S. Taur-i-Melegyrn loc. “Forest of the Great Trees”
Another name for Taur-im-Duinath appearing in revisions to the Silmarillion maps from the 1950s-1960s, translated “Forest of the Great Trees” (WJ/185). This name a combination of taur “forest”, the definite article i¹ “the” and the nasal mutation of beleg “great” and the plural of orn “tree”.
Reference ✧ WJI/Taur-i-Melegyrn ✧ “Forest of the Great Trees”
Elements
| taur | “forest, wood” | ✧ WJI/Taur-i-Melegyrn | |
| i¹ | “the” | plural elided | ✧ WJI/Taur-i-Melegyrn |
| beleg | “great, mighty; large, big” | nasal-mutation | ✧ WJI/Taur-i-Melegyrn (Meleg) |
| orn | “(tall straight) tree” | plural | ✧ WJI/Taur-i-Melegyrn (yrn) |