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'''Peth''' is the [[Sindarin]] word for "word". It can also de used in the agentive sense, "speaker". The [[Quenya]] cognate is ''quetta''. The word was also loaned to [[Adûnaic]], where it became ''beth''.
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'''Peth''' is the [[Sindarin]] word for "word".<ref name="Etymology">{{LR|Etymologies}}, [[KWE|KWET]]</ref>


==Examplets==
==Etymology==
* [[Malbeth the Seer]]
Possible [[Old Sindarin]] *''pettha'' ([[Sundocarmë|Root]] [[KWETE]])<ref name="Etymology"/>


==Examples==
* ''[[Malbeth]]'', where perhaps is used in the agentive sense, "speaker".
*''[[athrabeth]]''
*''[[lasta-|lasto]] '''beth''' [[lam]]men'' "Hear the '''word''' of my tongue"<ref>{{FR|II4}}</ref>


==Cognates==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[quetta]]''


*[[Adûnaic]] ''[[bêth]]'' (obviously a loanword)


[[Category:Sindarin words]]
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[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]

Latest revision as of 11:14, 9 November 2012

Peth is the Sindarin word for "word".[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Possible Old Sindarin *pettha (Root KWETE)[1]

Examples[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

References