mor (from stem mor “dark, black”) + iâ (“abyss, void”)
Sindarin
moria
place name. Black Chasm, Black Pit
Moria
noun. black chasm
Moria
'Black Pit
topon. 'Black Pit, Black Chasm'.
moria gate inscription
Moria Gate Inscription
moria gate spell
Moria Gate Spell
Moria
Moria
The name Moria is composed of the Sindarin elements mor "black, dark" and iâ "void, abyss". Khazad-dûm was so called in Sindarin by the Gwaith-i-Mírdain, as for them it was but a "Dark Chasm". Although the Dwarves considered it a derogatory name, Celebrimbor went as far as to write the name "Moria" on the West-gate.[source?]
mithril
noun. Moria-silver, true-silver
mithril
true-silver
” (a metal found principally in Moria) mithril (i vithril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mithril); coll. pl. mithrillath if there are any plural forms. (The Sindarin word seems to mean *”grey brilliance”.)
mithril
true-silver
(a metal found principally in Moria) mithril (i vithril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mithril); coll. pl. mithrillath if there are any plural forms.
mithril
true-silver
(i vithril), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mithril); coll. pl. mithrillath if there are any plural forms.
Sindarin name for Khazad-dûm after the Dwarves were driven out by the Balrog, translated “Black Pit” (LotR/283, PE17/35) or “Black Chasm” (Let/382, PE17/40). It is a combination of morn “black” and iâ “chasm, pit” (PE17/35; SA/mor, iâ).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Moria “Black Gulf” (RS/429). Its translation was later revised to “Black Pit” (TI/166). It also appeared in The Etymologies with essentially the same derivation as given above (Ety/YAG).