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rass

horn

_ n. _horn. >> Caradhras

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:36] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

rass

noun. horn, horn [of both animals and mountains]

A noun for “horn” appearing in notes on the name Caradhras “Redhorn” from the 1950s or 60s (PE17/36). This word was an element in other names as well, such as Methedras “Last Peak” and Nimras “White Horn”.

Conceptual Development: This word appeared as N. rhas “horn” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√RAS “stick up” (Ety/RAS). Christopher Tolkien gave it as rhaes in The Etymologies as published in The Lost Road (LR/383), but Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne corrected this to rhas in their Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies (VT46/10). In The Etymologies it appeared beside an alternate form N. rhasg, equivalent to ᴹQ. rasko (Ety/RAS; EtyAC/RAS).

Neo-Sindarin: Some Neo-Sindarin writers adapt its variant form as ᴺS. rasg, but I recommend sticking to attested S. rass for a “horn” of both animals and mountains.

Cognates

  • Q. rassë “horn, horn [of both animals and mountains]” ✧ PE17/036

Derivations

  • RAS “horn, horn; [ᴹ√] stick up”

Element in

Sindarin [PE17/036; SA/ras] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ras

noun. horn (especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains)

The form rhaes in the Etymologies is a misreading according to VT/46:10

Sindarin [Ety/383, VT/46:10, LotR/E, S/436, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rasg

noun. horn (especially on living animal, but also applied to mountains)

Sindarin [Ety/383, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

avras

noun. precipice

A noun glossed “a precipice”, given as a derivative of the root √BARAS (PE17/22-23).

Derivations

  • BARAS “height combined with strength/majesty” ✧ PE17/022
    • BAR “[ᴹ√] raise; uplift, save, rescue(?)”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
BARAS > avras[abrasse] > [avrasse] > [avrass] > [avras]✧ PE17/022
Sindarin [PE17/023] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rom

noun. horn, trumpet

Sindarin [Ety/384, WJ/400, X/RH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

rass

horn

(mountain peak), pl. #rais (idh rais). The pl. is attested in the name Ered Nimrais. Side-form rasc, rasg.

rhass

precipice

rhass (i rass for ”older” i** **chrass; construct rhas), pl. rais (?idh rais).

rhass

precipice

(i rass for ”older” i chrass; construct rhas), pl. rais (?idh rais).

rasg

noun. horn

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rafn

horn

(wing, extended point at the side), pl. raifn (idh raifn)

tarag

horn

(i darag, o tharag), pl. teraig (i theraig). The word may be used of a ”steep mountain peak” (VT46:17; ”steep mountain path” in LR:391 is a misreading).

rom

horn

1) rom (trumpet), pl. rym (idh rym), coll. pl. rommath. (Cf. also romloth ”horn-flower”, tobacco.) 2) rass (mountain peak), pl. #rais** (idh rais). The pl. is attested in the name Ered Nimrais. Side-form rasc, rasg. 3) rafn (wing, extended point at the side), pl. raifn (idh raifn); 4) tarag (i darag, o tharag), pl. teraig (i theraig**). The word may be used of a ”steep mountain peak” (VT46:17; ”steep mountain path” in LR:391 is a misreading).

rom

horn

(trumpet), pl. rym (idh rym), coll. pl. rommath. (Cf. also romloth ”horn-flower”, tobacco.)

sound of horns

pl. rui (idh rui), also romru, pl. remry (idh remry) for archaic römry

till

sharp horn

(i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (tine, point, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild.