English-Orcish Dictionary
English-Orcish Dictionary
English-Orcish Dictionary
present, third -at gimbat (he, she, it finds); thrakat (he, collective plural -hai
person she, it brings) (nation)
present, 3rd -ut gimbut (they find); thrakut (they bring); plurals, ending with -u
person plural throqu'ut (they devour) consonants
future, 1st or -ub gimbub (I, you, we will find) plurals, ending with -z
2nd person vowels
future, third -ubat gimbubat (he, she, it will find); forming from verbs -al
person thrakubat (he, she, it will bring)
future, 3rd -ubut gimbubut (they will find); thrakubut forming from other -um
person plural (they will bring) nouns and
adjectives (-ness, -
yness)
past, 1st or 2nd -uz gimbuz (I, you, we found); thrakuz (I,
person you, we brought)
past, 3rd person -uzut gimbuzut (they found); thrakuzut (they forming from nouns -ûrz
plural brought) and verbs
plural -u, -z (as in
nouns)
superative -az
comparative -ar
Participles Prepositions
present active -ug pushdug (stinking) added after nouns
Adverbs Pronouns
forming -arz added after verbs
usually skipped
examples
goiz (cities)
1st ashûrz
2nd mashûrz
se
loc. sim.
gurûsh gurârz
latûsh latârz
taûsh târz
naûsh nârz
zaûsh zârz
gurûshi gurârzi
latûshi latârzi
takûsh takârz
gurûshûk gurârzûk
latûshûk latârzûk
takûshûk takârzûk
passive voice -âk MB
intention -at TK
past -uz
participle -ug
past passive participle -aga EL
past perfect -ufa
present perfect -uf
3rd tense -ul
future -ub
adjective -ûrz
Tolkien sources
AO 1st Age Angband Orkish
BOLT Book of Lost Tales
BS Black Speech
CBS Classical Black Speech
DBS Debased Black Speech
LOTR Lord of the Rings
SD Sauron Defeated
TH The Hobbit
Other inventors
TK Tolkien
LL Lalaith
EL Elerrina
AN Andrew
AA A. Appleyard
LOS Shadowlandian dialect
7N Seventh Nazgul
RE Rob Eaglestone (author of the Horngoth dialect)
MB Mugbûrz orkish
SV Svartiska, Swedish LARP site
HORN Horngoth dialect
MERP Middle-earth Roleplay
LUG Lugrekh
SN The Second Nazgul
TAD TwoAxesDwarf
extrapolated by me
MERP don't use letters such as â,î etc. If you see them, it
means that this word is used in other dialect with such letters.
I combined very similar transcribtions in one for space
economy
Name Meaning where mentioned
Azog man-killer orc-leader of Moria (LOTR III p441; TH (not 1st edition))
Bolg bloodthirsty PN an orc-leader (son of Azog), slain by Beorn (TH p293)
Ghâsh fire ("Bloodthirsty")
an orc of Kirith Ungol
Golfimbul leader of orcs of Mount Gram, slain at Greenfields (TH)
Gorbag tough shit (LOS); brain- an orc-leader of Minas Morgul, killed by Shagrat (LOTR III)
dung (HORN)
Grishnâkh blood hand an orc of Mordor, slain by Rohirrim (LOTR II 437)
Khamûl fury's way the commander in second of the Ringwraiths (Unfinished Tales, part
3, chapter 4), renamed to Gothmog
Lagduf knife-breaker (LOS); an orc of Cirith Ungol, killed by Morgul Orcs (LOTR III 222)
breaking? (HORN)
Lugdush tower sorcery an orc of Isengard, slain by Rohirrim (LOTR II)
Lughorn tower beast
Mauhûr brave warrior (LOS); an orc of Isengard, slain by Rohirrim (LOTR II)
revenge (HORN)
Morgoth black lord
Muzgâsh hot fire (LOS); hostile an orc of Kirith Ungol, killed by Morgul Orcs (LOTR III 222)
one (HORN)
Radbug calls now an orc of Minas Morgul, killed by Shagrat (LOTR III)
Shagrat demand ransom (LOS); an orc of Mordor (LOTR III)
with intent (HORN)
Snaga slave an orc of Isengard, slain by Rohirrim
Snaga slave an orc of Kirith Ungol, slain by Sam Gamgee
Ufthark scary face an orc of Cirith Ungol, caught by Shelob (LOTR III)
Uglûk slayer of all an orc-leader of Isengard, slain by Eomer (LOTR II)
Yagûl grey wraith (HORN) an orc, slain by `Gorbag' (SD p13)