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'''''dû''''' is a [[Sindarin]] | '''''dû''''' (or '''''dú'''''<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, ''dú''</ref> is a [[Sindarin]] noun meaning "nightfall", "late evening", "night", or "dimness"<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 37</ref>. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
From [[OS]] ''[[dogme]]'', [[root]] [[ | From [[OS]] ''[[dogme]]'', [[PQ]] *''doȝmi'', [[root]] [[DOȜ]]; and/or OS *''doume'', from [[PQ]] ''[[dōmi]]'' from related root [[DÔ]].<ref name="E">{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry DOȜ, DÔ-</ref> | ||
It is also associated with ''[[ndû]]''.<ref name="E"/> | It is also associated with ''[[ndû]]''.<ref name="E"/> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*[[dúath]] | * ''[[dúath]]'' | ||
* [[Nanduhirion|Nan'''du'''hirion]] | * ''[[Nanduhirion|Nan'''du'''hirion]]'' | ||
*[[dúlind]] | * ''[[dúlind]]'' | ||
*[[tindu]] | * ''[[tindu]]'' | ||
==Cognates== | ==Cognates== | ||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[lóme|ló, lóme]]'' | * [[Quenya]] ''[[lóme|ló, lóme]]'' | ||
*[[Ilkorin]] ''[[daum]], [[dûm]]'' | * [[Ilkorin]] ''[[daum]], [[dûm]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]] | [[Category:Sindarin nouns]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:44, 3 November 2012
dû (or dú[1] is a Sindarin noun meaning "nightfall", "late evening", "night", or "dimness"[2].
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From OS dogme, PQ *doȝmi, root DOȜ; and/or OS *doume, from PQ dōmi from related root DÔ.[3]
It is also associated with ndû.[3]
Examples[edit | edit source]
Cognates[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", dú
- ↑ 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. 37
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry DOȜ, DÔ-
