S. #gorth¹ [ng-] adj. and n. “dead; dead (person)” (Category: Corpse, Body)
A noun for a “dead [person]” appearing its plural form in the phrase Dor Gyrth i Chuinar “Land of the Dead that Live” (Let/417) and its mutated class-plural form in the phrase Fui ’Ngorthrim “Paths of the Dead” (RC/526). It is clearly based on the root √ÑGUR “death”. In a Discord conversation from 2022-10-14, Lokyt suggested that this form is likely a nominalized adjective, from primitive *ngurtā “dead”. As such, it can probably be used as both an adjective for “dead” and a noun for a “dead (person)”.
References ✧ Let/417; NM/364; RC/526
Inflections
| Gyrth | plural | “the Dead” | ✧ Let/417 |
| Gyrth | plural | “dead” | ✧ NM/364 |
| ’Ngorthrim | soft-mutation class-plural; ng-mutation | “the Dead” | ✧ RC/526 |
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