S. dû n. “night, dimness; dim, dark” (Category: Night)

S. dû, n. “night, dimness; [N.] night-fall, late evening; ⚠️[S.] dim, dark” (Category: Night)

N. daw “night-time, gloom”

References ✧ NM/283; PE17/37, 87, 152; RC/269; SA/dú, lómë, sîr

Glosses

• “dark [substance]” ✧ NM/283
• “dim, dark” ✧ RC/269
• “dimness” ✧ PE17/37
• “night” ✧ PE17/152
• “night, dimness” ✧ SA/dú (dú)

Variations

• dû ✧ NM/283; PE17/37; PE17/87; PE17/152; RC/269
• dú ✧ SA/dú; SA/lómë; SA/sîr

Related

• dû = Q. †lômí ✧ PE17/87
• Dûr “dark, gloomy, hellish” affected by dû “night” ✧ PE17/152

Element In

• ᴺS. !dúvad “supper, dinner”
• ᴺS. !dúvechuior “nocturnal animal, (lit.) night-waker”
• S. Deldúwath “Deadly Nightshade, (lit.) Horror of Night-shadow” ✧ SA/dú
• S. dúath “night shadow, dark/black shadow” ✧ PE17/87 (du-wath); PE17/152 (du(w)ath); SA/dú
• S. dúlin “nightingale” ✧ SA/dú
• S. Nanduhirion “Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Vale of (the Region of) Dim Streams” ✧ PE17/37; RC/269 (Nan Duhirion); SA/sîr
• S. #tinnu “*twilight”

Cognates

• Q. lómë “night, dimness, twilight, dusk, darkness” ✧ PE17/152; SA/dú; SA/lómë

Derivations

• < ✶dōmē “night, twilight” ✧ PE17/152; SA/dú
  • < √DOM “dark” ✧ PE17/152

Phonetic Developments

✶dōmē > dû	[dōmē] > [dūme] > [dūme] > [dūm] > [dūv] > [dū]	✧ PE17/152
✶dōmē > dú	[dōmē] > [dūme] > [dūme] > [dūm] > [dūv] > [dū]	✧ SA/dú

N. dû n. “night, night-fall, late evening” (Category: Night)

References ✧ Ety/DOƷ, DYEL; EtyAC/DOMO; SD/302

Glosses

• “night” ✧ SD/302 (dū); Ety/DYEL (#dú)
• “night-fall” ✧ EtyAC/DOMO
• “night-fall, late evening” ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Variations

• dû ✧ Ety/DOƷ; EtyAC/DOMO
• #dú ✧ Ety/DYEL
• dū ✧ SD/302

Related

• dû “night-fall, late evening” is associated with ᴹ√NDŪ ✧ Ety/DOƷ

Element In

• N. Delduthling “Ungoliant, *(lit.) Horror Night Spider” ✧ Ety/DOƷ (Del-du-thling)
• N. dúlin(n) “nightingale” ✧ Ety/DOƷ; SD/302 (duilin)
• N. dú(w)ath “night-shade” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
• N. Mordu “*Black Night”
• N. Deldúwath “Deadly Nightshade” ✧ Ety/DYEL (Deldú(w)ath)

Cognates

• ᴹQ. ló² “night, a night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ
• ᴹQ. lóme “night, night-time, shades of night, gloom” ✧ SD/302 (lōme)

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶dōmi “night, twilight, gloom” ✧ SD/302
  • < dūmh < dōmi ✧ SD/302
  • < ᴹ√DOM “faint, dim” ✧ Ety/DOMO (DOMO)
• < ᴹ√DOƷ “night” ✧ Ety/DOƷ (DOƷ/DÔ); Ety/DYEL; Ety/DOMO

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√DOƷ/DÔ > dû	[dō] > [dū]	✧ Ety/DOƷ
ᴹ✶dōmi > dūmh > dū	[dōmi] > [dōme] > [dūme] > [dūm] > [dūv] > [dū]	✧ SD/302