rína

crowned

rína adj. "crowned" (RIG), also used as a suffix "garlanded, crowned" (PE17:182)

rína

adjective. garlanded, crowned

This adjective first appeared as ᴹQ. rína “crowned” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from the root ᴹ√RIG and an element in the names ᴹQ. Elerína and Tinwerína, both meaning “Crowned with Stars” (Ety/RIG). It appeared again in notes from 1959 as a suffix -rína meaning “garlanded, crowned”, again derived from √RIG (PE17/182). In the Outline of Phonology (OP2) from the early 1950s, Tolkien derived rína from the root √RIK, but he changed his mind on the phonetic developments which rendered this etymology unviable and the whole section was deleted and replaced (PE19/85-86 note #79).

Derivations

• √RIG “wreathe, twine, wind about; wreath, garland, crown” ✧ PE17/182
• ✶riknā “*crowned” ✧ PE19/086
  • √RIG “wreathe, twine, wind about; wreath, garland, crown” ✧ PE19/086

Element in

• Q. Elerrína “Crowned with Stars”
• ᴹQ. Tinwerína “Crowned with Stars” ✧ PE17/182
• ᴺQ. rínata- “to crown, coronate”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√RIG > -rína	[rigna] > [riŋna] > [rīna]	✧ PE17/182
✶riknā > rína	[rikna] > [rigna] > [riŋna] > [rīna]	✧ PE19/086

rîn

noun/adjective. crowned

rîn

noun/adjective. crowned lady, queen

rîn

crowned

rîn (no distinct pl. form). Also used as noun CROWNED WOMAN (= queen): rîn, construct rin, no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rîn). Note: a homphone means ”remembrance”.

rîn

adjective. crowned

Element in

• ᴺS. rínada- “to crown, coronate”

rîn

crowned

(no distinct pl. form). Also used as noun

ríen

crowned lady

(queen), pl. ?rîn (idh rîn)

rîn

crowned woman

construct rin, no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rîn). Note: a homphone means ”remembrance”.

riknā

adjective. *crowned

Derivations

• √RIG “wreathe, twine, wind about; wreath, garland, crown” ✧ PE19/086

Derivatives

• Q. rína “garlanded, crowned” ✧ PE19/086

rhien

noun/adjective. crowned

rhîn

noun/adjective. crowned

rhîn

adjective. crowned

An adjective appearing as N. rhîn “crowned” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√RIG (Ety/RIG). The long î is probably the result of the vocalization of g before nasal n, from primitive adjective ✱rignā.

Neo-Sindarin: Since initial r unvoiced to rh in Noldorin of the 1930s but not in Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, most Neo-Sindarin writers adapt this word as ᴺS. rîn “crowned”, as suggested in HSD (HSD).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. rína “crowned” ✧ Ety/RIG

Derivations

• ᴹ√RIG “*crown” ✧ Ety/RIG; Ety/TĀ

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√RIG > rhîn	[rigna] > [riŋna] > [rīna] > [rīn] > [r̥īn]	✧ Ety/RIG

rhien

noun/adjective. crowned lady, queen

rhîn

noun/adjective. crowned lady, queen