Would make it more likely that the resulting vowel would be. Arabic has mandatory phonetic changes when theseĬonsonants are between certain vowel combinations, leading to a collapse It is then very possible that changes to in the is apparently changed to when at the end of a If weak, I would lean towards guessing the latter. The root of dûm would probably be either a geminated/doubled root, D-M-M, or some kind of weak root, D-Y-M or D-W-M. Say it's likely that dûm is collective because the form fits into the pattern of singulars, as per CuCC in Khuzd. Words have only singular and plural forms, not a collective. If dûm is aĬollective, it would be a bit odd to translate into English since these "(s)", indicating an optional plural interpretation. Or collective = excavation(s), hall(s), mansion(s)' ". Thus Khazad is "dwarves" and is plural, nominative, composition. "Dwarves-mansion" is awkward and doesn't sound right since we often use If translated asĪn English compound, we would say "Dwarf-mansion", as in English saying Khazad-dûm was home to an entire civilization. This leads to the translation "Mansion of the Dwarves", since Plural form in an attributive manner, as opposed to the singular khuzd. The composition form here matches how the construct This is the only word that actually shows the differenceīetween the "normal" form, which Tolkien never specifically names, and Tolkien says that Khazâd is "form in composition khăzăd-". The first half of the name is Khazad and means "Dwarf, Dwarves". Khazad-dûm, the "Dwarf-mansion", was abandoned and went from halls of light and slendour to a pit of darkness: Moria. The realm continued its glorious ascent until the Third Age until theĭwarves dug too deep into the earth, looking for mithril, and released Gabil-gathol and Tumunzahar arrived after the destruction of their cities at the end of the First Age. It was initially settledīy Durin's Folk, and the population later swelled when refugees from Vastness, grandeur, or in later years horror. Of all the works of the Dwarves, none can rival Khazad-dûm in