úcalima

adjective. dim, murky

gwathren

adjective. shadowy, dim

gwathren

adjective. shadowy, dim

A word meaning “shadowy, dim” appearing in The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor of the late 1960s, the adjectival form of gwath “shadow” (VT42/9).

Derivations

• √WATH “*shade, [ᴹ√] shade” ✧ VT42/09

Element in

• S. Ered Wethrin “Mountains of Shadow, (lit.) Shadowy Mountains”

Elements

Word	Gloss
gwath	“shadow, dim light, shadow, dim light, [N.] shade”
-ren	“adjective suffix”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√WATH > gwathren	[watʰrina] > [waθrina] > [gwaθrina] > [gwaθrena] > [gwaθren]	✧ VT42/09
√WATH > gwethrin	[watʰrini] > [waθrini] > [gwaθrini] > [gweθrini] > [gwaθrin]	✧ VT42/09

gwathui

adjective. shadowy

fain

dim

adj. dim, dimmed (applied to dimmed or fading lights or to things seen in them); filmy, fine-woven, etc. (applied to things that only partially screened light, such as a canopy of young still half-transparent leaves, or textures that veiled but only half-concealed a form).

gwathren

dim

(adj.) gwathren (shadowy), lenited wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.);

gwathren

dim

(shadowy), lenited ’wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.);

gwathren

shadowy

(dim), lenited ’wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.)

gwathra

dim

(verb) gwathra- (i **wathra, in gwathrar**) (overshadow, veil, obscure)

gwathra

dim

(i ’wathra, in gwathrar) (overshadow, veil, obscure)

gwathui

shadowy

(lenited ’wathui; no distinct pl. form)

gwathuirim

shadowy people

(PM:330)

gwâth

dim light

(i ’wâth; construct gwath) (shadow, shade), pl. gwaith (in gwaith) (UT:261);

auth

dim shape

(spectral or vague apparition), pl. oeth, coll. pl. othath. Note: a homophone means "war, battle".

donn

shadowy

1) donn (black, swart, swarty, shady) (lenited dhonn, pl. dynn). (VT45:11). Also dunn- in compounds. 2) gwathren (dim), lenited wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.) 3) gwathui (lenited wathui; no distinct pl. form)

donn

shadowy

(black, swart, swarty, shady) (lenited dhonn, pl. dynn). (VT45:11). Also dunn- in compounds.