adj. large, extensive, wide, vast, huge. Q. yāna-. >> -ion
Sindarin
duin
noun. (long and large) river (having strong current)
duin
noun. (large) river, (large) river; [N.] water
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- S. Anduin “Great River, (lit.) Long River” ✧ RC/765; SA/duin
- S. Baranduin “Brandywine, (lit.) Brown River” ✧ LotR/1138; PM/054; RC/765; SA/duin
- S. Celduin “River Running”
- ᴺS. duidhrad “canal”
- S. Duin Dhaer ✧ WJ/191
- S. Duinhir “*River Lord”
- ᴺS. duiniant “aqueduct”
- S. Esgalduin “River under Veil, River under Shade” ✧ SA/duin
- S. Glanduin “Border-river”
- S. Malduin “Yellow River” ✧ SA/duin
- S. Morgulduin
- S. Taur-im-Duinath “Forest between the Rivers” ✧ S/123; SA/duin
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶duinē > duin [duinē] > [duine] > [duin] ✧ RC/766 ✶duini > duin [duini] > [duine] > [duin] ✧ VT48/24 Variations
- Duin ✧ WJ/191
iaun
adjective. large
nen
noun. water (used of a lake, pool or lesser river)
nen
noun. waterland
nen
water
{ĕ}_ n. _water, lake. Q. nén. >> nîn
lorn
noun. quiet water
lorn
noun. anchorage, harbour
sîr
noun. river
beleg
adjective. large
adj. large, great. Q. melek-.
beleg
adjective. large
adj. large, great, big. . This gloss was rejected.
duin
river
(long, large river with strong current) duin (i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin) (VT48:24)
duin
large river
(i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin), coll. pl. duinath (Names:179, PM:54); compare the river-name Anduin, ”long river”.
duin
large river
(i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin), coll. pl. duinath (Names:179, PM:54)
duin
large river
duin (i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin), coll. pl. duinath (Names:179, PM:54)
duin
large river
duin (i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin), coll. pl. duinath (Names:179, PM:54); compare the river-name Anduin, ”long river”. GREAT RIVER sirion (i hirion, o sirion), pl. siryn (i siryn); compare Sirion as the name of a river in Beleriand. MOUTH (OUTFLOW) OF A RIVER ethir (estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy".
lind
river
”singer” may also be used of rivers (see
daer
large
daer (great), lenited dhaer, no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "bridegroom", but has a different lenited form.
daer
large
(great), lenited dhaer, no distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means "bridegroom", but has a different lenited form.
lorn
quiet water
(anchorage, haven, harbour), pl. lyrn (VT45:29).
celon
river
(i gelon, o chelon), pl. celyn (pl. i chelyn)
ethir
of a river
(estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy".
nên
water
nên (lake, pool, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn. FLOOD-WATER (or ”wash”) iôl (pl. ŷl) (RC:334, VT48:33).
nên
water
(lake, pool, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn.
sîr
river
1) (also = rill) sîr (i hîr, o sîr), in compounds sir- or -hir or -hír; no distinct pl. form except with article (i sîr), coll. pl. siriath. Note: sîr is also the adverb ”today”. 2) celon (i gelon, o chelon), pl. celyn (pl. i chelyn), 3) The word lind ”singer” may also be used of rivers (see . (WJ.309).
sîr
river
(i hîr, o sîr), in compounds sir- or -hir or -hír; no distinct pl. form except with article (i sîr), coll. pl. siriath. Note: sîr is also the adverb ”today”.
A Sindarin word for river, more specifically a large one (LotR/1138; PM/54; RC/765; VT48/24), derived from primitive ✶duinē and the root √DUY “flow (strongly), flood, inundate” (RC/766; VT48/23-24).
Conceptual Development: The first precursor to this word seems to be G. duif “stream” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, derived from primitive ᴱ✶duiwe and related to G. duil “flight” (GL/31). The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. duin under the root ᴹ√DUI̯, but there it was a loan word from Ilk. duin “water, river”. After Tolkien abandoned Ilkorin, it became a native Sindarin word.