thamas

great hall

pl. themais, coll. pl. thamassath;

thamas

great hall

pl. themais, coll. pl. thamassath.

thamas

great hall

thamas, pl. themais, coll. pl. thamassath.

thamas

great hall

thamas, pl. themais, coll. pl. thamassath;

tham

hall

tham, pl. thaim, coll. pl. thammath;

tham

hall

pl. thaim, coll. pl. thammath;

taur

great wood

(i daur, o thaur) (forest), pl. toer (i thoer), coll. pl. torath. Note: homophones mean ”king (of a people)” and also ”lofty, high, sublime, noble” etc.

aearon

great ocean

also Gaearon (i** ’Aearon), pl. Gaearyn (i** Ngaearyn = *i Ñaearyn). Also short form Gaeron (i** ‘Aeron), pl. Gaeryn (i** Ngaeryn = i Ñaeryn*). Coll. pl. Gaearonnath, Gaeronnath.

daedhelos

great fear

daedhelos (i naedhelos, o ndaedhelos), pl. daedhelys (i ndaedhelys). Coll. pl. daedhelossath. A side-form ends in -oth instead of -os. The word appears in the mutated form "ndae<u>d</u>elos" in LotR Appendix F, but since the second element must be delos "abhorrence" and it would surely be lenited following a vowel, this would seem to be one of the cases where Tolkien wrote d even though dh would be technically correct. Another term for GREAT FEAR is goe (i **oe) (terror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngoe** = i ñoe).

daedhelos

great fear/dread

(i** naedhelos, o ndaedhelos), pl. daedhelys (i** ndaedhelys). Coll. pl. daedhelossath. A side-form ends in -oth instead of -os. The word appears in the mutated form "ndaedelos" in LotR Appendix F, but since the second element must be delos "abhorrence" and it would surely be lenited following a vowel, this would seem to be one of the cases where Tolkien wrote d even though dh would be technically correct.

goe

great fear

goe (i **oe) (terror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngoe** = i ñoe);

gond

great stone

(i ’ond, construct gon) (rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath (Letters:410).

lae

great number

(no distinct pl. form) (VT45:27), also rim (crowd, host), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh** rim), coll. pl. rimmath**. Note: a homophone means ”cold pool or lake”.

rhûd

rockhewn hall

(construct rhud, with article ?i thrûd or ?i rûd – the lenition product of rh- is uncertain) (dwelling underground, artificial cave, mine), pl. rhuid (?idh ruid). (PM:365);

rond

hall with vaulted roof

(construct ron) (cave, cavern, vault, vaulted ceiling), pl. rynd (idh rynd), coll. pl. ronnath

roval

great wing

(pinion, wing), pl. rovail (idh rovail); this is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” *rhoval* pl. *rhovel*.

tirion

great watchtower

(i** dirion, o thirion), pl. tiryn (i** thiryn).

ardhon

great province

(great region, world), pl. erdhyn, coll. pl. ardhonnath.

sirion

great river

(i** hirion, o sirion), pl. siryn (i** siryn).

thamas

noun. great hall

thamas

noun. great hall

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “great hall”, an elaboration of tham “hall” under the root ᴹ√STAB (Ety/STAB).

Conceptual Development: There was a similar word G. thambros “hall” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, an elaboration of G. tham “chamber, room” (GL/72).

Neo-Sindarin: See S. sam “chamber” for a discussion of possible later forms of this word’s root, and possible Neo-Sindarin uses.

Variations

• thambas ✧ Ety/STAB (thambas)

thambas

noun. great hall

tham

noun. hall

tham

noun. hall

Cognates

• ᴹQ. sambe “room, chamber” ✧ Ety/STAB

Derivations

• ᴹ✶stambē “room, chamber” ✧ Ety/STAB
  • ᴹ√STAB “*wood” ✧ Ety/STAB

Element in

• N. thamas “great hall” ✧ Ety/STAB

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶stambē > thamb > tham	[stambē] > [stambe] > [sθambe] > [θambe] > [θamb] > [θamb] > [θamm] > [θam]	✧ Ety/STAB

thamb

noun. hall