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'''gwath''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning | __NOTOC__ | ||
'''''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> | |||
[[Category:Sindarin | 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== | |||
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[WATH]]<ref name=VT42/> | |||
==Examples== | |||
* ''[[Deldúwath|Deldú'''wath''']]'' = "Deadly Nightshade" | |||
*''[[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== | |||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[auth]]'' | |||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[ausa]]'' | |||
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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]
- Deldúwath = "Deadly Nightshade"
- Ered Wethrin = "Mountains of Shadow"
- Gwathló = "Greyflood"
- Thuringwethil = "Woman of Secret Shadow"
Cognates[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry gwath, wath
- ↑ 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
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entries WAȜ, WATH
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entries YAR, WAȜ