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'''roth''' is a [[ | ==Doriathrin== | ||
'''''roth''''' (pl. '''''rodhin''''') is a [[Doriathrin]] word meaning "cave".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 384</ref> | |||
===Etymology=== | |||
The word is a descendant form of ?[[Kornoldorin|Old Noldorin]] ''rōda'' > ''rōdh'' > ''rōth'', deriving from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[ROD]] ("cave").<ref name=LR/> | |||
===See also=== | |||
*[[Noldorin]] ''rhond'', ''rhonn'' ("cave") | |||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[rondo]]'' ("cave") | |||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[groth]]'' | |||
===Other versions=== | |||
The word is given in the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'' to explain the name ''[[Menegroth]]''.<ref name=LR/> In a later source [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] gives the Sindarin word ''[[groth]]'' instead.<ref>{{WJ|Author}} p. 415 (note 26)</ref> | |||
[[Category: | ==Adûnaic== | ||
'''''roth''''' is an [[Adûnaic]] word meaning "foam". Its original sense was "cutting, track" (as in the compounds ''[[obroth|ob'''roth''']]'' "fore-cutting" and ''[[nadroth|nad'''roth''']]'' "hind-track").<ref name=Ros>{{PM|Ros}}, p. 376 (note 22)</ref><ref>[[Helge Fauskanger]], [http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/adunaic.htm Adûnaic: the vernacular of Númenor] at [[Ardalambion]] (accessed 11 July 2011)</ref> | |||
===Etymology=== | |||
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[RUTH]]<ref name=Ros/> | |||
===Examples=== | |||
*''[[Rothinzil|'''Roth'''inzil]]'' | |||
===Synonyms=== | |||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[winga]]'', ''[[rossë]]'' | |||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[ros]]'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:31, 19 October 2012
Doriathrin[edit | edit source]
roth (pl. rodhin) is a Doriathrin word meaning "cave".[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word is a descendant form of ?Old Noldorin rōda > rōdh > rōth, deriving from root ROD ("cave").[1]
See also[edit | edit source]
Other versions[edit | edit source]
The word is given in the Etymologies to explain the name Menegroth.[1] In a later source Tolkien gives the Sindarin word groth instead.[2]
Adûnaic[edit | edit source]
roth is an Adûnaic word meaning "foam". Its original sense was "cutting, track" (as in the compounds obroth "fore-cutting" and nadroth "hind-track").[3][4]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Examples[edit | edit source]
Synonyms[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 384
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Four. Quendi and Eldar: Author's Notes to Quendi and Eldar" p. 415 (note 26)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XII. The Problem of Ros", p. 376 (note 22)
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, Adûnaic: the vernacular of Númenor at Ardalambion (accessed 11 July 2011)
