(thin, meager), lenited ?thlain or ?lain (the lenition product of lh is uncertain), pl. lîn. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlein, corresponding to archaic Sindarin ✱lhein, classical ✱lhain.
Sindarin
lhain
adjective. lean, thin, meagre
thriben
adjective. lean
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. THIRIP “stalk”
lhain
lean
lhain
lean
(adjective) *lhain (thin, meager), lenited ?thlain or ?lain (the lenition product of lh is uncertain), pl. lîn. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlein*, corresponding to archaic Sindarin lhein**, classical *lhain.