luin

adjective. blue

luin

blue

adj. blue. . This gloss was rejected.

luin

jhJ5 adjective. blue

Examples: Ered luin, Helluin, Luinil, Mindolluin

luin

adjective. blue

Cognates

• Q. luinë “blue” ✧ SA/luin; VT48/23; VT48/28

Derivations

• √LUY “blue” ✧ VT48/23
• ✶luini “blue” ✧ VT48/24
  • √LUY “blue” ✧ VT48/24

Element in

• S. Aeluin “*Blue Lake” ✧ S/162
• S. caralluin “*red-blue”
• S. Draugluin “*Blue (Were)wolf”
• S. Ered Luin “Blue Mountains” ✧ SA/luin; VT48/23; VT48/24; VT48/28
• S. Hirluin
• S. Ithryn Luin “Blue Wizards” ✧ UT/390
• S. Mindolluin “Towering Blue-head” ✧ SA/luin
• ᴺS. nelluin “bluebell”
• S. Sîr Luin ✧ VT48/23; VT48/28 (Sîr Luin)

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√LUY > Luin	[luini] > [luine] > [luin]	✧ VT48/23
✶luini > luin	[luini] > [luine] > [luin]	✧ VT48/24

Variations

• Luin ✧ Let/448; VT48/23

elu

adjective. (pale) blue

lô

blue

adj. blue. . This gloss was rejected.

nimp

adjective. pale

adj. pale, pallid. nimp << nim (PE17:168). >> niphred

luin

blue

luin (no distinct pl. form, as demonstrated by the name Ered Luin ”Blue Mountains”) (VT48:24)

elu

pale blue

(analogical pl. ely). Archaic elw (pl. ilw?).

malu

pale

(lenited valu; analogical pl. mely; lenited valu) (fallow). Cited in archaic form malw (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

gwind

pale blue

(lenited ’wind; no distinct pl. form).

thind

pale

(grey); no distinct pl. form

ia

ago

ia, io

ia

ago

io

bannen

gone

#bannen (pl. bennin). Isolated from govannen ”met”, based on the assumption that this past participle includes a form of the verb #bad- ”go”.

bannen

adjective. gone

Elements

Word	Gloss
bad-	“to tread, travel, to tread, [G.] travel”

bannen

gone

(pl. bennin). Isolated from govannen ”met”, based on the assumption that this past participle includes a form of the verb #bad- ”go”.

gael

pale

(glittering), lenited ’ael; no distinct pl. form.

maidh

pale

1) maidh (lenited vaidh; no distinct pl. form) (fallow, fawn), 2) nimp (nim-) (white); no distinct pl. form, 3) thind (grey); no distinct pl. form; 4) gael (glittering), lenited ael; no distinct pl. form. 5) *malu (lenited valu; analogical pl. mely; lenited valu) (fallow). Cited in archaic form malw (LR:386 s.v. SMAL).

maidh

pale

(lenited vaidh; no distinct pl. form) (fallow, fawn)

mith

pale grey

(lenited vith; no distinct pl. form). David Salo would read mîth with a long vowel. Note: a homophone means ”white fog, wet mist”.

nimp

pale

(nim-) (white); no distinct pl. form