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'''Perian''' (lit. "[[Halflings|Halfling]]") pl. '''Periain''' and '''Periannath''' is the [[Sindarin]] name for [[Hobbits]].
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==Etymology==
'''''perian''''' (lit. "[[Halflings|Halfling]]"), plural '''''periain''''' and collective plural '''''Periannath''''', is the [[Sindarin]] name for [[Hobbits]].<ref>{{RK|V8}}, p. 859 ([[The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)|50th Anniv. Ed.]]): "[...] a hobbit, a ''perian'' [...]")</ref><ref>{{RGEO|Notes}}, p. 75 ("''Periannath'', 'the Hobbits (as a race),' as collective pl. of ''perian'' 'halfling' (pl. ''periain'')"</ref><ref>{{L|230}}, p. 308</ref><ref name=AppE/>
Hypothetical [[OS]] *''Periando'' (there were no Hobbits in the [[First Age]]) from the [[root]] [[PER]]
 
==Other forms==
==Other forms==
*i-Pheriannath: demostrating [[nasal mutation]] (''i'''n-P'''eriannath'')  
*''i-Pheriannath'': demonstrating [[nasal mutation]] (''i'''n-P'''eriannath'')<ref name=AppE>{{App|E1i}}, p. 1114 ([[The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)|50th Anniv. Ed.]])</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 66</ref>
 
==Cognates==
==Cognates==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[Periando]]''
*[[Quenya]] ''[[Periando]]''
*[[Westron]] ''[[Banakil]]''
*[[Westron]] ''[[Banakil]]''
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[[fr:encyclo/peuples/hobbits/periannath]]
[[fi:Perian]]

Revision as of 22:59, 15 February 2021

perian (lit. "Halfling"), plural periain and collective plural Periannath, is the Sindarin name for Hobbits.[1][2][3][4]

Other forms

Cognates

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Houses of Healing", p. 859 (50th Anniv. Ed.): "[...] a hobbit, a perian [...]")
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes and Translations", in The Road Goes Ever On (J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann), p. 75 ("Periannath, 'the Hobbits (as a race),' as collective pl. of perian 'halfling' (pl. periain)"
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961), p. 308
  4. 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Pronunciation of Words and Names", "Consonants", p. 1114 (50th Anniv. Ed.)
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 66