Elements
| #-li | “noun suffix” | ✧ GL/33 (#-li) |
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Phonetic Developments
| ᴱ✶fīđ’lī > faigli | [ɸīðlī] > [fīðlī] > [faiðlī] > [faiðli] > [faigli] | ✧ GL/35 |