Doriathrin
dair
noun. shadow of trees
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Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
dair
noun. shadow of trees
A noun meaning “shadow of trees”, derived from root ᴹ√DAY “shadow” and marked as identical in both the Ilkorin and Doriathrin dialects (Ety/DAY). Its primitive form was probably ✱✶dair- ending in some final vowel, now lost; Helge Fauskanger suggested it might be ✱✶dairē (AL-Ilkorin/dair, AL-Doriathrin/dair).