This entry includes several experimental Sindarin names for Petty Dwarves from later writings (PE17/45-6, WJ/187). They all have the initial element naug “dwarf” or older variant N. Nawag, and various diminutives as final elements.
Sindarin
niben-nog
proper name. Petty Dwarf
Changes
nibin-nog→ niben-nog ✧ PE17/046Element in
- S. Bar-en-Nibin-noeg “House of the Petty Dwarves” ✧ UT/100
Elements
Word Gloss niben “petty, petty, *small” naug “dwarf; dwarf(ed), stunted” Variations
- niben-nog ✧ PE17/046
- nibin-nog ✧ PE17/046 (
nibin-nog)- Naug-neben ✧ WJI/Naugrim; WJI/Nibin-noeg
- Nibennog ✧ WJI/Nibin-noeg
- Nebinnog ✧ WJI/Nibin-noeg
- Neben-naug ✧ WJI/Nibin-noeg
- Niwennog ✧ WJI/Nibin-noeg
noegin
noun. Petty Dwarf
Changes
nogin→ noegin ✧ PE17/045Elements
Word Gloss naug “dwarf; dwarf(ed), stunted” ? Variations
- noegin ✧ PE17/045
- nogin ✧ PE17/045 (
nogin)- noged ✧ PE17/046
- Neweglîn ✧ WJI/Neweg
- Neweglu ✧ WJI/Neweg
nogoth niben
proper name. Petty Dwarf
A Sindarin term for a Petty Dwarf (WJ/388), first published in its plural forms Noegyth Nibin “Petty-dwarves” (S/204). This name is a combination of Nogoth “Dwarf” and niben “petty” (WJ/388).
Elements
Word Gloss Nogoth “[Greater] Dwarf” niben “petty, petty, *small”
hadhod
noun. Dwarf
Cognates
Derivations
- Kh. Khuzd “Dwarf” ✧ WJ/387
Element in
- S. Hadhodrond “Dwarrowdelf, (lit.) Dwarrowvault” ✧ SA/hadhod; WJ/414
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources Kh. Khazād > chaðǭd > chaðaud > Hadhod [kʰazād] > [kʰaðād] > [xaðād] > [xaðǭd] > [xaðaud] > [haðaud] > [haðod] ✧ WJ/387 Variations
- hadhod ✧ SA/hadhod
cadhad
noun. dwarf
Cognates
- Q. Casar “Dwarf” ✧ PE17/045
Derivations
- Kh. Khuzd “Dwarf” ✧ PE17/045
Variations
- cađad ✧ PE17/045
niben-naug
petty-dwarf
nog; pl. Nibin-noeg, coll. pl. *Nibin-nogrim** (UT:148)*
nogoth
dwarf
(pl. negyth; coll. pl. nogothrim). Archaic pl. ”noegyth” = nögyth (WJ:388, 408) 3) norn (pl. nyrn, coll. pl. nornwaith). From the adj. norn ”twisted, knotted, crabbed, hard”. (MR:93, WJ:205) 4) #Gonhir (i ’Onhir), literally ”Master of Stone”, no distinct pl. form except with article (i Ngonhir = i Ñonhir, maybe primarily used as a coll. pl. Gonhirrim (WJ:205, there spelt ”Gonnhirrim”) The coll. pl. Dornhoth ("Thrawn folk") (WJ:388, 408) also refers to the Dwarves.
naug
dwarf
(in compounds -nog), pl. #noeg, coll. pl. naugrim, nogrim. (WJ:388, 408, 413; VT45:13). In ”Noldorin” the pl. was nuig, but the Sindarin pl. form noeg is attested in Nibin-noeg ”Petty-dwarves” (WJ:187, 420). Note: naug is also used as an adj. ”dwarfed, stunted”. This word for ”dwarf” also appears in a diminutive form: naugol (in compounds naugla-), coll. pl. nauglath. 2)
hadhod
dwarf
(i chadhod, o chadhod), pl. hedhyd (i chedhyd), coll. pl. hadhodrim (WJ:388). This was a word borrowed from Dwarvish Khazâd.
A Sindarin term for a Petty Dwarf (PE17/46), a variation on the better known Nogoth Niben, a combination of niben “petty” and a suffixal form -nog of naug “dwarf”, because [[s|[au] became [o] in polysyllables]] in Sindarin. This term was first published in its plural forms Nibin-noeg (UT/100) and Nibin-nogrim “Petty-dwarves” (UT/148). Tolkien considered numerous variations on the singular form of this name (WJ/187, note #26).