noss (construct nos, pl. nyss) (clan, house), also nost (pl. nyst) (house) (PM:360) or nothrim (house) with no distinct pl. form (PM:360). Also bâr (dwelling, house, home; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). The element appears in the forms -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.
Sindarin
nos(s)
noun. race
nos(s)
noun. family, kindred, clan, house; race, tribe, people
Cognates
- Ed. nothlir “folk, family”
- Q. nórë “land, country; †people, race, tribe, land, country, [ᴹQ.] region where certain people live, [ᴱQ.] nation; [Q.] †people, race, tribe, [ᴹQ.] folk, [ᴱQ.] family” ✧ PE17/169
- Q. nos(së) “kindred, family, kindred, family, [ᴹQ.] clan, ‘house’, [ᴱQ.] folk, kin, people” ✧ PM/320
Derivations
- √NŌ/ONO “beget, give birth to; be born, beget, give birth to; be born; [ᴱ√] become” ✧ PE17/169
Derivatives
- Wes. nas “people” ✧ PM/320
Element in
- S. Drúnos “a family of the Drû-folk”
- ᴺS. gwanos “family, birth, heredity, *lineage”
- S. Nost Finarfin “House of Finarfin” ✧ PM/360
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √(o)nō > nos(s) [nosse] > [noss] ✧ PE17/169 Variations
- nos ✧ PM/320
- Nost ✧ PM/360
noss
family
noss
family
(construct nos, pl. nyss) (clan, house), also nost (pl. nyst) (house) (PM:360) or nothrim (house) with no distinct pl. form (PM:360). Also bâr (dwelling, house, home; land, earth) (i mâr, o mbâr, construct bar), pl. bair (i mbair). The element appears in the forms -bar, -mar at the end of compounds.
nothlir
family line, family tree
(no distinct pl. form; coll. pl. nothliriath)
nothrim
noun. family
Elements
Word Gloss nothri “family, kinship”
nûr
race
(group of related people) nûr (construct nur, pl. nuir). Note: homophones mean ”sad” and ”deep”.
nûr
race
(construct nur, pl. nuir). Note: homophones mean ”sad” and ”deep”.**
_ n. _race, tribe, people. Q. nóre.