(literally ”tear-gnashing”); no distinct pl. form.
Sindarin
nirnaeth
noun. tears, tears, [N.] lamentation
Element in
- S. Haudh-en-Nirnaeth “Mound of Tears” ✧ S/197
- S. Nirnaeth Arnoediad “Tears Unnumbered” ✧ S/192
Elements
Word Gloss nîr “tear, weeping, weeping, [G.] grief, sorrow; [N.] tear” naeth “woe, woe; [N.] biting, gnashing of teeth” Variations
- Nirnaeth ✧ S/192; S/197
nírnaeth
lamentation
nírnaeth
lamentation
conath
lamentation
(i chonath), formed from caun "outcry, clamour, cry, should", was used = "lamentation" (PM:345, 362)
1) nírnaeth (literally ”tear-gnashing”); no distinct pl. form. 2) The collective plural conath (i chonath), formed from caun "outcry, clamour, cry, should", was used = "lamentation" (PM:345, 362)