Sindarin 

mêd(h) Speculative

adjective. [Ilk.] wet

Sindarin [SA/dol; WJI/Dolmed] Group: Eldamo. Published by

limp

adjective. wet

Sindarin [Ety/369, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

loen

adjective. soaking wet, swamped

Sindarin [VT/42:10] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nîn

adjective. wet, watery

Sindarin [Nindalf TC/195, S/435] Group: SINDICT. Published by

nîn

wet

_ adj. _wet. Q. nenya. >> Nindalf

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:52:61] < _nēnā_ < NEN water. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

limp

adjective. wet

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

limp

wet

(no distinct pl. form).

loen

soaking wet

(swamped), no distinct pl. form.

mesc

wet

  1. mesc (lenited vesc, pl. misc). Also spelt mesg. 2) limp (no distinct pl. form). 3)

mesc

wet

(lenited vesc, pl. misc). Also spelt mesg.

nîd

wet

nîd (damp, tearful); no distinct pl. form. 4) nîn (watery); no distinct pl. form. Note: nîn is also used as a noun ”tear”; there is also the possessive pronoun nín ”my”.

nîd

wet

(damp, tearful); no distinct pl. form. 4) nîn (watery); no distinct pl. form. Note: nîn is also used as a noun ”tear”; there is also the possessive pronoun nín ”my”.

Noldorin 

lhimp

adjective. wet

Noldorin [Ety/369, X/LH] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhimp

adjective. wet

Noldorin [Ety/LINKWI] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mesc

adjective. wet

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mesc

adjective. wet

mesg

adjective. wet

Noldorin [Ety/373] Group: SINDICT. Published by

mesg

adjective. wet

@@@ mesc may be alternate form

Noldorin [Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nenui

adjective. wet

Primitive elvish

nēnā

adjective. wet

Primitive elvish [PE17/052; PE17/167] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Quenya 

linqui

wet

linqui ("q")adj. "wet" (MC:216; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)

linquë

wet

linquë ("q") (1) adj. "wet" _(LINKWI). In early "Qenya", this word was glossed "water" (LT1:262)_, and "wet" was linqui or liquin, q.v.

liquin

wet

liquin ("q")adj. "wet" (LT1:262; Tolkien's later Quenya has linquë.)

mer-

verb. wish (for), want

Quenya [PE 22:103n, 118] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

missë

wet, damp, rain

[missë] adj.ornoun "wet, damp, rain" (VT45:35)

mixa

wet

mixa ("ks")adj. "wet" (MISK); later sources have néna, nenya

nenda

adjective. wet

Quenya [PE17/052; PE17/167] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nenya

wet

nenya adj. "wet" (PE17:52), also néna, q.v. Nenya as the name of a Ring of Power seems to imply *"(thing) related to water", since this Ring was associated with that element (SA:nen).

nenya

adjective. wet

ninda

adjective. wet

néna

wet

néna adj. "wet" (PE17:167). Cf. nenya, mixa.

néna

adjective. wet

wet

wet

wet, see we #2

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Doriathrin

mêd

adjective. wet

Mêd is a Doriathrin adjective for “wet” derived from primitive ᴹ✶mizdā, appearing as an element in the mountain name Dolmed “Wet Head” (Ety/MIZD). First the [[ilk|short [i] became [e] preceding the final [a]]], then the [e] lengthened due to the [[ilk|vocalization of [z] before voiced stops]]. It is unclear, though, whether the vowel lengthened directly (as suggested by Helge Fauskanger, AL-Doriathrin/méd), or whether it first became the diphthong [ei] after which [[ilk|[ei] became [ē]]] (the theory used here).

Conceptual Development: After abandoning the Ilkorin language, Tolkien retained the name Dolmed. It is possible Tolkien reconceived of this word as Sindarin, but if so, its Sindarin form should perhaps be ✱mêdh, not mêd, since voiced stops became spirants after vowels in Sindarin. In Silmarillion map revisions from the 1950s-60s, Tolkien did write Dolmeð (WJ/183 section F14), but he never made the corresponding change in the narratives.

Neo-Sindarin: For the purposes of Neo-Sindarin writing, it would be better to use one of the other attested Sindarin words for “wet”, such as nîn.

Doriathrin [Ety/MIZD; EtyAC/MIZD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

mer

root. wish (for), want, desire

In The Etymologies of the 1930s there were two roots: unstrengthened ᴹ√MER “wish, desire, want” and strengthened ᴹ√MBER, unglossed but with derivatives like ᴹQ. meren(de)/N. bereth “feast, festival” and ᴹQ. merya/N. beren “festive, gay, joyous” (Ety/MBER, MER). It is not clear whether Tolkien intended these roots to be related; the entry for ᴹ√MBER first gave the root as ᴹ√MER with N. mereth and meren, only to change it to ᴹ√MBER, N. bereth and beren when ᴹ√MER “wish, desire, want” was introduced (Ety/MBER; EtyAC/MBER).

In both earlier and contemporaneous Silmarillion drafts of the 1930s, however, Tolkien used N. Mereth Aderthad for “Feast of Reuniting” (SM/329; LR/126, 253) and continued to use S. Mereth Aderthad in the Silmarillion narratives of the 1950s and 60s (S/113; WJ/34). Possibly also related was the revision of the name Beril “Rose” to S. Meril in the unpublished epilogue to The Lord of the Ring written from the end of the 1940s (SD/117; SD/126). Conversely, {√MED >>} √MER “wish for, want” appeared in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 (PE22/102; 103 note #23) and Q. mer- “hope” appeared in the so-called “Merin Sentence”: Q. merin sa haryalyë alassë nó vanyalyë Ambarello “I hope that you have happiness before you pass from the world”, of unknown date but certainly written after the 1st edition of The Lord of the Rings (MS).

Thus it seems Tolkien merged ᴹ√MBER back into ᴹ√MER, though the meaning of the combined root isn’t clear given its various derivatives with senses like “feast”, “rose” and “wish, hope”. The last of these probably remained the core meaning, perhaps with “festive” extrapolated from “hopeful”.

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MER; PE22/102; PE22/103] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mizdā

adjective. wet

Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/MIZD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Noldorin

lhim(p)

adjective. wet

Early Noldorin [PE13/149] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nûd

adjective. wet

Early Noldorin [PE13/122; PE13/151] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Primitive Elvish

uqu

root. wet

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “wet”, with derivatives like ᴱQ. úqa “wet” and ᴱQ. úqil “rain” (QL/98). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon it had derivatives like G. ub⁽⁾ “wet” and G. uch “rain” (GL/74). In later writings Tolkien used different roots for “wet”.

Early Primitive Elvish [QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

liqin(a)

adjective. wet

Early Quenya [LT1A/Nielíqui; PME/054; QL/054] Group: Eldamo. Published by

nenda

adjective. wet

Early Quenya [PE16/138] Group: Eldamo. Published by

úqa

adjective. wet

Early Quenya [QL/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Qenya 

linqe

adjective. wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream

miksa

adjective. wet, wet, *damp

Qenya [Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK] Group: Eldamo. Published by