This word only occurs in the place name Imloth Melui, a vale where roses grew
Sindarin
imrath
noun. long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise
imrath
noun. long narrow valley with road or watercourse running through it lengthwise, *(lit.) valley course
Element in
- S. Imrath Gondraich “Stonewain Valley” ✧ RC/558; UTI/Stonewain Valley
Elements
Word Gloss im “valley, valley; [N.] dell, deep vale” rath “street, street; [N.] course, river-bed” Variations
- Imrath ✧ RC/558
imrad
noun. a path or pass (between mountains, hills or trackless forest)
imloth
noun. flower-valley, flowery vale
imlad
noun. deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides (but a flat habitable bottom)
im
noun. dell, deep vale
This word only survived in compounds (due to the clash with im.1 )
im
noun. valley, valley; [N.] dell, deep vale
An archaic element meaning “valley” that survived only in compounds, a derivation of ✶imbi “between” (VT47/14). The basic sense “valley” was transferred to its more elaborate form imlad as in Imladris “Rivendell”, and †im “valley” fell out of use due to its conflicted with other words like the reflexive pronoun im.
Conceptual Development: N. imm “dell, deep vale” was mentioned in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√IMBE, alongside its elaboration N. imlad of the same meaning (Ety/IMBE).
Derivations
Element in
- S. imlad “deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides, gap, gully, deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides, gap, gully, [N.] dell, glen” ✧ VT47/14
- S. Imloth Melui “Lovely or Sweet Flower-valley” ✧ VT42/18
- S. imrad “path or pass between mountains or trackless forest, *(lit.) valley path” ✧ VT47/14
- S. imrath “long narrow valley with road or watercourse running through it lengthwise, *(lit.) valley course”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶imbi > imm > im [imbi] > [imbe] > [imb] > [imm] > [imm] > [im] ✧ VT47/14 Variations
- im ✧ VT42/18; VT47/14
nan
vale
_ n. _vale. >> nand, Nanduhirion
tum
noun. deep valley, under or among hills
nand
vale
_ n. _vale. >> nan, Nanduhirion
imrath
narrow valley
(pl. imraith)
imrath
valley
(pl. imraith)
imrath
valley
(long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise) imrath (pl. imraith)
imrath
narrow valley
(long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise) imrath (pl. imraith),
imloth
flowering valley
(pl. imlyth) (VT42:18).
rant
watercourse
rant (water-channel, stream; lode, vein), pl. raint (idh raint), coll. pl. rannath. Cf. also the word imrath (pl. imraith), referring to a long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise.
rant
watercourse
(water-channel, stream; lode, vein), pl. raint (idh raint), coll. pl. rannath. Cf. also the word imrath (pl. imraith), referring to a long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise.
imlad
narrow valley with steep sides
(glen, deep valley), pl. imlaid.
imlad
deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides
(glen), pl. imlaid;
im
dell
im (deep vale), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite). The word typically occurs, not by itself, but in compounds like imlad, imloth, imrath, imrad (VT45:18, VT47:19)
im
dell
(deep vale), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite). The word typically occurs, not by itself, but in compounds like imlad, imloth, imrath, imrad (VT45:18, VT47:19)
im
deep vale
(dell), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite). The word typically occurs, not by itself, but in compounds like imlad, imloth, imrath, imrad (VT45:18, VT47:19)
im
vale
(deep vale) im (dell), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite). The word typically occurs, not by itself, but in compounds like imlad, imloth, imrath, imrad (VT45:18, VT47:19)
im
vale
(dell), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite). The word typically occurs, not by itself, but in compounds like imlad, imloth, imrath, imrad *(VT45:18, VT47:19)***
talath
wide valley
(i** dalath, o thalath) (flat surface, plane, flatlands, plain), pl. telaith (i** thelaith). *Tolkien changed this word from ”Noldorin” dalath, LR:353 s.v.*
talath
dal
Dirnen or ”Guarded Plain” mentioned in the Silmarillion.
lond
narrow path
(harbour, haven, pass, strait), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294).
maeg
going deep in
(lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (sharp, penetrating). (WJ:337);
mên
road
mên (i vên, construct men, in compounds -ven) (way), pl. mîn (i mîn). Cf. also:
mên
road
(i vên, construct men, in compounds -ven) (way), pl. mîn (i mîn). Cf. also:
falch
deep cleft
(ravine[?]), pl. felch;
agor
narrow
agor (analogical pl. egyr). In archaic S agr.
agor
narrow
(analogical pl. egyr). In archaic S agr.
nand
valley
1) nand (construct nan) (wide grassland, land at the foot of hills with many streams), pl. naind, coll. pl. nannath (VT45:36), 2) lâd (lowland, plain), construct lad, pl. laid, 3) (long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise) imrath (pl. imraith).
nand
valley
(construct nan) (wide grassland, land at the foot of hills with many streams), pl. naind, coll. pl. **nannath **(VT45:36)
tofn
deep
tofn (lenited dofn; pl. tyfn) (low, low-lying), also nûr (pl. nuir). Note: homophones of the latter mean ”sad” and ”race”.
tofn
deep
(lenited dofn; pl. tyfn) (low, low-lying), also nûr (pl. nuir). Note: homophones of the latter mean ”sad” and ”race”.
angol
deep lore
(magic), pl. engyl. Note: a homophone means "stench".
lâd
valley
(lowland, plain), construct lad, pl. laid
tûm
deep valley
tum- (i** dûm, o thûm, construct tum), pl. t**uim (i** thuim**)
An element in the Sindarin name Imrath Gondraich for “Stonewain Valley”, described in Tolkien’s Nomenclature of the Lord of the Rings as “a long narrow valley with road or water course running [?]lengthwise” (RC/558). Its literal meaning is im + rath = “✱valley course” and probably refers as much to the river or road running through the valley as the valley itself.