fimbë

slender

*fimbë (stem fimbi-) adj. "slender" (PE17:23)

fimbë

adjective. slender, slender, *thin

Cognates

• S. fim “slender, slim” ✧ PE17/023

Derivations

• √PHIM “*slender, slim” ✧ PE17/023

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√PHIM > fimbi-	[pʰimbi] > [pʰimbe] > [ɸimbe] > [fimbe]	✧ PE17/023

nindë

slender

nindë adj. "slender" (NIN-DI, pointing to a stem-form nindi-). Not to be confused with *nindë as the likely pa.t. of the verb nir-, q.v.

teren

slender

teren, terenë adj. "slender" (TER/TERES)

lelya

delicate, beautiful & fine, slender; lovely

lelya (2) adj. "delicate, beautiful & fine, slender; lovely" (PE17:139, 151)

lelya

adjective. delicate, beautiful and fine, slender, lovely

Cognates

• S. dail “beautiful, fine, delicate, lovely” ✧ PE17/139; PE17/151; PE17/151

Derivations

• ✶delya “lovely, fine, beautiful” ✧ PE17/151; PE17/151
  • √DEL “*fair” ✧ PE17/151; PE17/151

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶delya > lelya	[delja] > [lelja]	✧ PE17/151
✶delya > lelya	[delja] > [lelja]	✧ PE17/151

arca

narrow

arca (1) adj. "narrow" (AK)

náha

narrow

náha adj. "narrow" (PE17:166)

náha

adjective. narrow, narrow, *thin

Derivations

• √NAKH “narrow, thin” ✧ PE17/166

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√NAKH > nāha	[nākʰa] > [naxa] > [naha]	✧ PE17/166

Variations

• nāha ✧ PE17/166

tereva

fine, acute

tereva adj. "fine, acute" (TER/TERES), "piercing"_ (LT1:255; though glossed "fine, acute" in the Etymologies, the stem _TER is defined as "pierce")

nind

adjective. slender

fim

adjective. slim, slender

fim

adjective. slender, slim

Cognates

• Q. fimbë “slender, slender, *thin” ✧ PE17/023

Derivations

• √PHIM “*slender, slim” ✧ PE17/023

Element in

• S. Fimbrethil “Wandlimb, (lit.) Slender-beech” ✧ PE17/082

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√PHIM > fim	[pʰimbi] > [pʰimbe] > [ɸimbe] > [fimbe] > [fimb] > [fimm] > [fimm] > [fim]	✧ PE17/023

lhind

adjective. fine, slender

deil

adjective. delicate

adj. delicate, beautiful and fine, slender. Q. lelya. >> dail

fim

adjective. slim

_adj. _slim, slender. Q. fimbi-. >> fimbrethil

dail

adjective. delicate

adj. delicate, beautiful and fine, slender. Q. lelya.

fim

slender

fim (slim). No distinct pl. form. (LotR Appendix F). 3) nind (thin, fragile); no distinct pl. form. 4)

fim

slender

(slim). No distinct pl. form. (LotR Appendix F). 3) nind (thin, fragile); no distinct pl. form. 4)

lhind

slender

1) *lhind (fine), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind. 2)

lhind

slender

(fine), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind.

nind

adjective. slender

trîw

slender

trîw (lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (fine).

trîw

slender

(lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (fine).

lhind

adjective. fine, slender

Element in

• ᴺS. lhinnas “slenderness, thinness”

lond

narrow path

(harbour, haven, pass, strait), pl. lynd, coll. pl. lonnath (as in the name Lonnath Ernin, WR:294).

lhind

fine

(slender), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Sugggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind.

lhê

fine thread

(?i thlê or ?i lê – the lenition product of lh is uncertain) (spider filament), pl. lhî (?i lî). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlê.

brand

fine

1) brand (high, lofty, noble), lenited vrand, pl. braind, 2) trîw (lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (slender) , 3) *lhind (slender), lenited ?thlind or ?lind (the lenition product of lh is uncertain); no distinct pl. form. Sugggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlind.

brand

fine

(high, lofty, noble), lenited vrand, pl. braind

fim

slim

fim (slender). No distinct pl. form. (LotR Appendix F)

fim

slim

(slender). No distinct pl. form. (LotR Appendix F)

nind

thin

1) nind (slender, fragile); no distinct pl. form. 2) *lhain (lean, meager), lenited ?thlain or ?lain (the lenition product of lh is uncertain), pl. lîn. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlein*, corresponding to archaic Sindarin lhein**, later *lhain.

nind

thin

(slender, fragile); no distinct pl. form.

trîw

fine

(lenited drîw; no distinct pl. form) (slender)

imlad

narrow valley with steep sides

(glen, deep valley), pl. imlaid.

lhain

thin

(lean, meager), lenited ?thlain or ?lain (the lenition product of lh is uncertain), pl. lîn. Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” thlein, corresponding to archaic Sindarin ✱lhein, later ✱lhain.

agor

narrow

agor (analogical pl. egyr). In archaic S agr.

agor

narrow

(analogical pl. egyr). In archaic S agr.

tess

fine pierced hole

(i dess, construct tes), pl. tiss (i thiss). Older ters (VT46:18).

imrath

narrow valley

(pl. imraith)

phim

root. *slender, slim

A root from Tolkien’s later writings explaining the initial element in the name S. Fimbrethil “Slender Princess” (PE17/23), elsewhere “Wandlimb” (LotR/475), “slender-beech” (LotR/1131), or “slim-birch” (LotR/1131).

Derivatives

• Q. fimbë “slender, slender, *thin” ✧ PE17/023
• S. fim “slender, slim” ✧ PE17/023

nek

root. narrow, narrow; *angular, sharp

A root appearing in notes on words and phrases from The Lord of the Rings from the late 1950s or early 1960s, serving mainly as the basis for S. naith “angle” (PE17/55). It was also mentioned in a discussion of the death of Isildur at the Gladden Fields, again as the basis for S. naith among other words, where the root √NEK was glossed “narrow” (UT/281-2, note #16). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, N. naith was derived from ᴹ√SNAS or ᴹ√SNAT, but the precise derivation was unclear, and in any cases seems to have been replaced by Tolkien with a more straightforward derivation from √NEK.

The root √NEK also appeared in Quenya Notes (QN) from 1957 with the gloss “deprive”, serving among other things as the basis for S. neithan “one deprived” (PE17/167), which was the name adopted by Túrin after he became an outlaw (S/200). The root appeared again in notes on Elvish numbers from the late 1960s glossed as either “divide, part, separate” (VT47/16) or “divide, separate” (VT48/9), where it served as the basis for √ENEK “six” as the dividing point between the lower and upper set of numbers in the Elvish duodecimal system.

It is not clear whether Tolkien intended all these various meanings for the root √NEK to be connected. For purposes of analysis, I’ve split √NEK “narrow” from √NEK “separate; deprive”, but conceivably the sense “narrow” could be a semantic extension of “separate” or vice-versa.

Derivatives

• ✶nektē “angle” ✧ PE17/055
  • Q. nehtë “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ PE17/055; PE17/055
  • S. naith “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ PE17/055; PE17/055
• Q. necel “thorn” ✧ PE17/055
• Q. nehtë “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ UT/282
• Q. nexa “sharp, angular” ✧ PE17/055
• S. naith “spearhead, gore, wedge, narrow prominitory; angle” ✧ UT/282
• S. negen “sharp, angular” ✧ PE17/055

Variations

• NEK ✧ PE17/055; PE17/167
• nek ✧ UT/282

sminu

adjective. slim

Derivations

• √MIN “one, first of a series, one, first of a series; [ᴹ√] stand alone, stick out”

Variations

• sminŭ ✧ PE21/81

ninn

adjective. slender

ninn

adjective. slender

Cognates

• ᴹQ. ninde “slender” ✧ Ety/NIN-DI

Derivations

• ᴹ√NINDI “fragile, thin” ✧ Ety/NIN-DI

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√NIN-DI > ninn	[nindi] > [ninde] > [nind] > [ninn]	✧ Ety/NIN-DI

thlind

adjective. fine, slender

thlinn

adjective. fine, slender

thlinn

adjective. fine, slender

Derivations

• ᴹ✶slindi “fine, delicate” ✧ Ety/SLIN
  • ᴹ√SLIN “*fine, delicate” ✧ Ety/SLIN

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶slindi > thlind > thlinn	[slindi] > [slinde] > [θlinde] > [θlind] > [θlinn]	✧ Ety/SLIN

trîw

adjective. fine, slender

agor

adjective. narrow

agor

adjective. narrow

Cognates

• ᴹQ. arka “narrow” ✧ Ety/AK

Derivations

• ᴹ✶akrā “narrow” ✧ Ety/AK
  • ᴹ√AK “narrow, confined” ✧ Ety/AK

Element in

• S. Aglon “Narrow Pass”
• N. Aglon “defile, pass between high walls” ✧ Ety/AK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶akrā > agr > agor	[akrā] > [akra] > [akr] > [agr] > [agor]	✧ Ety/AK

agr

adjective. narrow