senna

short

senna (þ, cf. older form thenna) adj. "short" (PE17:185). This is a later (TLT) variant of sinta.

senna

adjective. short

Cognates

• S. thent “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185

Derivations

• ✶stenna “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185
  • √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185

Element in

• ᴺQ. sennacénëa “short-sighted”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶stentā > thenta > senta	[stentā] > [θentā] > [θenta] > [senta]	✧ PE17/141
✶stenna > thenna > senna	[stenna] > [θenna] > [senna]	✧ PE17/185

Variations

• senta ✧ PE17/141

thenna

thenna

†thenna, see senna #2

sinta

short

sinta (þ) (1) adj. "short" (STINTĀ). Cf. senna #2.

esten

adjective. thenna

adj. Q. thenna, senna. >> thenn

estent

adjective. (very?) short

The slash sign in minlamad thent/estent might indicate either variant forms of an adjective, or a sequence of two short verse units, possibly of alliterating half-lines, see Tolkien's Legendarium p. 122

esten(t)

adjective. short

Derivations

• ✶stenna “short” ✧ PE17/141
  • √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185
• √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶stentā > estent	[ṣtentā] > [ṣtenta] > [estenta] > [estentʰa] > [estenθa] > [estenθ] > [estent]	✧ PE17/141
√STEN > esten	[ṣtenna] > [estenna] > [estenn] > [esten]	✧ PE17/185

Variations

• estent ✧ PE17/141; WJ/311
• esten ✧ PE17/185

then

adjective. short

thenn

adjective. short

thenn

thenna

adj. Q. thenna, senna. >> esten

thent

adjective. short

thent

adjective. short

Cognates

• Q. senna “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185

Derivations

• ✶stenna “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185
  • √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185

Element in

• S. Ann-thennath “*Long-shorts”
• S. Minlamad Thent “mode of Elvish verse” ✧ WJ/311
• S. Thenfalas “Short Beach”
• ᴺS. thennas “shortness”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶stentā > thent	[stentā] > [stenta] > [sθenta] > [sθentʰa] > [sθenθa] > [θenθa] > [θenθ] > [θent]	✧ PE17/141
✶stenna > thenn	[stenna] > [sθenna] > [θenna] > [θenn]	✧ PE17/185

Variations

• thenn ✧ PE17/185

thent

short

thent (pl. thint), also ?estent (pl. estint).

thent

short

(pl. thint), also ?estent (pl. estint).

thinnas

shortness

(also used for a “breve”, a mark indicating that a vowel is short). Verb

nuitha

stop short

(i nuitha, in nuithar) (prevent from coming to completion; stunt; not allow to continue) (WJ:413)

stenna

adjective. short

Derivations

• √STEN “cut short, limit, confine, cramp” ✧ PE17/185

Derivatives

• Q. senna “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185
• S. esten(t) “short” ✧ PE17/141
• S. thent “short” ✧ PE17/141; PE17/185

Variations

• stentā ✧ PE17/141

thent

adjective. short

thent

adjective. short

Cognates

• ᴹQ. sinta “short” ✧ Ety/STINTĀ

Derivations

• On. sthinta “short” ✧ Ety/STINTĀ
  • ᴹ√STINTĀ “short” ✧ Ety/STINTĀ

Element in

• N. Lammasethen “Shorter Account of the Elvish Tongues”
• N. thinnas “shortness, shortening”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. sthinta > thent	[sθinta] > [sθintʰa] > [sθinθa] > [θinθa] > [θenθa] > [θenθ] > [θent]	✧ Ety/STINTĀ