1b n. tower.
Sindarin
tirith
noun. watch, guard (abstract noun), vigilance
tirith
watch
barad
tower
barad
tower
1c n. tower. Q. marto.
minas
noun. tower
minas
noun. fort, city with a citadel and central watch-tower
barad
noun. tower, fortress
tirion
great watchtower
tirion (i dirion, o thirion), pl. tiryn (i thiryn).
tirion
great watchtower
(i** dirion, o thirion), pl. tiryn (i** thiryn).
sirion
great river
(i** hirion, o sirion), pl. siryn (i** siryn).
tiria
watch
1) tiria- (guard, gaze, look toward) (i diria, i thiriar). 2)
tiria
watch
(guard, gaze, look toward) (i diria, i thiriar).
tirith
watch, watching
(i dirith, o thirith) (guard, guarding, vigilance), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thirith)
tir-
watch
(cited in the form tiri, a ”Noldorin” infinitive in -i) (i dîr, i thirir) (guard, gaze, look at, look towards). The imperative tiro and passive participle [t]irnen are attested, the latter in lenited form dirnen.
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.
ardhon
great province
(great region, world), pl. erdhyn, coll. pl. ardhonnath.
gond
great stone
(i ’ond, construct gon) (rock), pl. gynd (i ngynd = i ñynd), coll. pl. gonnath (Letters:410).
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.
barad
tower
1) barad (fortress, fort) (i varad), pl. beraid (i meraid). Note: barad is also an adjective "doomed", but this is derived from a stem in mb- and would have different mutations. 2) (tower or city with citadel/central watchtower) minas (i vinas), pl. minais (i minais), coll. pl. minassath
barad
tower
(fortress, fort) (i varad), pl. beraid (i meraid). Note: barad is also an adjective "doomed", but this is derived from a stem in mb- and would have different mutations.
minas
tower
(i vinas), pl. minais (i minais), coll. pl. minassath
roval
great wing
(pinion, wing), pl. rovail (idh rovail); this is a suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” *rhoval* pl. *rhovel*.
goe
great fear
goe (i **oe) (terror), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ngoe** = i ñoe);
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”.
thamas
great hall
pl. themais, coll. pl. thamassath.
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.
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).
{1st ĭ}_n._watch, ward, guard. >> tíria, Minas Tirith