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'''''gwath''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "shade", "shadow" or "dim light".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''gwath, wath''</ref><ref name=VT42>{{VT|42a}}, p. 9</ref>  
'''''gwath''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "shade", "shadow" or "dim light",<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''gwath, wath''</ref><ref name=VT42>{{VT|42a}}, p. 9</ref> as well as "stain"{{fact}}.
 
In ''[[The Etymologies]]'' the word is labelled as [[Noldorin]], and glossed as "stain", coalesced with the notion of "shade".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries WAȜ, WATH</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
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==Examples==
==Examples==
* ''[[Deldúwath]]''
* ''[[Deldúwath|Deldú'''wath''']]'' = "Deadly Nightshade"
* ''[[Gwathló]]'' = ''gwath'' + ''[[]]'' ("shallow")
*''[[Ered Wethrin|Ered '''Weth'''rin]]'' = "Mountains of Shadow"
* ''[[Gwathló|'''Gwath'''ló]]'' = "Greyflood"
*''[[Thuringwethil|Thurin'''gweth'''il]]'' = "Woman of Secret Shadow"
 
* ([[Noldorin]]) ''[[Agarwaen|Iar'''wath''']]'' = ''iar'' + ''gwath'' ("Blood-stained")<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries YAR, WAȜ</ref>


==Cognates==
==Cognates==

Latest revision as of 15:04, 20 September 2021

gwath is a Sindarin word meaning "shade", "shadow" or "dim light".[1][2]

In The Etymologies the word is labelled as Noldorin, and glossed as "stain", coalesced with the notion of "shade".[3]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Examples[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry gwath, wath
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 9
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entries WAȜ, WATH
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entries YAR, WAȜ