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lith

noun. ash, ash; [N.] sand

A noun for “ash” appearing as an element in names like Lithlad “Plain of Ashes” (RC/457) and Dor-nu-Fauglith “Land under Choking Ash” (WJ/239-240), as well as in the adjective lithui “ashy, ashen” (RGEO/66, RC/765). It is translated as “dust” in the name Anfauglith “Gasping Dust” (S/150), but since this is the name for Ard-galen after the region was burned by the forces of Morgoth, this may simply be a loose translation for “ash”.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s N. lith was glossed “sand” from primitive ᴹ✶litse under the root ᴹ√LIT (Ety/LIT), and in this document N. Fauglith was translated “Thirsty Sand” (Ety/PHAU), as opposed to its original translation from the 1920s and early-to-mid 1930s which was simply “Thirst” (LB/275; SM/26, 101; LR/280).

Neo-Sindarin: For Neo-Sindarin I’d use lith mainly in its 1950s-60s sense “ash” but also allow its 1930s sense “sand”, but for “dust” I’d use [N.] ast. @@@ Maybe it would be better to coin a neologism for “sand”?

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lith

noun. ash, sand, dust

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lithui

adjective. lithui

adj. >> -ui

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lithir

place name. ?Ash River

A small river flowing south out of the Ered Wethrin appearing in the Silmarillion revisions from the 1950s-60s and associated maps (WJ/181, 261) but not in the published version of The Silmarillion. The final element is likely the lenited form of sîr “river”, and the initial element might be lith “ash” (as suggested by David Salo, GS/383).

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lithlad

place name. Plain of Ashes

A plain in Mordor (LotR/636) translated “Plain of Ashes” (RC/457), a combination of lith “ash” and lad “plain” (SA/lith).

Conceptual Development: This name was already Lithlad “Plain of Ashes” when it first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/208).

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lithui

adjective. ashen, ashy, of ash, ash-coloured, dusty

The adjective form of lith “ash”, variously glossed as “ashy” (RGEO/66), “ashen” (RC/765), “of ash” or more exactly “ashen, ash-coloured, ashy, dusty” (VT42/10), most notably used in the name Ered Lithui “Ashen Mountains”.

Conceptual Development: The name N. Ered Lithui was already translated “Ash Mts [Mountains]” when it first appeared on early maps for The Lord of the Rings (TI/305).

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Lithlad

noun. ash plain

lith (“ash, sand, dust”) + lad (“plain, valley”)

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lithui

adjective. ashen, ashy, of ash, ash-coloured, dusty

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lith

sand

lith (sand, dust) (Names:178), no distinct pl. form.

lith

ash

lith (sand, dust), no distinct pl. form.

lith

sand

(sand, dust) (Names:178), no distinct pl. form.

lith

dust

(sand, ash) (Names:178)

lith

ash

(sand, dust), no distinct pl. form.****

lithui

ashen

(ashy) lithui (no distinct pl. form)

lithui

ashen

(no distinct pl. form)

ast

dust

1) ast (pl. aist if there is a pl.), 2) lith (sand, ash) (Names:178)

Denethor

Denethor

Denethor was named after the Nandorin chieftain of the First Age. The name is Nandorin fit into the Sindarin sound range, and is said to mean "Lithe and lank".

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fim

slender

fim (slim). No distinct pl. form. (LotR Appendix F). 3) nind (thin, fragile); no distinct pl. form. 4)

lhind

slender

1) *lhind (fine), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind. 2)

trîw

slender

trîw (lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (fine).

denethor

masculine name. Denethor

The 10th and also the 26th (and last) of the ruling stewards of Gondor (LotR/1039), possibly derived from the name of the Nandorin Elf Denethor. Its meaning (if any) as a Sindarin name is unclear; the elements of the Nandorin name do not have any clear Sindarin cognates.

Conceptual Development: The name of the last ruling steward was N. Denethor when he first appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/375).

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men-

verb. to go

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nind

adjective. slender

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ast

dust

(pl. aist if there is a pl.)

fim

slender

(slim). No distinct pl. form. (LotR Appendix F). 3) nind (thin, fragile); no distinct pl. form. 4)

lhind

slender

(fine), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind.

nind

adjective. slender

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trîw

slender

(lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (fine).