Name of the dialect of Gondolin (LR/177), a combination of that name with the Quenya language suffix ᴹQ. -rin.
Conceptual Development: This name was first written Gondolindeb with the Noldorin adjective suffix -eb.
gondolindrim
gondolin, people of
gondolindrin
proper name. Tongue of Gondolin
Name of the dialect of Gondolin (LR/177), a combination of that name with the Quenya language suffix ᴹQ. -rin.
Conceptual Development: This name was first written Gondolindeb with the Noldorin adjective suffix -eb.
Elements
Word Gloss Gondolin “Heart of Hidden Rock” -rin “-ian, racial-adjective, language”
gondost
place name. Gondolin
Another name for Gondolin appearing in The Etymologies from the 1930s, a combination of gonn “stone” and ost “city” (Ety/GOND).
Element in
- N. Gondothrim “People of Gondolin” ✧ Ety/GOND
gondolindeb
proper name. Tongue of Gondolin
Changes
Gondolindeb→ Gondolindrin ✧ LR/177Elements
Word Gloss Gondolin “Heart of Hidden Rock” -eb “adjective suffix”
. Adj. ”of or related to Gondolin”: Gondolindren (pl. Gondolindrin; lenited ’Ondolindren)