gwath (“shade, shadow, dim light”) + ui (adjectival suffix) + rim (collective plural)
Quenya
lie
noun. people
lië
people
Sindarin
gwathuirim
noun. The Dunlendings or People of Dunland
gwathuirim
noun. shadowy people (Dunlendings)
gwathuirim
collective name. Dunlendings
Sindarin name of the Dunlendings (PM/330), apparently a combination of an otherwise unattested adjective gwathui “✱shadowy” and the class-plural suffix -rim.
Elements
Word Gloss gwathui “*shadowy, of shadow” -rim “collective or group plural”
gwathui
adjective. shadowy
gwathren
adjective. shadowy, dim
gwathuirim
people of dunland
(”shadowy people”) (PM:330);
gwathuirim
shadowy people
(PM:330)
gwathuirim
dunland, people of
Gwathuirim (PM:330)
gwathuirim
people of dunland
Gwathuirim (”shadowy people”) (PM:330);
gwathuirim
shadowy people
(= people of Dunland) Gwathuirim (PM:330)
gwathuirim
dunland, people of
(PM:330)
gwathui
shadowy
(lenited ’wathui; no distinct pl. form)
iathrim
people of doriath
(”Fence-people”) (WJ:378);
gwathren
shadowy
(dim), lenited ’wathren; pl. gwethrin. (A lenited pl. is attested in the name Ered Wethrin, Shadowy Mountains.)
galadhrim
people of the trees
(Elves of Lórien)
gwaith
people
gwaith (i **waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith**).
gwaith
people
(i ’waith) (manhood, manpower, troop of able-bodied men, host, regiment, region; wilderness), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaith).
rohirrim
people of rohan
(Gondorian pronunciation of Rochirrim; see
denwaith
people of denwe
(WJ:385);
haradrim
people of the south
(southerners, southrons);
ilphen
noun. everyone
il- (every/all) + pen (someone/somebody).
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.
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Westron
nas
noun. people
Cognates
- Q. nos(së) “kindred, family, kindred, family, [ᴹQ.] clan, ‘house’, [ᴱQ.] folk, kin, people” ✧ PM/320
Derivations
Element in
- Wes. tudnas ✧ PM/320
Gnomish
gwaith
noun. people
Element in
- G. gweithiad “nation, folk” ✧ PE13/117
Elements
Word Gloss gweg “man, male of the Elda” Variations
- gwaith ✧ LT1A/Bronweg
- gweith ✧ PE13/117
gweith
noun. people
Early Quenya
lómina
adjective. shadowy
A word for “shadowy” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, an adjective form of ᴱQ. lōmin “shade, shadow” (QL/55).
Variations
- lōmina ✧ QL/055
lië noun "people" (LI, Narqelion, VT39:6), in Eldalië, losselië, Ornelië (q.v.); possessive #liéva in Mindon Eldaliéva (q.v.); maybe also compounded in #rohtalië, #ruhtalië (q.v.)