Sindarin name of the Dunlendings (PM/330), apparently a combination of an otherwise unattested adjective gwathui “✱shadowy” and the class-plural suffix -rim.
Sindarin
gwathuirim
noun. The Dunlendings or People of Dunland
gwathuirim
noun. shadowy people (Dunlendings)
gwathuirim
collective name. Dunlendings
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.
gwath (“shade, shadow, dim light”) + ui (adjectival suffix) + rim (collective plural)