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'''''-ath''''' is [[Sindarin]] for 'shadow, dimness' as well as a collective plural suffix, meaning all of the group to which it is affixed. For example ''[[giliath]]'' = all the stars.
{{disambig-two|the [[Sindarin]] suffix|[[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]]|[[ATH]]}}


==Sources==
'''''-ath''''' is a [[Sindarin]] collective plural suffix,<ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 24-26</ref> meaning all of the group to which it is affixed. It originated as a dual, and is sometimes still used as such.
* [[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]] by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
==Examples==
*[[ennor#Compounds|ennorath]]
*[[giliath]]
*[[Eglath]]
*[[Drúath]]
*[[Cirith Thoronath|Cirith '''Thoronath''']]
* [[Argonath]] (used as a dual)
*[[Taur-im-Duinath|Taur-im-'''Duinath''']] (again dual, referring to a forest between two rivers [[Sirion]] and  [[Gelion]])
==See also==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[atta]]''


[[Category:Sindarin words]]
{{references}}
*<small>{{L|347}}
*[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "Notes and Translations": Commentary to "[[A Elbereth Gilthoniel]]", in ''[[The Road Goes Ever On (book)|The Road Goes Ever On]]'', especially pages 72-3 (third edition)</small>
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Revision as of 22:56, 2 November 2012

This article is about the Sindarin suffix. For the Elvish root, see ATH.

-ath is a Sindarin collective plural suffix,[1] meaning all of the group to which it is affixed. It originated as a dual, and is sometimes still used as such.

Examples

See also

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 24-26