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'''''gwaith | '''''gwaith''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "'people' associated by place and occupation". The forms '''''-weith''''' and '''''waith''''' are often used of "regions in proper names ''or'' peoples".<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 190</ref> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
* [[Danwaith]] | *denoting people | ||
* [[Forodwaith (people)|Forodwaith]] = "People of the North" | **''[[Danwaith]]'' | ||
* [[Gaurwaith]] | **''[[Forodwaith (people)|Forodwaith]]'' = "People of the North" | ||
* [[Gwaith-i-Mírdain]] = "Brotherhood of Jewel-smiths" | **''[[Gaurwaith]]'' | ||
* [[Tawarwaith]] | **''[[Gwaith-i-Mírdain]]'' = "Brotherhood of Jewel-smiths" | ||
**''[[Silvan Elves#Names|Tawarwaith]]'' | |||
*denoting region or land | |||
* | **''[[Drúwaith Iaur]]'' | ||
* [[Enedwaith]] | **''[[Enedwaith]]'' | ||
* [[Forodwaith (lands)|Forodwaith]] | **''[[Forodwaith (lands)|Forodwaith]]'' | ||
* [[Harad|Haradwaith]] | **''[[Harad|Haradwaith]]'' | ||
==See also== | |||
*Sindarin ''[[rim]]'' | |||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[nóre]]'' | |||
*Noldorin: ''[[gweith]]'' | |||
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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]] | [[Category:Sindarin nouns]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:20, 19 October 2012
gwaith is a Sindarin word meaning "'people' associated by place and occupation". The forms -weith and waith are often used of "regions in proper names or peoples".[1]
Examples[edit | edit source]
- denoting people
- Danwaith
- Forodwaith = "People of the North"
- Gaurwaith
- Gwaith-i-Mírdain = "Brotherhood of Jewel-smiths"
- Tawarwaith
- denoting region or land
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 190
