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    Morbeth was is warped Elvish and was first created in the Elder Days by Morgoth. The first part of the the word (Mor) literally means 'voice'. Later, Sauron took it as his own and turned it into a workable language, deeming that all his slave shall use it.

    I have included some information on the word, going past the meaning. Such information such as verb, noun, and preposition may or may not be helpful for you, but it is there none the less.
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    A - H

    agh           and (conjunction)
    albai         n: elf (or) elves
    amal          n: where
    ash           n: one
    Azog          pn: an orc-leader of Moria
    bagronk       n: dung-pit
    Bolg          pn: an orc-leader (son of Azog), slain by Beorn
    bugd-         v: call
    burguul       n: shadow, comes from the root guul
    burzum        n: darkness
    buub          n: pig
    buurz         adj: dark
    durb-         v: rule
    durub         n: ruler
    dush          (meaning unknown)
    Dushgoi       pn: Minas Morgul
    Dushgoizagh   pn: Morgul Pass
    duump-        v: doom
    fauth-        v: lie hidden
    gaakh         let it be that
    gakh          three
    gazat         n: dwarf
    ghaash        n: fire
    Ghaash        pn: an orc of Kirith Ungol
    ghashum       n: heat
    gimb-         v: find
    glob          v: filth
    goi           (meaning unknown)
    Golfimbul     pn leader of orcs of Mount Gram, slain at Greenfields
    golug         n: elves, from the 1st Age
    Gorbag        pn: an orc-leader of Minas Morgul, killed by Shagrat
    goth          n: lord, master
    Gothmog       pn: Lt. of Minas Morgul.
    Grishnaakh    pn: an orc of Mordor, slain by Rohirrim
    gund          n: stone
    guul          n: wraith
    hosh          n: guts
    

    I - P

    ilid          n: elf (or) elves
    Khamuul       pn: second in command in the Nazguul
    krak          five
    krimp-        v: bind
    krith         nine
    Lagduf        pn: an orc of Kirith Ungol, killed by Morgul Orcs
    lat           you
    lata-         under (preposition)
    lug           n: tower
    Lugburzum     n: the very dark patch of dark around Barad-dur
    Lugbuurz      pn: Barad-dur
    Lugdush       pn: an orc of Isengard, slain by Rohirrim
    Lughorn       pn: an orc
    m-            root of interrogative words
    mal           where? (interrog)
    mat-          v: die
    matuurz       adj: mortal
    Mauhuur       pn: an orc of Isengard, slain by Rohirrim
    mog           n: voice
    Morgoth       pn: Sorceror that created Uruk's
    Muzgash       pn: an orc of Kirith Ungol, killed by Morgul Orcs
    narkuu        never
    nazg          n: ring
    Nazguul       n: Ring-wraith
    nuut          n: sky
    oghor         n: Druuadan
    olog          n: Mordor light-tolerant troll
    prakh-        v: lure
    pushdug       adj,participle: stinking
    

    Q - Z

    Radbug        pn: an orc of Minas Morgul, killed by Shagrat
    Saruman       pn: the wizard (Mannish word)
    sha           together with (preposition)
    Shagrat       pn: an orc of Mordor
    shakh         n: lord
    shara         n: man
    sharkuu       n: old man
    Shelob        pn: the giant spider monster of Kirith Ungol
    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         n: slave (and used by Uruk-hai as = `orc of smaller breed')
    srinkh-       v: gather (transitive)
    ta            him
    tab           his
    tak           them
    tala          above (preposition)
    tark          man of Nuumenoorean descent
    thrak-        v: bring
    throqu-       v: devour
    tug           adv: only
    u             to (preposition)
    udu           seven
    Ufthak        pn: an orc of Kirith Ungol, caught by Shelob
    Ugluuk        pn: an orc-leader of Isengard, slain by Eomer
    uliima        n: throne
    uruk          n: one of a breed of big orcs
    uzg           n: land
    Yaguul        pn: an orc
    za            this
    zagh          n: mountain pass
    

    Extras

    -at           verb infinitive Example: Krimp-at
    -hai          people (collective plural)
    -i            noun plural after consonant Example: Bagronk-i
    -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
    



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