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Peth is the Sindarin word for "word".^[1]

Etymology

Possible Old Sindarin *pettha (Root KWETE)^[1]

Examples

Malbeth, where perhaps is used in the agentive sense, "speaker".
athrabeth
lasto beth lammen "Hear the word of my tongue"^[2]

Cognates

Quenya quetta

Adûnaic bêth (obviously a loanword)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", KWET
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Journey in the Dark"

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Sindarin nouns