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'''''gwaith''''' or '''''gweith''''' is a noun meaning "manhood" in [[Sindarin]]. The meaning is often extended to mean "brotherhood, regiment, host, people".
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'''''gwaith''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "'people' associated by place and occupation". The forms '''''-weith''''' and '''''waith''''' are often used of "regions in proper names ''or'' peoples".<ref name=PE17>{{PE|17}}, p. 190</ref>
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==Etymology==
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Possible *''wekthe'' from [[PQ]] *''wegtê'' ([[root]] [[WEG]])
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==Examples==
 
==Examples==
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* [[Forodwaith (people)|Forodwaith]] = "People of the North"
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*denoting people
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* [[Gwaith-i-Mírdain]] = "Brotherhood of Jewel-smiths"
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**''[[Danwaith]]''
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*[[Danwaith]]
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**''[[Forodwaith (people)|Forodwaith]]'' = "People of the North"
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*[[Gaurwaith]]
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**''[[Gaurwaith]]''
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*[[Tawarwaith]]
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**''[[Gwaith-i-Mírdain]]'' = "Brotherhood of Jewel-smiths"
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**''[[Silvan Elves#Names|Tawarwaith]]''
  
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The suffix also is used to denote land, perhaps associated to the name of its people
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*denoting region or land
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*[[Forodwaith (land)|Forodwaith]]
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**''[[Drúwaith Iaur]]''
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*[[Enedwaith]]
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**''[[Enedwaith]]''
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*[[Drúwaith Iaur]]
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**''[[Forodwaith (lands)|Forodwaith]]''
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**''[[Harad|Haradwaith]]''
  
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==See also==
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* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
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* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]]
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*Sindarin ''[[rim]]''
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*[[Quenya]] ''[[nóre]]''
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*Noldorin: ''[[gweith]]''
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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]
 
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]

Latest revision as of 20:20, 19 October 2012

gwaith is a Sindarin word meaning "'people' associated by place and occupation". The forms -weith and waith are often used of "regions in proper names or peoples".[1]

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  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), p. 190
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