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morna is a Quenya adjective meaning "black, dark".^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The word derives from root MOR.^[1]^[2]

Cognates

Sindarin morn ("black, dark")

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 297, (dated August 1967)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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. 73

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