rath
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Sindarin[edit]
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[edit]
Christopher Tolkien has noted that the noun rath derives from the stem rath- ("climb").[3]
Examples[edit]
Noldorin[edit]
rath is a Noldorin word meaning "course, river-bed".[6]
Etymology[edit]
The word derives from Old Noldorin rattha, from root RAT ("walk").[6]
Examples[edit]
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
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 11
