A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. {gî >>} gî(laith) “once, in past” (GL/38). Its second element is G. laith “time” (GL/52), and its first might be based on the early root ᴱ√DYĒ “behind, back (before of time)” (QL/105). Tolkien also said that it “often, in form gî, [was] used loosely as a mere aid to a past tense”.
Gnomish
past
noun. skin
gî(laith)
adverb. once, in past
dim
adjective. past, over, former
dimborn
noun. the past, past days, olden times
en
pronoun. that by you, that already mentioned (by you), that past
luin
adverb/adjective. gone, past; ago
cwast
adjective. shaking
The noun G. cwast “shaking” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s (GL/28), clearly based on the early root ᴱ√QASA and cognate to ᴱQ. qasa- “shake, flap, nod, rustle” (QL/76).
Neo-Sindarin: Since I retain ᴺQ. quas- “shake” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would retain this word for Neo-Sindarin as well, but adapted as ᴺS. past “shaking” with the usual Sindarin sound change of ancient kw to p.
-(i)ol
suffix. adjective suffix
-(r)in
suffix. adjective suffix
-r(i)ol
suffix. adjective suffix
-ra
suffix. adjective suffix
-wed
suffix. adjective suffix
a
preposition. from
o
preposition. from
-thol Reconstructed
suffix. adjective suffix
A word for “skin” appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s under G. path “peel, skin, bark” with pl. padhin (GL/63), hence probably related to ᴱQ. parma “skin, bark; parchment; book” from the contemporaneous Qenya Lexicon under the early root ᴱ√PARA [✱PAÐA] (QL/72).