Dwarfs is the standard plural of the noun dwarf. Dwarves is a newer variant popularized (though not invented) by English author J.R.R. Tolkien in his fantasy fiction works, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The Tolkien spelling is appropriate when referring to little people in fantasy worlds.
When the Magic Mirror proclaims Snow White is the fairest one of all, she must flee into the forest, where she befriends the lovable seven dwarfs -- Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy and Dopey.
In the Poetic Edda, in Völuspá (Voluspa), the dwarves are created from the blood of Brimir and the limbs of Blain. Both names are other names for the giant Ymir, who was killed by the Aesir (a clan of Norse gods).
In early literary sources, only males are explicitly referred to as dwarfs. However, they are described as having sisters and daughters, while male and female dwarfs feature in later saga literature and folklore.
plural dwarfs or dwarves uk/dwɔːvz/ us/dwɔːvz/ in stories for children, a creature like a little man with magical powers: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. often offensive.
The plural of monkey is monkeys. There are some words ending in 'y' that become 'ies' when plural. Grammar rules state that a word ending in a consonant and then a 'y' changes to 'ies' to become plural. An example of this is butterfly becoming butterflies.
If both parents have achondroplasia there is a 50 percent chance to have a child with achondroplasia, a 25 percent chance that the child will not inherit the gene and be of average height, and a 25 percent chance that the child will inherit one abnormal gene from each parent, which can lead to severe skeletal problems ...
It was said by Gimli that there are few dwarf-women, probably no more than a third of the whole people. They seldom walk abroad except at great need. They are in voice and appearance, and in garb if they must go on a journey, so like to the dwarf-men that the eyes and ears of other peoples cannot tell them apart.
They began as a Norse/Germanic earth spirit. Then Tolkien made them as a Semitic people, with a language and history similar to the Jews. But at some point between then and now, dwarves have come to be seen as universally Scottish.
In the books, the dwarves are known for their distinctive language, which Tolkien described as "full of hard consonants and short guttural sounds". This led many readers and later adaptations, such as Peter Jackson's film trilogy, to give the dwarves accents that are similar to those of Scottish or Scandinavian people.
Autistic individuals develop at different rates. Some children may develop at a typical pace for several years, then face a setback around 2 or 3 years old. Others may experience delayed development at an early age that continues into childhood and adolescence. Dopey fits many of these symptoms.
Dopey doesn't have a beard for quite a few reasons. One is simply due to him being the youngest of the Seven Dwarfs. Another (more realistic) reason is him having Angelman Syndrome (not widely recognized until 1965), the symptoms of which Dopey displays throughout the 1937 film “Snow White and the S…
The leader of the Disney dwarfs, by his own volition, was Doc. The Disney character we know as Doc is really a compositve of several different traits. One of the earliest story documents, in mid-1934, had suggested a dwarf called Doc who actually was a doctor.
Creepy is the 8th dwarf in the Snow White story. He irritates the other 7 dwarves so badly that they send him to the cellar to live. They go on with their lives never giving him a thought.
This sense of -ful was combined with an obsolete verb bash meaning "to be abashed” (that is, dismayed or embarrassed) to form bashful, which literally means “having the qualities of being abashed.”
The seven dwarfs represent Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Light, Shadow, and Magic, although the 'Magic' dwarf is essentially a spirit that just inhabits Snow and enhances her power rather than appearing on its own, with the others appearing in some form to represent their element.
What is the life expectancy of a person with dwarfism?
PROBLEM: LIFE EXPECTANCY EXPECTATIONS: Most individuals with achondroplasia can be expected to have a normal life expectancy. However, mortality studies have shown that infants and children under 2 years of age have some increased risk for death.
Doctors sometimes suspect achondroplasia before birth if an ultrasound late in a pregnancy shows that a baby's arms and legs are shorter than average and the head is larger. But many children with achondroplasia aren't diagnosed until after birth.
Dwarves were long-lived, with a lifespan of some 250 years. They breed slowly, for no more than a third of them are female, and not all marry. Tolkien names only one female, Dís, Thorin's sister. They are still considered children in their 20s, as Thorin was at age 24; and as "striplings" in their 30s.
Fish and fishes are both acceptable plural forms of fish. Fish is the more commonly used plural, and can be used regardless of how many species are present. Fishes tends to be used as a plural when there are more than one species, especially in scientific settings.
