S. cabed n. “leap” (Category: Leaping)
A noun for “leap” appearing in names like Cabed Naeramarth “Leap of Dreadful Doom” and Cabed-en-Aras “Deer’s Leap” (S/224; UT/150), apparently the gerund of a verb cab- “leap, *jump” based on the root ᴹ√KAP of similar meaning.
Conceptual Development: This root dates all the way back to the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, and there are similar nouns based on this root appear in Tolkien’s earlier writings: G. camp “leap” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/24) and ᴱN. cais “leap” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/140). The latter was based on primitive ᴱ✶kapse, with the diphthong ai the result of the vocalization of p to i.
References ✧ S/224; UT/150
Glosses
Elements
| #cab- | “to leap” | ✧ S/224 (Cabed) |
| #-ed¹ | “gerund” | ✧ S/224 (#-ed) |
Element In
ᴱN. cais n. “leap” (Category: Leaping)
Reference ✧ PE13/140 ✧ “leap”
Derivations