A noun translated “wizard” and given as an example of a noun with a long vowel in its final syllable that (archaically) uses the declension for a strong-noun (SD/437), the rare class of Strong-Ib nouns. By the time of Classical Adûnaic, it could be declined as an ordinary weak-noun instead. As the proper name Zigûr, it was the Adûnaic name for Sauron.
Adûnaic
zigûr
masculine name. Sauron
Cognates
- ᴹQ. Sauron ✧ SD/250; SDI2/Sauron; SDI2/Zigûr
Element in
- Ad. kadô Zigûrun zabathân unakkha “and so [Sauron] he came humbled” ✧ SD/247
- Ad. Kadō zigūrun zabathān {hunekkū >>} unekkū “and so ‽ humbled he-came” ✧ SD/311
Elements
Word Gloss zigûr “wizard” Variations
- Zigūr ✧ SD/250; SD/345
zigûr
noun. wizard
Element in
- Ad. Zigûr “Sauron”
Variations
- zigūr ✧ SD/437
The Adûnaic name (or title) for Sauron (SD/250). It simply the word zigûr “wizard” used as a name.