(long, large river with strong current) duin (i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin) (VT48:24)
Sindarin
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
duin
noun. (long and large) river (having strong current)
duin
river
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".
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)
beleg
adjective. large
adj. large, great. Q. melek-.
beleg
adjective. large
adj. large, great, big. . This gloss was rejected.
iaun
adjective. large
adj. large, extensive, wide, vast, huge. Q. yāna-. >> -ion
lorn
noun. quiet water
lorn
noun. anchorage, harbour
nen
noun. water (used of a lake, pool or lesser river)
nen
noun. waterland
nen
water
{ĕ}_ n. _water, lake. Q. nén. >> nîn
sîr
noun. river
celon
river
(i gelon, o chelon), pl. celyn (pl. i chelyn)
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.
ethir
of a river
(estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy".
lind
river
”singer” may also be used of rivers (see
lorn
quiet water
(anchorage, haven, harbour), pl. lyrn (VT45:29).
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.