_, the word fern means "dead" with reference to the (inevitable) death of mortals. Also gwann (departed), lenited wann; pl. gwain
Sindarin
fern
noun/adjective. dead, dead person; [N.] dead (of mortals)
Derivations
- √PHIR “exhale, expire, breathe out, exhale, expire, breathe out; [ᴹ√] die of natural causes”
Element in
- S. Dor Firn-i-Guinar “Land of the Dead that Live” ✧ S/188
gorth
noun. a dead person
gorthrim
noun. the dead
fern
phir
fileb
noun. fern
Cognates
- ᴺQ. filquë “fern”
gorth
dead
(adj.) 1) gorth (lenited ngorth; pl. gyrth), also fern, pl. firn. These adjectives may also be used as nouns ”dead person(s)”. According to LR:381 s.v. _
lhing
cobweb
*lhing (?i thling or ?i ling the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (spider, spiders web), no distinct pl. form except possibly with article (?i ling). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thling.
lhing
cobweb
(?i thling or ?i ling – the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (spider, spider’s web), no distinct pl. form except possibly with article (?i ling). – Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thling.
An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dead (of mortals)” under the root ᴹ√PHIR “die of natural causes”, used as a plural noun in the name Dor Firn i Guinar “Land of the Dead that Live” (Ety/PHIR). Christopher Tolkien choose to include the name Dor Firn-i-Guinar in the published version of The Silmarillion (S/188), and most Sindarin writers accept its ongoing validity.