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'''''Nogoth''''' (plural ''Noegyth'') is a [[Sindarin]] word for "Dwarf" as a race. It is a combination of the adjective ''[[naug]]'' "dwarf" and the augmentative suffix ''-oth'', so literally meaning "Big Dwarf".<ref>{{ | '''''Nogoth''''' (plural ''Noegyth'') is a [[Sindarin]] word for "Dwarf" as a race.<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}, p. 388</ref> It is a combination of the adjective ''[[naug]]'' "dwarf" and the augmentative suffix ''-oth'', so literally meaning "Big Dwarf".<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 45</ref> | ||
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Nogoth (plural Noegyth) is a Sindarin word for "Dwarf" as a race.[1] It is a combination of the adjective naug "dwarf" and the augmentative suffix -oth, so literally meaning "Big Dwarf".[2]
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References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar", p. 388
- ↑ 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. 45
