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'''''gond''''' or '''''gonn''''' is a noun meaning "rock" or "stone" in [[Sindarin]], and tends to refer to larger items.  
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'''''gond''''' or '''''gonn''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "rock" or "stone".<ref name="S">{{S|Elements}}, entry ''gond''</ref><ref name=PE17/>
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
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From [[OS]] *''gondo'', [[PQ]] ''[[gondo|gon(do)]]''<ref>{{L|410}}</ref><ref>{{HM|PM}}, p. 374</ref> from possible [[root]] *GON
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In one manuscript, the word is said to derive from [[Common Eldarin]] ''gon, gondo'' ("stone, rock").<ref>{{PM|Ros}}, p. 374 (note 16)</ref> In another manuscript, ''gond'' derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''gondō'' ("stone, general as a substance or material").<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, pp. 28-9</ref>
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In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', the [[Noldorin]] ''gonn'' ("a great stone, or rock") derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] GONOD/GONDO ("stone").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 359 (entry ''GOND-'')</ref>
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==Examples==
 
==Examples==
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* [[Argonath]],"King-stones"
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* [[Argonath]]
 
* [[Beregond (soldier of Gondor)|Beregond]]
 
* [[Beregond (soldier of Gondor)|Beregond]]
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* [[Gondolin]], "The Hidden Rock"
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* [[Gondolin]]
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* [[Gondor]], "Land of Stone"
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* [[Gondor]]
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* [[Gonnhirrim]], "Masters of Stone"
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**[[Harondor]]
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* ''[[seregon]]'', "Blood of Stone"
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* [[Gonnhirrim]]
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* ''[[seregon]]''
 
==See Also==
 
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*''[[sarn]]'', Sindarin for "(small) stone"
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*[[Sindarin]] ''[[sarn]]'' ("(small) stone")
 
==Cognates==
 
==Cognates==
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*''[[ondo]]'', "rock" or "stone" in Quenya
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*[[Quenya]] ''[[ondo]]'' ("rock" or "stone")
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==Real-world inspiration==
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[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] was inspired by the early Celtic word ''ond'', also meaning "rock".<ref>{{HM|RB}}, pp. 849, 853</ref><ref>{{L|324}}</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 20:40, 19 October 2012

gond or gonn is a Sindarin word meaning "rock" or "stone".[1][2]

[edit] Etymology

In one manuscript, the word is said to derive from Common Eldarin gon, gondo ("stone, rock").[3] In another manuscript, gond derives from Primitive Quendian gondō ("stone, general as a substance or material").[2]

In the Etymologies, the Noldorin gonn ("a great stone, or rock") derives from the root GONOD/GONDO ("stone").[4]

[edit] Examples

[edit] See Also

[edit] Cognates

[edit] Real-world inspiration

J.R.R. Tolkien was inspired by the early Celtic word ond, also meaning "rock".[5][6]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry gond
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. 28-9
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "The Problem of Ros", p. 374 (note 16)
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 359 (entry GOND-)
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, John D. Rateliff (ed.), The History of The Hobbit, Return to Bag End, pp. 849, 853
  6. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 324, (dated 4-5 June 1971)
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