Súriquessë: Difference between revisions

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Súriquessë is the Elvish name of a grass.^[1]^{[note 1]}

The name likely means "wind feather".^[1] It has been suggested that the name is Quenya,^[2] and would derive from súre and quesse.^[source?]

↑ The name appears on unpublished drawings related to an illustration (fig. 196) by Tolkien depicting the grass; Hammond and Scull describes the physical appearance of the grass as a "tuft of radiating grass".

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-'''Súriquesse''' refers to a a "tuft of radiating grass".<ref>The plant is a drawing by Tolkien in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator]]'', p. 197</ref>
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+'''''Súriquessë''''' is the [[Elvish]] name of a grass.<ref name=AI>{{HM|AI}}, pp. 197-8</ref><ref group="note">The name appears on unpublished drawings related to  an illustration (fig. 196) by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] depicting the grass; [[Wayne G. Hammond|Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull|Scull]] describes the physical appearance of the grass as a "''tuft of radiating grass''".</ref>
 ==Etymology==
-The name means "wind feather" and derives from ''[[súre]]'' and ''[[quesse]]''.
+The name likely means "wind feather".<ref name=AI/> It has been suggested that the name is [[Quenya]],<ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]], "[http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm Quettaparma Quenyallo]" (accessed 7 June 2011)</ref> and would derive from ''[[súre]]'' and ''[[quesse]]''.{{fact}}
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-[[Category:plants]]
+==See also==
+*''[[linquë súrisse]]''
+*''[[pilinehtar]]''
+{{references|note}}
+{{title|lowercase}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:suriquesse}}
+[[Category:Plants]]
 [[Category:Quenya nouns]]