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'''''hoth''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "host, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Cirion}} (Note 24)</ref>
 
'''''hoth''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "host, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref><ref>{{UT|Cirion}} (Note 24)</ref>
  
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The [[Noldorin]] word ''hoth'' means "host, crowd" and is "frequent in people-names". It derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''khotsē'' "assembly" ([[Sundocarme|root]] [[KHOTH|KHOTH-]] "gather").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 364</ref>
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In [[Noldorin]] (an early version of Sindarin) the word ''hoth'' means "host, crowd" and is "frequent in people-names". It derives from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''khotsē'' "assembly" ([[Sundocarme|root]] [[KHOTH|KHOTH-]] "gather").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 364</ref>
  
 
==Examples==
 
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*[[Lossoth]] (Loss'''(h)oth''')
 
*[[Lossoth]] (Loss'''(h)oth''')
 
*[[glamhoth|''glam'''hoth''''']]
 
*[[glamhoth|''glam'''hoth''''']]
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*''[[Orcs#Orcs in Tolkien's languages|Orc'''hoth''']]''
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==See also==
 
*''[[faloth]]''
 
*''[[faloth]]''
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*[[Gondothlimbar]]
 
 
*''[[rim]]'' ("people")
 
*''[[rim]]'' ("people")
 
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Latest revision as of 11:34, 9 November 2012

hoth is a Sindarin word meaning "host, horde (nearly always in a bad sense)".[1][2]

In Noldorin (an early version of Sindarin) the word hoth means "host, crowd" and is "frequent in people-names". It derives from Primitive Quendian khotsē "assembly" (root KHOTH- "gather").[3]

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  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan" (Note 24)
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 364
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