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What, if any, is the feminine form of perian/periannath? I'm trying to write about a married hobbit with several children from the point of view of an elf, so hobbit-maid and hobbit-lass both seem at least slightly inappropriate, and neither "hobbit woman" nor "female hobbit" are pleasing to my ear.

 

There's really no way to actually feminise (femininise?) words in Elvish. You might try adding the basic -wen ending, for perianwen, although this still has the connotation of "Hobbit-maiden". If you're daring, you might be willing to postulate that -eth is some sort of feminine ending, considering that it changes adan, “mortal man”, to adaneth “mortal woman”. By this, then, something like perianeth might be conceivable.

-Aerlinnel

 

-iriel and -iniel seem to be feminine endings in Sindarin names.

 

Close. -iel means "daughter of", whereas -riel means "garlanded maiden", as in Galadriel "Light-Garlanded Maiden". But good point - I hadn't thought of those.

-Aerlinnel

 

Great, thanks! I'm liking perianeth. We'll see if the story in question ever progresses far enough that I need to use it!

 

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