The acute accent in nín has sometimes been regarded as an error for a slanted macron in the manuscript, since all the other attested personal adjectives from Sauron defeated all have a circumflex accent. It was however noted that if the acute accent is confirmed, then this word is probably an enclitic, see HL/73. The acute accent is now confirmed by VT/44
Sindarin
nîn
adjective. wet, *watery
Cognates
- Q. nenda “wet” ✧ PE17/052
Derivations
Element in
- Nan. Loeg Ningloron “Gladden Fields, (lit.) Pools of the Golden Water-flowers” ✧ SA/nen
- S. Nindalf “Wetwang” ✧ PE17/052; PE17/061; RC/779; SA/nen
- S. ninglor “golden water-flower, golden water-flower, *yellow iris”
- S. ninniach “rainbow”
- S. Nínui “February, *Watery”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶nēnā > nîn [nēnā] > [nēna] > [nīna] > [nīn] ✧ PE17/052 Variations
- nîn ✧ PE17/052; PE17/061; RC/779
- Nîn ✧ SA/nen
nîn
adjective. wet, watery
nîn
noun. tear, tear; [ᴱN.] weeping
Element in
Variations
- Nín ✧ S/219 (Nín)
nîn
wet
nín
adjective. my
nín
pronoun. my
Derivations
- ✶ni “I, me”
Element in
- S. ae Adar nín i vi Menel “our Father who [art] in Heaven” ✧ VT44/22
- S. alae! ered en Echoriath, ered e·mbar nín “[?behold!] the mountains of Echoriath, the mountains of my home!” ✧ UT/040; UT/054
lîn
noun. pool
nen
noun. water (used of a lake, pool or lesser river)
nen
noun. water; lake, pool; (lesser) river, water; lake, pool; (lesser) river, [ᴱN.] stream
A noun for “water”, also regularly applied to bodies of water like lakes, pools and rivers, especially in names like S. Bruinen “Loudwater” (a river) and S. Nen Echui “Water of Awakening” (an inland sea).
Conceptual Development: This word dates all the way back to the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s where {nen >>} G. nenn “water; river” appeared (GL/60), a derivative of the early root ᴱ√NENE “flow” as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Neni Erúmëar; QL/65). ᴱN. nen and nenn appeared in various Early Noldorin documents from the 1920s with glosses like “stream” (PE13/123), “water” (PE13/151), and “water, river” (PE13/164), but in this period Tolkien indicated the primitive form was ninda (PE13/123, 164). This seems to have been a transient idea, since in The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien gave N. nen “water” as a derivative of ᴹ√NEN (Ety/NEN), and this derivation appeared in Tolkien’s later writings as well (PE17/52).
Cognates
- Q. nén “water, water, [ᴱQ.] river” ✧ PE17/052; SA/nen
Derivations
Element in
- S. Arnen “Beside the Water”
- S. Bruinen “Loudwater” ✧ SA/nen
- S. Carnen “Redwater”
- S. dannen “ebb, lowtide”
- S. duinen “flood, high tide”
- S. Emyn Arnen “Hills of Arnen” ✧ SA/nen
- S. Harnen “*South Water”
- S. Lebennin “Five Rivers”
- S. Nen Cenedril “Mirrormere, (lit.) Lake Looking-glass”
- S. Nen Echui “Water of Awakening”
- S. Nen Girith “Shuddering Water” ✧ SA/nen
- S. Nen Hithoel “Mist-cool Water” ✧ RC/328; SA/nen
- S. Nen Lalaith “*Water of Laughter”
- S. Nenning “? Water” ✧ SA/nen
- S. Nenuial “Lake Evendim, (lit.) Water of Twilight” ✧ SA/nen
- S. Nîn-in-Eilph “Swanfleet, Waterlands of the Swans” ✧ NM/378
- S. Núrnen “Sad Water, Dead Water” ✧ SA/nen
- S. Ringnen “Chill-water” ✧ VT42/14
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √NEN > nĕn [nen] ✧ PE17/052 √nen > nen [nen] ✧ SA/nen Variations
- nĕn ✧ PE17/052; PE17/077
nen
noun. waterland
nen
water
{ĕ}_ n. _water, lake. Q. nén. >> nîn
-en
suffix. my
rim
noun. cold pool or lake (in mountains)
limp
adjective. wet
loen
adjective. soaking wet, swamped
lorn
noun. anchorage, harbour
lorn
noun. quiet water
ael
pool
1) ael (aelin-, pl. aelin) (lake, mere). In ”Noldorin” oel, pl. oelin. 2)
loeg
noun. pool
loeg
pool
loeg (no distinct pl. form: loeg is also atttested with plural meaning) (VT45:29). 4) nên (water, lake, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn.
loeg
noun. pool
mesc
wet
1) mesc (lenited vesc, pl. misc). Also spelt mesg. 2) limp (no distinct pl. form). 3)
nín
my
nín (following a noun with article: i adar nín, ”my father”). Not to be confused with nîn ”watery, wet” or as noun ”tear”, or the pl. form of nên ”water”. In a very few attested cases, the pronoun ”my” appears as an ending -en added to a noun (lammen ”my tongue”, guren ”my heart”).
lîn
pool
lîn (lake), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. #**liniath (isolated from Hithliniath**, WJ:194). 3)
nîd
wet
nîd (damp, tearful); no distinct pl. form. 4) nîn (watery); no distinct pl. form. Note: nîn is also used as a noun ”tear”; there is also the possessive pronoun nín ”my”.
nîr
tear
_(noun) _1) nîr (construct nir) (weeping). No distinct pl. form; coll. pl. níriath. Noun ”
nîr
weeping
nîr (construct nir) (tear). No distinct pl. form; coll. pl. níriath.
nínui
5~B5hJ adjective. tearful
Nîn (tear) + -ui (full, having that quality).
nên
water
nên (lake, pool, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn. FLOOD-WATER (or ”wash”) iôl (pl. ŷl) (RC:334, VT48:33).
limp
adjective. wet
_ adj. _wet. Q. nenya. >> Nindalf