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* [[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]]) | *[[Taur-im-Duinath|Taur-im-'''Duinath''']] (again dual, referring to a forest between two rivers [[Sirion]] and [[Gelion]]) | ||
*[[Periannath]] | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[atta]]'' | *[[Quenya]] ''[[atta]]'' | ||
Revision as of 05:11, 19 June 2018
-ath is a Sindarin collective plural suffix,[1] meaning all of the group to which it is affixed. It originated as a dual, and is sometimes still used as such.
Examples
- ennorath
- 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)
- Periannath
See also
References
- ↑ 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), pp. 24-26
- 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)
