Sindarin 

noun. gulf

Sindarin [Ety/400, S/432, Letters/383] Group: SINDICT. Published by

noun. abyss, void

Sindarin [Ety/400, S/432, Letters/383] Group: SINDICT. Published by

chasm

_ n. _chasm, pit. >> Moria

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:35] < YAG. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

noun. chasm, pit; void, abyss, chasm, pit; void, abyss; [N.] gulf

A word variously glossed “void, abyss” (Let/383), “chasm, pit” (PE17/35), or “gulf” (Ety/YAG), it was the final element in the name S. Moria “Black Chasm, Black Pit”. It was a derivative of the root √YAG, and in The Etymologies of the 1930s its primitive form was given as ᴹ✶yagu- (Ety/YAG), in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s its primitive form was ᴹ✶yagō (RS/437), while in a 1967 letter its primitive form was ✶yagā (Let/383).

Derivations

  • yagā ✧ Let/383
    • YAG “gap, gap; [ᴹ√] yawn, gape” ✧ Let/383
  • YAG “gap, gap; [ᴹ√] yawn, gape” ✧ PE17/035

Element in

  • S. Moria “Black Chasm, Black Pit” ✧ Let/383; PE17/035; SA/iâ

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
yagā > [jagā] > [jaga] > [jaɣa] > [jā]✧ Let/383
YAG > [jagā] > [jaga] > [jaɣa] > [jā]✧ PE17/035
Sindarin [Let/383; PE17/035; SA/iâ] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ia

The word is a descendant form of yagā, deriving from the root YAG.

Sindarin [Tolkien Gateway] Published by

gulf

1) (chasm, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383), 2) iaw (cleft, ravine), pl. ioe. Note: a homophone means ”corn”.

gulf

(chasm, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)

chasm

(gulf, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)

chasm

(gulf, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)

void

(chasm, gulf, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)

abyss

(chasm, void, gulf), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)

abyss

(chasm, void, gulf), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)

iaw

gulf

(cleft, ravine), pl. ioe. Note: a homophone means ”corn”.

gaw

void

(noun) 1) gaw (i **aw), pl. goe (i ngoe = i ñoe), 2) (noun, "the Void" beyond the world) Gast (i **Ast if the word can occur with article and is not counted as a proper name), 3) (chasm, gulf, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)

gaw

void

(i ’aw), pl. goe (i ngoe = i ñoe)

cofn

void

(adjective) cofn (empty), lenited gofn, pl. cyfn

cofn

void

(empty), lenited gofn, pl. cyfn

dath

abyss

dath (i dhath) (hole, pit, steep fall), pl. daith (i naith) (VT45:8)

dath

abyss

(i dhath) (hole, pit, steep fall), pl. daith (i naith) (VT45:8)

gast

void

(i ’Ast if the word can occur with article and is not counted as a proper name)