-ath
From Tolkien Gateway
-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
- Argonath (used as a dual)
- Cirith Thoronath
- Dagor Dagorath
- Drúath
- ennorath
- Eglath
- giliath
- Periannath
- Taur-im-Duinath (again dual, referring to a forest between two rivers Sirion and Gelion)
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)
