auth (spectral or vague apparition), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle". DARK SHAPE, see .
Sindarin
auth
noun. dim shape, spectral or vague apparition
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶aw’tha > auth [awtʰa] > [autʰa] > [auθa] > [auθ] ✧ VT42/09
auth
noun. a dim shape, spectral or vague apparition
auth
dim shape
auth
dim shape
auth
spectral or vague apparition
auth (dim shape), pl. oeth. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
war
auth (battle), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
auth
apparition
(spectral or vague apparition) auth (dim shape), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
vague or spectral apparition
auth (dim shape), pl. oeth. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
spectral or vague apparition
(dim shape), pl. oeth. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
war
(battle), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
auth
battle
(war), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
auth
apparition
(dim shape), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
dim shape
(spectral or vague apparition), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
auth
vague or spectral apparition
(dim shape), pl. oeth. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".
dagor
battle
(noun) 1) dagor (i nagor, o ndagor), analogical pl. degyr (i ndegyr), coll. pl. dagorath. Archaic dagr, so we might have expected dagrath as the coll. pl.; dagorath would be an analogical formation. 2) (battle of two or a few, not a general host) maeth (i vaeth) (fight), no distinct pl. except with article (i maeth). 3) auth (war), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
cant
shape
(noun) cant (i gant, o chant) (outline), pl. caint (i **chaint). The mutated pl. -chaint is attested as part of the compound morchaint**; see SHADOW.
dagra
battle
(verb, "do battle, make war") dagra- (i nagra, i ndagrar), also dagrada- (i nagrada, i ndagradar)
echad
shape
(verb) echad- (i echad, in echedir) (fashion, make), pa.t. echant (VT45:19)
gwathra
dim
(verb) gwathra- (i **wathra, in gwathrar**) (overshadow, veil, obscure)
gwathren
dim
(adj.) gwathren (shadowy), lenited wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.);
cant
noun. shape, shape; [N.] outline
Derivations
- √KAT “shape, shape, [ᴹ√] make”
Element in
dagor
noun. battle
dagor
noun. battle
Derivations
- √NDAK “hew, slay, slay; hew” ✧ SA/dagor
Element in
- S. Dagor Aglareb “Glorious Battle” ✧ S/115
- S. Dagor Arnediad “Battle of Unnumbered Tears”
- S. Dagor Bragollach “Battle of Sudden Flame” ✧ S/151
- S. Dagor Dagorath “*Battle of All Battles”
- S. Dagorlad “Battle-plain” ✧ S/292
- S. Dagorlind “Singer in Battle”
- S. Dagor-nuin-Giliath “Battle-under-Stars” ✧ S/106
- ᴺS. dagras “slaughter”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √ndak- > dagor [ndakro] > [dakro] > [dakr] > [dagr] > [dagor] ✧ SA/dagor Variations
- Dagor ✧ S/106; S/115; S/151; S/292
fain
dim
adj. dim, dimmed (applied to dimmed or fading lights or to things seen in them); filmy, fine-woven, etc. (applied to things that only partially screened light, such as a canopy of young still half-transparent leaves, or textures that veiled but only half-concealed a form).
fân
shape
_n._shape, with the added notion of light and whiteness. It was thus often used where we might use 'a vision' (of something beautiful and sublime). Q. fana-. Tolkien notes that "Yet being elvish, though it may be used of things remote, it has no implication either of uncertainty or unreality" (PE17:26). In the name Fanuilos of Elbereth, the Fân was the vision of majesty of Elbereth upon the mountain where she dwelt.
glaw
noun. sunshine, sunshine; [N.] radiance
A word (or word element) appearing in linguistic notes from the late 1950s as glaw- “sunshine”, a derivative of the root √LAW (PE17/159). A similar word N. glaw “radiance” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, but this word was derived from primitive ᴹ✶g’lā based on the root ᴹ√GAL, a Noldorin-only variant of the root ᴹ√KAL “shine” (Ety/KAL).
Conceptual Development: Possible earlier precursors to this word include ᴱN. glarw “ray, radiance” from Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/144) and G. glaros “glare, blaze, splendour” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/39), the latter probably related to the early root ᴱ√KALA “shine golden” (QL/44); see that entry for discussion.
Derivations
- √LAW “flourish (green), grow, flourish (green), grow, [ᴹ√] abound; warm” ✧ PE17/159
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √LAW > glaw- [glaw] > [glau] ✧ PE17/159 Variations
- glaw- ✧ PE17/159
glaw-
prefix. sunshine
_ pref. _sunshine.
cant
shape
(i gant, o chant) (outline), pl. caint (i chaint). The mutated pl. -chaint is attested as part of the compound morchaint; see SHADOW.
dagor
battle
(i nagor, o ndagor), analogical pl. degyr (i ndegyr), coll. pl. dagorath. Archaic dagr, so we might have expected dagrath as the coll. pl.; dagorath would be an analogical formation.
dagra
make war
(do battle) (i nagra, i ndagrar), also dagrada- (i nagrada, i ndagradar)
dagra
battle
(i nagra, i ndagrar), also dagrada- (i nagrada, i ndagradar)
echad
shape
(i echad, in echedir) (fashion, make), pa.t. echant (VT45:19)
gwathra
dim
(i ’wathra, in gwathrar) (overshadow, veil, obscure)
gwathren
dim
(shadowy), lenited ’wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.);
gwâth
dim light
(i ’wâth; construct gwath) (shadow, shade), pl. gwaith (in gwaith) (UT:261);
hûl
cry of encouragement in battle
(i chûl, o chûl, construct hul), pl. huil (i chuil)
maeth
battle
(i vaeth) (fight), no distinct pl. except with article (i maeth).
auth (spectral or vague apparition), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".