Written dant- in the Etymologies
Sindarin
dannen
noun. ebb, low tide
dannen
noun. ebb, lowtide
Cognates
- Q. nanwë “ebb, lowtide” ✧ VT48/26
Elements
Word Gloss dan “back to, (back in return) against, down upon, back on, back again” nen “water; lake, pool; (lesser) river, water; lake, pool; (lesser) river, [ᴱN.] stream”
danna
fall
danna-
verb. to fall
danna-
verb. to fall
Cognates
- Q. lanta- “to fall, to fall; [ᴱQ.] to drop” ✧ PE17/062
Derivations
- √DAT “fall down, fall to ground” ✧ PE17/062
Element in
- ᴺS. dannad “falling”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √DAN-TA > danna [danta-] > [dantʰa-] > [danθa-] > [danna-] ✧ PE17/062 Variations
- danna ✧ PE17/062
dant
noun. fall
lant
noun. fall
dannen
fallen
dannen (lenited dhannen, pl. dennin); see FALL. Notice the homophone dannen ”ebb, low tide”, which however has different mutations.
dannen
fallen
(lenited dhannen, pl. dennin); see
dannen
fall
”ebb, low tide”, which however has different mutations.
dannen
ebb
dannen (i nannen, o ndannen) (low tide), pl. dennin (i ndennin). (VT48:26) Notice the homophone dannen ”fallen” (but this past participle has different mutations). (VT48:26)
dannen
low tide
dannen (i nannen, o ndannen) (ebb), pl. dennin (i ndennin). (VT48:26) Notice the homophone dannen ”fallen” (but this past participle has different mutations).
dannen
low tide
(i nannen, o ndannen) (ebb), pl. dennin (i ndennin). (VT48:26) Notice the homophone dannen ”fallen” (but this past participle has different mutations).****
danna
fall
(verb) ?danna- (i dhanna, i nannar), pa.t. dant, past participle ("fallen") dannen, pl. dennin.
danna
fall
(i dhanna, i nannar), pa.t. dant, past participle ("fallen") dannen, pl. dennin.
dant
fall, falling
(i dhant) (autumn), pl. daint (i naint), also (and maybe particularly when the meaning is "autumn") dannas (i dhannas), pl. dannais (i nannais) (PM:135)
dath
steep fall
(i dhath) (hole, pit, abyss), pl. daith (i naith) (VT45:8).
lant
fall
_(noun) _1) #lant (pl. laint, coll. pl. lannath). This is apparently a Quenya borrowing, dant being the native Sindarin word. Note: a homophone means ”clearing in forest”. 2) pend (i bend, o phend; construct pen) (declivity), pl. pind (i phind), coll. pl. pennath. 3)
lant
fall
(pl. laint, coll. pl. lannath). This is apparently a Quenya borrowing, dant being the native Sindarin word. Note: a homophone means ”clearing in forest”. 2) pend (i bend, o phend; construct pen) (declivity), pl. pind (i phind), coll. pl. pennath. 3)
loss
fallen snow
(construct los; pl. lyss if there is a pl.) (RGEO:61-62, Letters:278, VT42:18) (Note: homophones mean ”flower” [more commonly loth] and ”wilderness”.)
lanthir
waterfall
(no distinct pl. form). Coll. pl. lanthiriath.
dû
nightfall
(i dhû) (night, dusk, late evening, darkness), pl. dui (i nui) (SD:302)
tofn
low, low-lying
(lenited dofn; pl. tyfn) (deep);
toss
low-growing tree
(i doss, o thoss, construct tos), pl. tyss (i thyss). Tolkien mentioned ”maple, hawthorn, blackthorn, holly, etc.” as examples of the low-growing trees covered by this word.
_ v. _fall. Q. lanta-.