Sindarin
fôf
noun. fool
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. PHOB “*fool”
Element in
Adûnaic
nûph
noun. fool
Variations
- nīph ✧ SD/426
- nūph ✧ SD/437; SD/438
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Gnomish
fôf
noun. fool
Derivations
- ᴱ√FOFO “*fool”
Element in
Variations
- fof ✧ GG/09
A noun translated “fool” and fully declined as an example of a Weak I noun (SD/437-8). It was later written in the form nîph (SD/426), but since all the attested declensions are based on nûph, the entry here uses the earlier form.
The word nûph is a common-noun but it has some example inflections with masculine and feminine suffixes: nûphun (masculine subjective), nûphin (feminine subjective), nûphi (feminine objective). This seems to be another way that an individual’s gender be indicated (“male fool”, “female fool”) instead of using explicit masucline and feminine suffixes like -û or -î.