Nîn-in-Eilph

noun. waters of swans

nîn (pl. of nen “water”) + in (pl. gen. article) + eilph (pl. of alph “swan”)

nîn-in-eilph

place name. Swanfleet, Waterlands of the Swans

Sindarin name of Swanfleet, translated “Waterlands of the Swans” (UT/265, VT42/7), a combination of the plural of nen “water”, the plural definite article in and the plural of alph “swan”.

Elements

Word	Gloss
nen	“water; lake, pool; (lesser) river, water; lake, pool; (lesser) river, [ᴱN.] stream”
i	“the”
alph	“swan”