caras

/'ka.ras/ ecRcf
noun
city, fort or dwelling surrounded by bulwarks, circular earthwall with dike
plural cerais
Attested in writing
noun place

Etymology

Root: √KAR "do, make, build"
karasse › karass › karas View phonetic development in Quettamorphosis

Elements

  • KAR make, do root
  • -sse probably an abstract noun suffix suffix

Cognates

quenya carassë

References

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Sources: PE17/60, 84, RC/311

Notes

The sense of "earthwall, bulwark" is considered archaic.