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'''''rim''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "host",<ref>{{L|144}}, p. 178 (form ''rim'')</ref><ref>{{L|297}}, p. 382 (form ''rĩm'')</ref> or "a people of one kind or origin".<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 190 (form ''rim'')</ref> | '''''rim''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "host",<ref>{{L|144}}, p. 178 (form ''rim'')</ref><ref>{{L|297}}, p. 382 (form ''rĩm'')</ref> or "a people of one kind or origin".<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 190 (form ''rim'')</ref> '''''rim(b)''''' is glossed as "great number".<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 50</ref> | ||
The word often appears in compound names as the suffix '''''-rim''''', denoting "a group".<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 62 (form ''-rim'')</ref> | The word often appears in compound names as the suffix '''''-rim''''', denoting "a group".<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 62 (form ''-rim'')</ref> | ||
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*[[Sindarin]] ''[[gwaith]]'' | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[gwaith]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]] | [[Category:Sindarin nouns]] | ||
[[Category:Sindarin suffixes]] | [[Category:Sindarin suffixes]] |
Revision as of 16:18, 20 July 2011
rim is a Sindarin word meaning "host",[1][2] or "a people of one kind or origin".[3] rim(b) is glossed as "great number".[4]
The word often appears in compound names as the suffix -rim, denoting "a group".[5]
Examples
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 144, (dated 25 April 1954), p. 178 (form rim)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 297, (dated August 1967), p. 382 (form rĩm)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 190 (form rim)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 50
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 62 (form -rim)