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G. moth n. “sheep” (Category: Sheep)

⚠️G. moth, n. “sheep” (Category: Sheep): ᴺS. !maf “sheep”

A noun for “sheep” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s given as {mô >>} moth (GL/58), likely derived from the early root ᴱ√MAWA “cry, bleat” that was the basis for “sheep” words in Early Qenya (QL/060).

References ✧ GL/58; LT1/247; LT1A/Uin

Glosses

“sheep” ✧ GL/58; LT1/247; GL/58 (mô); LT1/247 (mô)
“sheep; 1000; †flock” ✧ LT1A/Uin

Variations

moth ✧ GL/58; LT1/247; LT1A/Uin
mô ✧ GL/58; LT1/247

mothrim more often than mothin ✧ GL/58
Egalmoth may be related [as a false etymology?] to moth “sheep; 1000; †flock” ✧ LT2A/Egalmoth

Changes

mô >> moth ✧ GL/58; LT1/247

Inflections

mothin	plural	✧ GL/58
mothrim	plural	✧ GL/58

Element In

G. mastir “*shepherdess”
G. mathron “herd, herdsman, shepherd”
G. mothweg “shepherd” ✧ GL/58; LT1A/Uin
G. uimoth “whale, (lit.) sheep of the waves” ✧ LT1/247; LT1A/Uin
G. moth(in) “1000; †flock” ✧ GL/58

Cognates

ᴱQ. moa “sheep”

Derivations

< ᴱ√MAWA “‽cry, bleat”