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'''''lhûg''''' is a noun meaning "[[Snakes|snake]], [[Dragons|dragon]]" in [[Sindarin]].<ref name=Ety370>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 370</ref><ref>{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''lok-''</ref>
'''''lhûg''''' is a noun meaning "[[Snakes|snake]], [[Serpents|serpent]]" in [[Noldorin]]<ref name=Ety370>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "[[LOK]]"</ref> and [[Sindarin]].<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''lok-''</ref>
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
It is derived from the [[Elvish]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[LOK]].<ref name=Ety370/>
In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', Noldorin ''lhûg'' derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[LOK]].<ref name=Ety370/>
==See also==
==Examples==
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[amlug]]''
*''[[amlug|am'''lug''']]'' = "dragon"
*''[[lhimlug|lhim'''lug''']]'' = "sea-serpent"
==Cognates==
==Cognates==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[lóke]]''
*[[Quenya]] ''[[lókë]]''
==Other versions of the legendarium==
In [[Gnomish]] appears the forms ''fuith'''lug''''' ("a dragon who guards treasure") and ''lûg'' ("[[Worms|worm]], [[Serpents|serpent]]").<ref>{{PE|11}}, pp. 36, 55 (entry '''lûgi''')</ref>
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Latest revision as of 09:33, 7 September 2022

lhûg is a noun meaning "snake, serpent" in Noldorin[1] and Sindarin.[2]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

In the Etymologies, Noldorin lhûg derives from the root LOK.[1]

Examples[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]

In Gnomish appears the forms fuithlug ("a dragon who guards treasure") and lûg ("worm, serpent").[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry "LOK"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry lok-
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), pp. 36, 55 (entry lûgi)