nogotheg

noun. lit. "dwarflet", a name of the Petty-Dwarves

nogotheg

noun. Dwarflet

Another Sindarin names for Petty Dwarves (WJ/388), a combination of Nogoth “Dwarf” and the diminutive suffix -eg.

Elements

Word	Gloss
Nogoth	“[Greater] Dwarf”
-eg	“diminutive/singular ending”

nogoth

noun. Dwarf, lit. "the Stunted Folk"

nogothrim

noun. Dwarf-folk

nogon

dwarf

pl1. nogoth, pl2. nogothrim, naugrim** _ n. _dwarf. _fennas nogothrim lasto beth lammen _'doorway of the Dwarf-folk listen to the words of my tongue'. Tolkien first glosed nogoth as 'a dwarf'. [**PE17:45-6] >> noegin, nogoth

dornhoth

noun. the Dwarves, lit. "the Thrawn Folk"

nornwaith

noun. the Dwarves

gorn

Dwarf

pl2. gornhoth** ** n. Dwarf (hostile implication). >> dern

naug

noun. dwarf

_ n. _dwarf. [PE17:46] >> cadhad, nogon, nogoth

niben

adjective. petty, petty, *small

Derivations

• √NIP “small (usually with connotation of weakness)” ✧ VT48/18

Element in

• S. Niben-nog “Petty Dwarf” ✧ UT/100
• S. Nogoth Niben “Petty Dwarf” ✧ WJ/388

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√nip > nipinā > niben	[nipinā] > [nipina] > [nipena] > [nipen] > [niben]	✧ VT48/18

Variations

• Niben ✧ WJ/388

naugrim

noun. Dwarves

hadhodrim

noun. the Dwarves (as a race)

dern

Dwarf

pl2. dernlir n. Dwarf. >> gorn

hadhod

noun. Dwarf

nogotheg

petty-dwarf

(”dwarflet”), pl. negethig for archaic nögethig (WJ:388).

nogoth

dwarf

nogoth (pl. negyth; coll. pl. nogothrim). Archaic pl. ”noegyth” = nögyth (WJ:388, 408) 3) norn (pl. nyrn, coll. pl. nornwaith). From the adj. norn ”twisted, knotted, crabbed, hard”. (MR:93, WJ:205) 4) #Gonhir (i **Onhir), literally ”Master of Stone”, no distinct pl. form except with article (i Ngonhir = i Ñonhir, maybe primarily used as a coll. pl. Gonhirrim _(WJ:205, there spelt ”Gonnhirrim”) _The coll. pl. Dornhoth** ("Thrawn folk") (WJ:388, 408) also refers to the Dwarves.

niben

petty

niben (small), pl. nibin. Also used as a name for the the little finger (VT48:6).

niben

petty

(small), pl. nibin. Also used as a name for the the little finger (VT48:6).

hadhod

dwarf

1) hadhod (i chadhod, o chadhod), pl. hedhyd (i chedhyd), coll. pl. hadhodrim (WJ:388). This was a word borrowed from Dwarvish Khazâd. 2) naug (in compounds -nog), pl. #noeg, coll. pl. naugrim, nogrim. (WJ:388, 408, 413; VT45:13). In ”Noldorin” the pl. was nuig, but the Sindarin pl. form noeg is attested in Nibin-noeg ”Petty-dwarves” (WJ:187, 420). Note: naug is also used as an adj. ”dwarfed, stunted”. This word for ”dwarf” also appears in a diminutive form: naugol (in compounds naugla-), coll. pl. nauglath. 2)