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'''Úmarth''' means "ill-fate" in [[Sindarin]].<ref name=SI>{{S|Index}}</ref>
'''''úmarth''''' means "ill-fate" in [[Sindarin]].<ref name=SI>{{S|Index}}, ''amarth''</ref>


[[Túrin|Túrin Turambar]] in [[Nargothrond]], wished to hide his identity and introduced himself as [[Agarwaen]]. He used the name Úmarth to refer to his father [[Húrin]].<ref name=SI/>
[[Túrin|Túrin Turambar]] in [[Nargothrond]], wished to hide his identity and introduced himself as [[Agarwaen]].<ref>{{S|Turin}}</ref> He used the name Úmarth to refer to his father [[Húrin]].<ref name=SI/>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
''Úmarth'' apparently contains the negative prefix ''[[ú-]]'' + ''[[amarth]]'' "fate".{{fact}}
''Úmarth'' apparently contains the negative prefix ''ū''<ref>{{WJ|Quendi}}, p. 369</ref> + ''[[amarth]]'' "fate".


==Cognates==
==Cognates==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[Umbar]]''
*[[Quenya]] ''[[umbar (word)|umbar]]''
 
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Latest revision as of 23:33, 17 May 2015

úmarth means "ill-fate" in Sindarin.[1]

Túrin Turambar in Nargothrond, wished to hide his identity and introduced himself as Agarwaen.[2] He used the name Úmarth to refer to his father Húrin.[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Úmarth apparently contains the negative prefix ū[3] + amarth "fate".

Cognates[edit | edit source]

References