S. Fui ’Ngorthrim loc. “Paths of the Dead”
Sindarin name for the Paths of the Dead appearing in Tolkien’s “Unfinished Index” of The Lord of the Rings (RC/526). The initial element fui is apparently the plural of an otherwise unattested noun fû “path”. The second element is the lenited class-plural of gorth¹ “dead (person)”, which also appears in Dor Gyrth i Chuinar “Land of the Dead that Live” as its ordinarly plural.
Conceptual Development: This name replaced a deleted form Raith ’Ngorthrim.
Reference ✧ RC/526 ✧ “Paths of the Dead”
Elements
| ?fû | “path” | plural | ✧ RC/526 (Fui) |
| #gorth¹ | “dead; dead (person)” | soft-mutation class-plural | ✧ RC/526 (’Ngorthrim) |
S. Raith ’Ngorthrim loc. “Paths of the Dead”
A rejected Sindarin name for the Paths of the Dead appearing in Tolkien’s “Unfinished Index” of The Lord of the Rings, replaced by Fui ’Ngorthrim (RC/526). It appears to be a combination of the plural of rath “street” and the lenited class-plural of gorth¹ “dead (person)”.
Reference ✧ RC/526 ✧ “Paths of the Dead”
Elements
| rath | “street” | plural | ✧ RC/526 (Raith) |
| #gorth¹ | “dead; dead (person)” | soft-mutation class-plural | ✧ RC/526 (’Ngorthrim) |