tad-dal

adjective. two-legged, two-legged, *biped

A word for “two-legged” = “✱biped” appearing only in its plural form tad-dail (WJ/388), a combination of tâd “two” and the lenited plural of tâl “foot”.

levain tad-dail

collective name. Petty Dwarves, (lit.) Two-legged Animals

A name the Sindarin used for the Petty Dwarves when they first believed they were only animals, a combination of the plural of lavan “animal” and the plural of tad-dal “two-legged” (WJ/388).

Levain tad-dail

noun. two-legged animals

levain (pl. of lavan “animal, four-footed beast”), tad (“two”) + tail (pl. of tal “foot”)

tad-dal

biped

(i dad-dal, o thad-dal), pl. tad-dail (i thad-dail)

tad-dal

two-legged

(lenited dad-dal), pl. tad-dail.