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| | #Redirect [[MOR]] |
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| '''''mor''''' is an [[Elvish]] stem meaning "dark".<ref name=SApp>{{S|Appendix}}</ref> The element derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[MOR]], and [[Christopher Tolkien]] notes that the entry in the [[Etymologies|Etymologies]] was "''extremely confused through changes and afterthought additions"'' and that it is not clear if "''all the forms given were intended to stand''".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 374</ref>
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| The element is ''mor'' is contained in several attested words:
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| *[[Quenya]]: ''[[morna]]'', ''[[mornie]]'', ''[[more]]'', ''[[mordo]]''
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| *[[Sindarin]] ''[[morn]]'', ''[[môr]]''
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| ==Examples==
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| *''[[Morannon]]''<ref name=L297/>
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| *''[[Mordor]]''<ref name=SApp/><ref name=L297/>
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| *''[[Morgoth]]''<ref name=SApp/><ref name=L297/>
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| *''[[Morgul]]''<ref name=L297/>
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| *''[[Moria]]''<ref name=SApp/><ref name=L297>{{L|297}}</ref>
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| *''[[Moriquendi]]''<ref name=SApp/>
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| *''[[Mormegil]]''<ref name=SApp/>
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| *''[[Morwen]]''<ref name=SApp/>
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| [[Category:Elvish words]]
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