nírnaeth

noun. (tearful) lamentation

nírnaeth

noun. lamentation

Element in

• N. Dagor Nirnaith “Battle of Unnumbered Tears”
• N. Nirnaith Arnediad “Unnumbered Tears” ✧ Ety/NAY
• N. Nírnaeth Aronoded ✧ Ety/NAY

Elements

Word	Gloss
nîr	“tear, weeping, weeping, [G.] grief, sorrow; [N.] tear”
naeth	“biting, gnashing of teeth”

Variations

• Nírnaeth ✧ Ety/NAY
• Nirnaeth ✧ EtyAC/NAK

nîn

noun. tear

nîn

noun. tear

Derivations

• ᴹ✶neinē “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI
  • ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI; EtyAC/NEI
• ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI

Element in

• N. Níniel “Tear-maiden; Tearful”
• N. niniel “tearful” ✧ Ety/NEI
• N. nínui “*tearful”
• N. nínim “snowdrop” ✧ Ety/NEI

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶neinē > nîn	[neinē] > [neine] > [nīne] > [nīn]	✧ Ety/NEI

Variations

• nî ✧ EtyAC/NEI (nî)

nîr

noun. tear, weeping