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'''Beth''' is [[Sindarin]] for 'word'.
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'''Peth''' is the [[Sindarin]] word for "word".<ref name="Etymology">{{LR|Etymologies}}, [[KWE|KWET]]</ref>


==References==
==Etymology==
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
Possible [[Old Sindarin]] *''pettha'' ([[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[KWETE]])<ref name="Etymology"/>


[[Category:Sindarin words]]
==Examples==
* ''[[Malbeth]]'', where perhaps is used in the agentive sense, "speaker".
*''[[athrabeth]]''
*''[[lasta-|lasto]] '''beth''' [[lam]]men'' "Hear the '''word''' of my tongue"<ref>{{FR|II4}}</ref>
 
==Cognates==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[quetta]]''
 
*[[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]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

References