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'''-ath''' is [[Sindarin]] for 'shadow, dimness' as well as a collective plural suffice, meaning all of the group to which it is affixed. For example [[giliath]] = all the stars.
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==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]])
*[[Periannath]]


[[Category:Sindarin words]]
==See also==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[atta]]''
 
{{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 05:11, 19 June 2018

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
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