Noldorin thlein adjective. lean, thin, meagre The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. {thlîn >>} thlein derived from ᴹ✶slinyā “lean, thin, meagre” under the root ᴹ√SLIN (Ety/SLIN) with the initial *sl* becoming *thl* as was generally the case in Noldorin of the 1930s.Neo-Sindarin: In Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, initial *sl* became voiceless *lh* and *ei* became *ai* in final syllables, so I would adapt this word as ᴺS. lhain as suggested in HSD (HSD). thlein adjective. lean, thin, meagre
The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. {thlîn >>} thlein derived from ᴹ✶slinyā “lean, thin, meagre” under the root ᴹ√SLIN (Ety/SLIN) with the initial *sl* becoming *thl* as was generally the case in Noldorin of the 1930s.
Neo-Sindarin: In Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, initial *sl* became voiceless *lh* and *ei* became *ai* in final syllables, so I would adapt this word as ᴺS. lhain as suggested in HSD (HSD).