trann
noun. shire, shire, *county, administrative region
trann
noun. shire, administrative district, division of a realm
trann
place name. Shire
trannail
adjective. [of the] shire, [of the] shire, *regional, local
An adjectival form of trann “shire”, so meaning “[of the] shire”, appearing its soft-mutated form Drannail in the King’s Letter within the phrase genediad Drannail “Shire-reckoning” (SD/129).
Neo-Sindarin: If trann is generalized to include any county or local administrative region, then trannail might generalize to an adjective meaning “✱regional, local”, as suggested in Ambar Eldaron.
trannail
adjective. of the Shire
trann
shire
(administrative district, division of a realm) *trann (i drann, o thrann, construct tran), pl. train (i thrain). Only attested in lenited form i Drann* ”the Shire”, referring to the Hobbits Shire (SD:128-31). Adj. trannail ”of a/the shire”, only attested in lenited form drannail** (ibid.); probably no distinct pl. form.
trann
shire
(i drann, o thrann, construct tran), pl. train (i thrain). Only attested in lenited form i Drann ”the Shire”, referring to the Hobbits’ Shire (SD:128-31). Adj. ✱trannail ”of a/the shire”, only attested in lenited form drannail (ibid.); probably no distinct pl. form.
Sindarin name of the Shire attested only in its lenited form Drann (SD/129). David Salo suggested this may have been a general term for an administrative district (GS/289, 393).