fuin

noun. night, gloom, darkness, night, gloom, darkness, [N.] dead of night

Cognates

• Q. huinë “gloom, (unrelieved) darkness, deep shadow, night shade; dark (as a substance)” ✧ SA/fuin; VT41/08; NM/279

Derivations

• ✶phuinē “deep shadow, night shade, dark substance, vapour-like darkeness, deep shadow, night shade, [ᴹ✶] night” ✧ NM/279; NM/283
  • √PHUY “breathe out, *darkness; breathe out” ✧ NM/279; NM/285

Element in

• S. Emyn-nu-Fuin “Mountains of Mirkwood, (lit.) Mountains under Night” ✧ UTI/Emyn-nu-Fuin
• S. Fuinur ✧ SA/fuin
• S. Taur-nu-Fuin “Forest under Night(shade)” ✧ SA/fuin

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶phuinē > fuin	[pʰuinē] > [pʰuine] > [ɸuine] > [fuine] > [fuin]	✧ NM/279
✶phuinē > fuin	[pʰuinē] > [pʰuine] > [ɸuine] > [fuine] > [fuin]	✧ NM/283

Variations

• Fuin ✧ UTI/Emyn-nu-Fuin

fuin

noun. night, dead of night, gloom, darkness

fuin

fuin

thurin

masculine name. Secret

A name that Finduilas gave to Túrin translated “Secret” (UT/157), simply the adjective thurin “secret, hidden” used as a name.

Elements

Word	Gloss
thurin	“secret, hidden”

dû

night

_ n. _night (when viewed favourably). Q. lóme.

dûr

adjective. dark, sombre

dûr

dark

_ adj. _dark, gloomy, 'hellish'.

dúath

adjective. dark

_ adj. _dark, black shadow.

doll

dark

doll (dusky, misty, obscure), lenited noll, pl. dyll. Note: In ”Noldorin”, this word appeared as dolt as well as doll, but the latter seems the best form in S.

graw

dark

graw (swart), lenited raw, pl. groe. (VT45:16)

môr

dark

môr (black), lenited vôr, pl. mŷr (Letters:382), also

fuin

dead of night

fuin (gloom, darkness, night, nightshade). No distinct pl. form.

fuin

night, nightshade, dead of night

fuin (gloom, darkness). No distinct pl. form.

fuin

nightshade

fuin (gloom, darkness, night, dead of night); no distinct pl. form.

thurin

secret

(adjective) 1) thurin (hidden); no distinct pl. form, 2) dolen (hidden), lenited dholen, pl. dolin;

dû

night

1) dû (i dhû) (nightfall, dusk, late evening, darkness), pl. dui (i nui) (SD:302), 2) morn (i vorn) (darkness), pl. myrn (i myrn). Note: the word is also used as an adjective ”dark, black” (Letters:386).

morn

dark

morn (black), pl. myrn, lenited vorn. Note: the latter word is also used as a noun ”darkness, night”. (Letters:386)

dûr

dark

dûr (sombre), lenited dhûr, pl. duir

dúath

nightshade

dúath (i dhúath) (dark shadow), pl. dúaith (i núaith).