Sindarin
oth-
unsuitable; bad
oth-
prefix. [wrong] with a bad sense; unsuitable, bad, improper, useless, wrong
Cognates
- Q. us- “[wrong] with a bad sense; unsuitable, bad, improper, useless, wrong” ✧ PE17/151; PE17/172
Derivations
- √UTHU “bad; unsuitable; improper, useless, wrong; [wrong] with a bad sense” ✧ PE17/151; PE17/172
Element in
- ᴺS. othestannen “infamous, of evil name, (lit.) ill-named”
- S. othgar(ed) “doing wrong, *wrong doing” ✧ PE17/151
- S. othgarn “misdeed, misdeed, *sin” ✧ PE17/151
- ᴺS. othovor “too much, (lit.) abundant in a bad way”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √UTHU > oth- [utʰ-] > [uθ-] > [oθ-] ✧ PE17/151 √UTHU > oth- [utʰ-] > [uθ-] > [oθ-] ✧ PE17/172
_adj. _unsuitable; bad, improper, useless, wrong. Q. ur(u). . This gloss was rejected.