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'''''iach''''' is a noun meaning "ford" or "crossing" in [[Sindarin]]. Compare with ''[[yatta]]'' in [[Quenya]].
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'''''iach''''' is a word only appearing in compound names (cf. Examples). The word is commonly understood to be a [[Sindarin]] noun meaning meaning "ford" or "crossing".<ref>{{HM|GS}}, pp. 319, 323</ref><ref>[[Didier Willis]], [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/english.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] at [http://www.jrrvf.com/haut.shtml Jrrvf.com] (accessed 20 July 2011)</ref>
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==Examples==
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* [[Arossiach]] = "Ford of Aros"
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*''[[Arossiach#Etymology|Arossiach]]''
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* [[Cirith Ninniach]] = "Pass of the Slender Crossing"
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*''[[Ford of Brithiach|Brithiach]]''
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*''[[Cirith Ninniach]]''
 
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*''[[athrad]]''
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*[[Sindarin]] ''[[athrad]]''
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*[[Quenya]] ''[[yatta]]''
 
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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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Latest revision as of 20:31, 19 October 2012

iach is a word only appearing in compound names (cf. Examples). The word is commonly understood to be a Sindarin noun meaning meaning "ford" or "crossing".[1][2]

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  1. ↑ David Salo (2004), A Gateway to Sindarin, pp. 319, 323
  2. ↑ Didier Willis, Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary at Jrrvf.com (accessed 20 July 2011)
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