hîth (i chîth) (fog), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîth).
Sindarin
hîth
noun. mist, fog
hîth
noun. mist
Cognates
Derivations
- √KHITH “mist, mist, [ᴹ√] fog”
Element in
- S. Hithaeglir “Misty Mountains, (lit.) Line of Misty Peaks” ✧ SA/hîth
- S. hithlain “mist thread, grey elvish rope”
- north S. Hithlum “Land of Mist” ✧ SA/hîth
- S. hithren “grey”
- S. hithui “misty”
- S. Nen Hithoel “Mist-cool Water” ✧ RC/328; SA/hîth
Variations
- Hith ✧ RC/328
hithu
noun. fog
hithlain
noun. mist-thread (a substance used by the Elves of Lothlórien to make strong ropes)
hîth
mist
hîth
mist
(i chîth) (fog), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîth).
hîth
fog
1) hîth (i chîth) (mist), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîth), 2) *hithu (i chithu), analogical pl. hithy (i chithy). Cited in archaic form hithw (LR:364 s.v. KHIS, KHITH), so the coll. pl. is likely hithwath.
hîth
fog
(i chîth) (mist), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i chîth)
hithu
noun. fog
Derivations
- √KHITH “mist, mist, [ᴹ√] fog”
hithu
fog
(i chithu), analogical pl. hithy (i chithy). Cited in archaic form hithw (LR:364 s.v. KHIS, KHITH), so the coll. pl. is likely hithwath.
mith
wet mist
(i vith) (white fog), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mith). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone is the adjective ”pale grey”. ✱
mith
white fog
(i vith) (wet mist), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mith). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone is the adjective ”pale grey”.
hithlain
mist-thread
name of a fiber made in Lórien.
The Sindarin word for “mist”, an element in many names, derived from the root √KHITH of the same meaning (SA/hîth; PE17/73).
Conceptual Development: N. hîth “mist” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s, already with the derivation given above (Ety/KHIS), though when Tolkien first defined the word, he first wrote (and then deleted) the gloss “fog” (EtyAC/KHIS). In The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road, Christopher Tolkien wrote hith (LR/364), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne confirmed that the actual form was hîth in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT45/22).