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The Tolkien Black Speech Dictionary
Here is a brief dictionary for Tolkien's black speech used by e.g. orcs.
agh "and"
ash "one"
-at infinitive suffix, or possibly a specialized "intentive" suffix
indicating purpose: Ash nazg durbatulûk
"one Ring to rule them all"
bagronk "cesspool", possibly bag+ronk "cess+pool"
búbhosh "great"
burz "dark", (isolated from Lugburz.), burzum "darkness"
dug "filth", tentatively isolated from pushdug
durb- "rule", infinitive durbat, only attested with suffixes:
durbatulûk "to rule them all"
ghâsh "fire" (stated to be derived from the Black Speech,
may or may not represent Sauron's original
form of the word)
gimb- "find", infinitive gimbat, only attested with a pronominal
suffix: gimbatul, "to find them"
glob "fool"
gûl "any one of the major invisible servants of Sauron dominated
entirely by his will" (A Tolkien Compass).
Translated
"wraith(s)" in the compound Nazgûl, "Ringwraith(s)".
hai "folk", in Uruk-hai "Uruk-folk" and Olog-hai "Troll-folk".
ishi "in", a suffixed postposition: burzum-ishi, "in the darkness".
krimp- "bind", infinitive krimpat, only attested with a pronominal
suffix: krimpatul, "to bind them"
lug "tower". Isolated from Lugburz
Lugbúrz the Dark Tower, Sindarin Barad-dûr (Lug-búrz
"Tower-dark")
nazg "ring": ash nazg "one ring", Nazgûl "Ring-wraith(s)"
Nazgûl "Ring-wraith(s)", nazg + gûl
olog a variety of Troll apparently developed by Sauron.
Olog-hai "Olog-people".
pushdug "dungfilth", possibly push+dug "dung+filth"
ronk "pool", tentatively isolated from bagronk
skai interjection of contempt
sha interjection of contempt
sharkû "old man"
snaga "slave"
thrak- "bring", infinitive thrakat, only attested with suffixes:
thrakatulûk "to bring them all"
u "to"
-ûk "all", suffixed to pronominal suffixes: -ulûk, "them all"
-ul pronominal suffix "them".
-um "-ness" in burzum "darkness".
uruk a great variety of Orc.
-aga misprint for
`-uga' `Vinyar Tengwar'
-at verb infinitive
-hai people (collective
plural)
-i noun
plural after consonant
-ishi in (case suffix)
-ob of (case
suffix)
-u noun
plural after consonant
-ub- verb future
tense suffix
-ug verb present
active participle
-uga verb past passive
participle
-uuk all
-ul them
-um -ness,
-yness
-uur for (case suffix)
-uurz a common adjective-forming
suffix
-z noun
plural after vowel
a- prefixed
to an interrogative makes it into a relative
agh and
albai elf (or) elves
amal where (relative)
ash one
Azog PN an orc-leader
of Moria (LOTR III; TH)
bagronk dung-pit
Bolg PN an orc-leader
(son of Azog), slain by Beorn (TH)
bugd- call (v)
burguul shadow (`burz + guul')
burzum darkness
buub pig
buurz dark (adj)
durb- rule (v)
durub ruler
dush (meaning unknown)
Dushgoi PN Minas Morgul
Dushgoizagh Morgul Pass
duump- doom
fauth- lie hidden
gaakh let it be that (=
Quenya `nai')
gakh three
gazat dwarf
ghaash fire
Ghaash PN an orc of Kirith Ungol
ghashum heat
gimb- find (v)
glob filth
goi (meaning
unknown)
Golfimbul PN leader of orcs of Mount Gram, slain
at Greenfields
golug elves (Angband Orkish
(without suffix) for "Noldor" pl.)
Gorbag PN an orc-leader of Minas
Morgul, killed by Shagrat (LotR III)
goth lord, master
('Gothmog')
Gothmog PN (see `goth') (elsewhere
treated as Sindarin)
Grishnaakh PN an orc of Mordor, slain by Rohirrim (LOTR
II 437)
gund stone
guul wraith
hosh guts (= viscera)
ilid elf (or) elves
Khamuul PN second in command in the
Nazguul
krak five
krimp- bind (v)
krith nine
Lagduf PN an orc of Kirith Ungol, killed by Morgul
Orcs (LOTR III)
lat you
lata- under PREP
lug tower
Lugburzum (n) the very dark patch of dark around
Barad-duur
Lugbuurz PN Barad-duur
Lugdush PN an orc of Isengard, slain
by Rohirrim (LOTR II)
Lughorn PN an orc
m- root
of interrogative words
mal where?
(interrog)
mat- die (v)
matuurz mortal (adj)
Mauhuur PN an orc of Isengard, slain
by Rohirrim (LOTR II)
mog voice ('Gothmog')
Morgoth PN (see `goth') (elsewhere
treated as Sindarin)
Muzgash PN an orc of Kirith Ungol,
killed by Morgul Orcs (LOTR III)
narkuu never
nazg ring
Nazguul Ring-wraith (< `nazg + guul')
nuut sky
oghor Druuadan
olog Mordor light-tolerant
troll
prakh- lure (v)
pushdug stinking (adj. or participle)
Radbug PN an orc of Minas Morgul,
killed by Shagrat (LOTR III)
Saruman PN the wizard (Mannish word)
sha together
with (prep)
Shagrat PN an orc of Mordor (LOTR III)
shakh lord
shara man (= not elf etc)
sharkuu old man (Isengard Orkish)
Shelob PN the giant spider monster
of Kirith Ungol (LOTR III)
Shelobzagh PN Kirith Ungol
skai gah! (exclamation)
Snaga PN an orc of Isengard,
slain by Rohirrim
Snaga PN an orc of Kirith
Ungol, slain by Sam Gamgee
snaga slave (and used by
Uruk-hai as = `orc of smaller breed')
srinkh- gather (v) (transitive)
ta him
tab his (<
`ta + ob')
tak them
tala above (prep)
tark man of Nuumenoorean
descent (< Quenya `tarkil')
thrak- bring (v)
throqu- devour (v)
tug only (adv)
u
to (prep.)
udu seven
Ufthak PN an orc of Kirith Ungol,
caught by Shelob (LOTR III)
Ugluuk PN an orc-leader of Isengard,
slain by Eomer (LOTR II)
uliima throne
uruk one of a breed
of big orcs
uzg land
Yaguul PN an orc
za this
zagh mountain pass
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