belegast
place name. Void
gast
proper name. Void
A name for the Void beyond the world appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, more fully Belegast (Ety/KUM).
gaw
noun. void
gaw
noun. void
caun
noun. empty, void
caun
adjective. empty, void
cofn
adjective. empty, void
ia
noun. abyss, void
lhost
adjective. empty
ia
noun. gulf
ia
noun. gulf
lhost
adjective. empty
iâ
noun. chasm, pit; void, abyss, chasm, pit; void, abyss; [N.] gulf
A word variously glossed “void, abyss” (Let/383), “chasm, pit” (PE17/35), or “gulf” (Ety/YAG), it was the final element in the name S. Moria “Black Chasm, Black Pit”. It was a derivative of the root √YAG. In The Etymologies of the 1930s its primitive form was given as ᴹ✶yagu- (Ety/YAG), in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s its primitive form was ᴹ✶yagō (RS/437), while in a 1967 letter its primitive form was ✶yagā (Let/383).
iâ
noun. abyss, void
gaw
void
(noun) 1) gaw (i **aw), pl. goe (i ngoe = i ñoe), 2) (noun, "the Void" beyond the world) Gast (i **Ast if the word can occur with article and is not counted as a proper name), 3) iâ (chasm, gulf, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)
cofn
void
(adjective) cofn (empty), lenited gofn, pl. cyfn
cofn
void
(empty), lenited gofn, pl. cyfn
gast
void
(i ’Ast if the word can occur with article and is not counted as a proper name)
gaw
void
(i ’aw), pl. goe (i ngoe = i ñoe)
iâ
void
(chasm, gulf, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)
covn
noun. empty, void
iâ
gulf
- iâ (chasm, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383), 2) iaw (cleft, ravine), pl. ioe. Note: a homophone means ”corn”.
iâ
gulf
(chasm, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)
iâ
chasm
iâ (gulf, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)
iâ
chasm
(gulf, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)
lost
empty
lost (pl. lyst), also cofn (void), lenited gofn, pl. cyfn
lost
empty
(pl. lyst), also cofn (void), lenited gofn, pl. cyfn
iâ
noun. gulf
iâ
chasm
_ n. _chasm, pit. >> Moria
lost
adjective. empty
lost
adjective. empty
iaw
gulf
(cleft, ravine), pl. ioe. Note: a homophone means ”corn”.
Avacúma
exterior void beyond the world
Avacúma place-name, "Exterior Void beyond the World" (AWA, (OY) )
cúma
the void
cúma ("k")noun "the Void" (KUM, (GAS) )
lusta
void, empty
lusta adj. "void, empty" (LUS)
cilya
chasm
cilya noun "chasm", allative cilyanna ("k") "in-Chasm" (sc. "into [the] chasm") _(LR:47, 56). _In MR:471, cilya is defined as "cleft, gorge". Spelt kilya in Etym, there defined as "cleft, pass between hills, gorge" (KIL)
cumna
empty
cumna ("k")adj. "empty" (KUM)
akhâs
noun. chasm
A noun for “chasm” attested only in the prepositional phrase akhāsada “into chasm” (SD/247) and akhās-ada “chasm-into” (SD/311), the latter example making it clear which element means what.
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kum
root. void
A root in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “void”, with derivatives like ᴹQ. kúma “void” and N. caun “empty” (Ety/KUM). It was probably also the basis of ᴹQ. kumba in ᴹQ. saurikumba in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, unglossed but probably “✱foul-bellied” (SD/86).
gāsa
noun. void
yagō
noun. gulf
kúma
noun. void
avakúma
place name. Exterior Void
lusta
adjective. void, empty
kumna
adjective. empty
kūma
noun. void
lost Reconstructed
adjective. empty
A Doriathrin adjective meaning “empty” attested only as an element in the name Dor. Mablost (Ety/KAB). Its Quenya cognate lusta suggests a primitive form ✱✶lustā, with the [o] developing from Ilkorin a-affection. It might be a Doriathrin-only variant of more general Ilkorin losgen “empty”.
losgen Reconstructed
adjective. empty
An adjective meaning “empty” attested only as an element in the Ilkorin name Mablosgen (Ety/MAP). As suggested by Helge Fauskanger, it might be a combination of Dor. lost and the adjective suffix -en, but if so it is unclear where the medial g came from (AL-Ilkorin/Mablosgen). Alternately, perhaps losgen is the general Ilkorin adjective for “empty” and lost is a variant used only in the Doriathrin dialect.
nil
adjective. empty
Noldorin term for the “Void” appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of beleg “great” and Gast “void” (Ety/KUM), also appearing as a variant Belego containing gaw “void” (Ety/GAS).