The Black Breath, also known as the Black Shadow, was a serious and often fatal condition, resulting from contact with a Nazgûl.
Rather than actually being the breath of the unseen wraiths, it was more of a produced aura, meant to incapacitate foes. This power was used extensively in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, though not during their confrontations with Frodo and his companions in Eriador.[citation needed]
Effects and treatment[]
In a mild form, the Black Breath could cause a brief period of unconsciousness, accompanied by bad dreams, and a state of agitation upon being woken.[citation needed]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Swart Asem |
| Albanian | Zezë e Frymë |
| Amharic | ጥቁር ትንፋሽ |
| Arabic | النفس الاسود |
| Armenian | Սեւ շունչ |
| Azerbaijani | Qara Nəfəs |
| Basque | Arnasa beltza |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Чорнае дыханне |
| Bengali | কালো শ্বাস |
| Bosnian | Crni dah |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Черният дъх |
| Cambodian | ដង្ហើមពណ៌ខ្មៅ |
| Cebuano | Itom nga gininhawa |
| Chinese | 黑色的呼吸 |
| Croatian | Crni dah |
| Czech | Černý dech |
| Danish | Sorte ånde |
| Dutch | Zwarte Adem |
| Esperanto | Nigra spiro |
| Estonian | Must hingus |
| Filipino | Itim na hininga |
| Finnish | Musta hengitys |
| French | Souffle noir |
| Frisian | Swarte Adem (Western) |
| Galician | Alento negro |
| German | Schwarzer Anhauch |
| Greek | Μαύρη Πνοή |
| Gujarati | બ્લેક શ્વાસ |
| Hebrew | נשימה שחורה |
| Hindi | काले सांस |
| Hmong | Dub ua pa |
| Hungarian | Fekete Lehellet |
| Icelandic | Svarturandardráttur |
| Italian | Alito Nero |
| Kannada | ಕಪ್ಪು ಉಸಿರು |
| Kazakh | Қара тыныс (Cyrillic) Qara tınıs (Latin) |
| Konkani | काळो स्वास |
| Korean | 검은 호흡 |
| Laotian | ລົມຫາຍໃຈສີດໍາ |
| Latvian | Melna elpu |
| Lithuanian | Juoda kvėpavimas |
| Luxembourgish | Schwaarzt Hauch |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Црн здив |
| Malagasy | Fofon' Aina Mainty |
| Malayalam | കറുത്ത ശ്വാസം |
| Malaysian | Nafas hitam |
| Maltese | Nifs Iswed |
| Marathi | काळे श्वास |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хар амьсгал |
| Norwegian | Svartpust |
| Polish | Czarny Dech |
| Portuguese | Respiração preta |
| Romanian | Respiratie neagra |
| Russian | Черное дыхание |
| Sanskrit | कृष्णः निःश्वासः |
| Scottish Gaelic | Anail Dubh |
| Serbian | Црни дах (Cyrillic) Crni dah (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | කලු හුස්මක් |
| Sindhi | ڪارو سانس |
| Slovak | Čierny dych |
| Slovenian | Črna dih |
| Somali | Neef madow |
| Spanish | Hálito Negro |
| Sundanese | Hideung Napas |
| Swahili | Pumzi nyeusi |
| Swedish | Svartandetag |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Нафаскашӣ сиёҳ |
| Tamil | கருப்பு மூச்சு |
| Tatar | Кара сулыш |
| Telugu | బ్లాక్ శ్వాస |
| Thai | ลมหายใจสีดำ |
| Turkish | Kara Soluk |
| Turkmen | Gara Dem |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Чорний дихання |
| Urdu | سیاہ سانس |
| Uzbek | Қора нафас (Cyrillic) Qora nafas (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Màu đen hơi thở |
| Welsh | Anadl Du |
| Yiddish | שווארצע אָטעם |