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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> as well as "stain"{{fact}}.
'''''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}}.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[WATH]]<ref name=VT42/>
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[WATH]]<ref name=VT42/>


==Examples==
==Examples==
* ''[[Deldúwath]]''
* ''[[Deldúwath]]''
* ''[[Gwathló]]'' = ''gwath'' + ''[[lô]]'' ("shallow")
* ''[[Gwathló]]'' = ''gwath'' + ''[[lô]]'' ("shallow")


==Cognates==
==Cognates==
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[auth]]''
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[auth]]''
*[[Quenya]] ''[[ausa]]''
*[[Quenya]] ''[[ausa]]''


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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]

Revision as of 11:46, 18 November 2012

gwath
Tengwar, Sindarin mode

gwath is a Sindarin word meaning "shade", "shadow" or "dim light",[1][2] as well as "stain"[source?].

Etymology

Examples

Cognates

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