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Sindarin
oth-
unsuitable; bad
oth-
prefix. [wrong] with a bad sense; unsuitable, bad, improper, useless, wrong
-oth
suffix. augmentative suffix
oeth
noun. war
-on
suffix. augmentative suffix
-os
suffix. augmentative suffix
eryn
forest
_n. _forest, wood of trees.
lossoth
collective name. Snowmen
taur
noun. forest
_ n. _forest. Q. taure. >> taw
tolod
cardinal. eight
tolodh
cardinal. eight
Tolkien emended toloth to tolodh, cf. VT/42:31 (and also VT/48:6). If we are to follow him, a word such as tolothen would be incorrect, unless the two forms coexisted
tolodh
cardinal. eight
The Sindarin number “eight” derived from the root √TOLOD, probably from primitive ✱✶tolodō, where the [[s|[d] became [ð] after a vowel]] as usual.
Conceptual Development: The earliest attested word for “eight” was G. uvin in the Gnomish Lexicon from the 1910s (GL/75), replacing rejected ung. In The Etymologies from the 1930s it became N. toloth from the root ᴹ√TOLOTH, similar to but not quite the same as ᴹQ. tolto from the root ᴹ√TOLOT (Ety/TOL¹-OTH/OT).
In some notes from the 1950s, Tolkien used S. tolod (PE17/95), apparently deciding both Quenya and Sindarin were derived from the same root √TOLOT. Later still, toloth reappeared, but it was rejected and replaced by tolodh (toloð: VT42/25, 31). When Tolkien revisited the Elvish number system in the 1960s, he changed the t to a d in the root form for “eight” (VT47/11) and established tolodh as its Sindarin form (VT48/6).
Neo-Sindarin: I personally prefer tolodh as the Sindarin word for “eight”, but some Neo-Sindarin writers use the older (and perhaps better known) toloth. It seems Tolkien had considerable trouble deciding on the primitive root for “eight”, so any of these forms could be valid (VT47/31).
auth
war
auth (battle), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
auth
war
(battle), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "dim shape, apparition".
dagra
make war
(do battle) (i nagra, i ndagrar), also dagrada- (i nagrada, i ndagradar)
glâd
forest
(i ’lâd, construct glad) (wood), pl. glaid (in glaid)
ost
fort, fortress
(city, stronghold), pl. yst (WJ:414). The word may appear as os- or oth- before certain consonants in compounds, e.g. Osgiliath ”Citadel (Fortress) of the Stars” (LotR), ostirion (q.v.), Othram ”fortress-wall” (WR:288).
ost
stronghold
(fortress, city), pl. yst (WJ:414). The word may appear as os- or oth- before certain consonants in compounds, e.g. Osgiliath ”Citadel (Fortress) of the Stars” (LotR), ostirion (fortress with a watchtower), Othram ”fortress-wall” (WR:288).
taur
forest
- taur (i daur, o thaur) (great wood), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also (as adj.) ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc. 2) tawar (i dawar, o thawar) (wood [as material]), pl. tewair (i thewair). (
taur
forest
(i daur, o thaur) (great wood), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also (as adj.) ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc.
tawar
forest
(i dawar, o thawar) (wood [as material]), pl. tewair (i thewair). (SMALL)
tollui
eighth
(lenited dollui). (VT42:15; Tolkien may have abandoned the form [t]olothen occurring in lenited form dolothen in an earlier source, SD:129)
toloth
cardinal. eight
toloth, tolodh;
toloth
eight
tolodh;
_adj. _unsuitable; bad, improper, useless, wrong. Q. ur(u). . This gloss was rejected.