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'''''nazg''''' means "(finger-)ring" or "magic-ring" in the [[Black Speech]].<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 11</ref><ref name=PE19>{{PE|19}}, p. 17</ref>
'''''nazg''''' means "(finger-)ring" or "magic-ring" in the [[Black Speech]].<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 11</ref><ref name=PE19>{{PE|19}}, pp. 17, 101</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==



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nazg means "(finger-)ring" or "magic-ring" in the Black Speech.[1][2]

Etymology

nazg was an early loan from Elvish words derived from root NASAG.[2]

Examples

Inspiration

nazg was inspired by the Gaelic (Irish) word nasc (Scottish: nasg), also meaning ring.[4][5]

References

  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. 11
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Quenya Phonology", in Parma Eldalamberon XIX (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 17, 101
  3. 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. 79
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 297, (dated August 1967)
  5. 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. 12