Name of the stream through Morgul Vale (LotR/697), a combination of morgul “sorcery” and duin “river”.
Conceptual Development: When it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this stream was given two names: N. Duin Morghul with the elements in reverse order, or Ithilduin with the alternate element N. Ithil “Moon” (TI/312).
morn (“dark, black”) + (n-)gûl (“magic, necromancy”) + duin (“long and large river”)