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'''Peth''' is the [[Sindarin]] word for "word". | __NOTOC__ | ||
'''Peth''' is the [[Sindarin]] word for "word".<ref name="Etymology">{{LR|Etymologies}}, [[KWE|KWET]]</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Possible [[Old Sindarin]] *''pettha'' ([[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[KWETE]]) | Possible [[Old Sindarin]] *''pettha'' ([[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[KWETE]])<ref name="Etymology"/> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
* ''[[Malbeth]]'', where perhaps is used in the agentive sense, "speaker". | * ''[[Malbeth]]'', where perhaps is used in the agentive sense, "speaker". | ||
*''[[athrabeth]]'' | *''[[athrabeth]]'' | ||
*''[[lasta-|lasto]] '''beth''' [[lam]]men'' "Hear the '''word''' of my tongue" | *''[[lasta-|lasto]] '''beth''' [[lam]]men'' "Hear the '''word''' of my tongue"<ref>{{FR|II4}}</ref> | ||
==Cognates== | ==Cognates== | ||
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*[[Adûnaic]] ''[[bêth]]'' (obviously a loanword) | *[[Adûnaic]] ''[[bêth]]'' (obviously a loanword) | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:14, 9 November 2012
Peth is the Sindarin word for "word".[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Possible Old Sindarin *pettha (Root KWETE)[1]
Examples[edit | edit source]
- Malbeth, where perhaps is used in the agentive sense, "speaker".
- athrabeth
- lasto beth lammen "Hear the word of my tongue"[2]
Cognates[edit | edit source]