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1 DARK
(adj.) morna (gloomy, sombre, black), nulla (dusky, obscure), lóna (Note: a homophone means "island"), lúrëa (overcast), DARK OR HIDDEN tumna (low-lying, low, profound, deep). DARK (noun) hui (fog, murk, night); DARK, DARKNESS mornië, mórë (blackness, night) mor, lúmë (Note: lúmë also means "hour, time"), lómë (stem lómi-) (night, twilight, gloom), huinë (shadow, gloom). (See SLAYER for DARKNESS-SLAYER.) DARK ELVES Moriquendi, Morimor (Lómëarni in LT1:259 is hardly a valid word in LotR-style Quenya); DARK ONE (=Morgoth) morion; DARK WEATHER lúrë; DARK LOWERING CLOUD lumbo (pl. lumbor is attested); DARK VALE tumbo (stem *tumbu-) (deep valley) –Letters:382, NDUL, DO3, LT1:259, LT1:271, LT1:253, MOR, LotR:488 cf. Letters:308, Silm:431, MC:222 cf. 215, WJ:361/Silm:388, Nam/RGEO:67, FS, LT1:259, 269 -
2 DEEP
núra, tumna (low-lying, low, profound, dark or hidden). DEEP POOL lón, lónë (pl. lóni given) (river-[?feeding] well), DEEP VALLEY tumbo (dark vale); DEEP VALE imbë (dell) (Note: imbë is also one form of the preposition "between"); DEEP SHADOW huinë (gloom). –NŪ, TUB, VT48:28, VT45:18, VT41:8 -
3 HIDDEN
muina (secret), halda (veiled, shadowed, shady), foina, furin/hurin (concealed); DARK OR HIDDEN tumna (low-lying, low, profound, deep) –MUY, SKAL, LT2:340, LT1:271 -
4 PROFOUND
tumna (low-lying, low, deep, dark or hidden) –LT1:271 cf. TUB
См. также в других словарях:
low-lying — [lō′lī′iŋ] adj. 1. having little or no elevation above a surface or level, esp. ground level or sea level [low lying hills, low lying flood plains] 2. lying below the usual altitude or level [low lying clouds] … English World dictionary
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low-lying — adj low lying land is not far above the level of the sea ▪ Vast areas of low lying land have been flooded … Dictionary of contemporary English
low-lying — adjective in a position which is close to the level of the ocean or the ground: low lying areas low lying cloud … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
low-lying — low′ ly ing adj. 1) cvb lying near sea level or the ground surface: low lying land[/ex] 2) cvb lying below the usual elevation or altitude • Etymology: 1855–60 … From formal English to slang
low-lying — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ at low altitude above sea level … English terms dictionary
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low-lying — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Low lying land is at, near, or below sea level. Sea walls collapsed, and low lying areas were flooded … English dictionary
low-lying — adjective 1 low lying land is not far above the level of the sea 2 below the usual level: low lying mist … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
low-lying — UK / US adjective in a position which is close to the level of the sea or the ground low lying areas low lying cloud … English dictionary