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'''''-ath''''' is a [[Sindarin]] collective plural suffix, meaning all of the group to which it is affixed. It originated as a dual, and is sometimes still used as such. | '''''-ath''''' is a [[Sindarin]] collective plural suffix, meaning all of the group to which it is affixed. It originated as a dual, and is sometimes still used as such. | ||
==Etymology== | |||
Perhaps [[OS]] *''attha'' a form of "two"; cf. [[Quenya]] ''[[atta]]'' | |||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
* [[giliath]] | * [[giliath]] | ||
*[[Eglath]] | *[[Eglath]] | ||
*[[Drúath]] | |||
*[[Cirith Thoronath|Cirith '''Thoronath''']] | |||
* [[Argonath]] (used as a dual) | * [[Argonath]] (used as a dual) | ||
*[[Taur-im-Duinath|Taur-im-'''Duinath''']] (again dual, referring to a forest between two rivers [[Sirion]] and [[Gelion]]) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:14, 22 October 2010
-ath is a Sindarin collective plural suffix, meaning all of the group to which it is affixed. It originated as a dual, and is sometimes still used as such.
Etymology
Perhaps OS *attha a form of "two"; cf. Quenya atta
Examples
- giliath
- Eglath
- Drúath
- Cirith Thoronath
- Argonath (used as a dual)
- Taur-im-Duinath (again dual, referring to a forest between two rivers Sirion and Gelion)
References
- J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 347, (dated 17 December 1972)
- J.R.R. Tolkien, "Notes and Translations": Commentary to "A Elbereth Gilthoniel", in The Road Goes Ever On, especially pages 72-3 (third edition).
