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'''''rath''''' is a [[Noldorin]] word meaning "course, river-bed".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 383</ref> | '''''rath''''' is a [[Noldorin]] word meaning "course, river-bed".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 383</ref> | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
| − | The word derives from [[Kornoldorin|Old Noldorin]] ''rattha'', from root RAT ("walk").<ref name=LR/> | + | The word derives from [[Kornoldorin|Old Noldorin]] ''rattha'', from [[Sundocarme|root]] RAT ("walk").<ref name=LR/> |
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===Examples=== | ===Examples=== | ||
*''[[Rathlóriel|Rathloriel]]''<ref name=LR/> | *''[[Rathlóriel|Rathloriel]]''<ref name=LR/> | ||
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Sindarin
rath is a Sindarin word meaning "street (in a city)".[1][2][3]
Apparently rath can also mean "climb" (noun), as seen in Andrath ("Long Climb").[4] This definition also appears in David Salo's Neo-Sindarin wordlist.[5]
Etymology
Christopher Tolkien has noted that the noun rath derives from the stem rath- ("climb").[3]
Examples
Noldorin
rath is a Noldorin word meaning "course, river-bed".[6]
Etymology
The word derives from Old Noldorin rattha, from root RAT ("walk").[6]
Examples
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 551
- ↑ 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. 98
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", note 16
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index
- ↑ David Salo (2004), A Gateway to Sindarin, p. 319
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Three: The Etymologies", p. 383