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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 | '''''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> | ||
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> | |||
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* ''[[Deldúwath]]'' | * ''[[Deldúwath]]'' | ||
* ''[[Gwathló]]'' = ''gwath'' + ''[[lô]]'' ("shallow") | * ''[[Gwathló]]'' = ''gwath'' + ''[[lô]]'' ("shallow") | ||
* (Noldorin) ''[[Agarwaen|Iarwath]]'' = ''iar'' + ''gwath'' ("Blood-stained")<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entries YAR, WAȜ</ref> | |||
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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
Examples
Cognates
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