The Tolkien Monster Encyclopedia
by Calle
Mattsson
This page is devoted to all the
monsters and races belonging to darkness.
Here you will find Orcs, Goblins, Balrogs and many
more fearsome creatures.
Black Speech
Here is a brief dictionary for
Tolkien“s black speech used by e.g. orcs.
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agh "and"
ash "one"
-at infinitive suffix, or possibly a specialized "intentive" suffix
indicating purpose: Ash nazg durbatulūk "one Ring to
rule them all"
bagronk "cesspool", possibly bag+ronk "cess+pool"
bśbhosh "great"
burz "dark", (isolated from Lugburz.), burzum "darkness"
dug "filth", tentatively isolated from pushdug
durb- "rule", infinitive durbat, only attested with suffixes:
durbatulūk "to rule them all"
ghāsh "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"
gūl "any one of the major invisible servants of Sauron dominated
entirely by his will" (A Tolkien Compass).
Translated
"wraith(s)" in the compound Nazgūl, "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
Lugbśrz the Dark Tower, Sindarin Barad-dūr (Lug-bśrz "Tower-dark")
nazg "ring": ash nazg "one ring", Nazgūl "Ring-wraith(s)"
Nazgūl "Ring-wraith(s)", nazg + gūl
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
sharkū "old man"
snaga "slave"
thrak- "bring", infinitive thrakat, only attested with suffixes:
thrakatulūk "to bring them all"
u "to"
-ūk "all", suffixed to pronominal suffixes: -ulūk, "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