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'''''nen''''' is a [[Sindarin]] (and [[Noldorin]])<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 376</ref> noun meaning "water" (being used for a small body of water like a lake, pool, lesser river, or tributary).<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''nen''</ref><ref>{{HM|RC}}, pp. 327-8</ref><ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 77 (form appearing as "''nĕn''"</ref>
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'''''nen''''' is a [[Sindarin]] noun meaning "water" (being used for a small body of water like a lake, pool, lesser river, or tributary).<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, entry ''nen''</ref><ref>{{HM|RC}}, pp. 327-328</ref><ref>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 77 (form appearing as "''nĕn''")</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
 
In ''[[The Etymologies]]'', [[Noldorin]] ''nen'' derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[NEN]].<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry "[[NEN]]"</ref>
In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', Noldorin ''nen'' derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[NEN]].<ref name=LR/>


==Examples==
==Examples==
* [[Nen Hithoel]] = "Lake of Mist"
* ''[[Nen Hithoel|'''Nen''' Hithoel]]'' = "Lake of Mist"
* [[Nen Lalaith]] = "River of Laughter"
* ''[[Nen Lalaith|'''Nen''' Lalaith]]'' = "River of Laughter"
* ''[[Sea of Núrnen#Etymology|Núrnen]]''
* ''[[Nenuial|'''Nen'''uial]]'' = "Lake Evendim"
* ''[[Sea of Núrnen#Etymology|Núr'''nen''']]'' = "Sad Water"
* ''[[Ninui|'''Nin'''ui]]'' = name of the "Wet" month


==Cognates==
==Cognates==
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Latest revision as of 16:08, 11 April 2022

This article is about the Sindarin word. For the river in the early legendarium, see Nen (river in Valinor).

nen is a Sindarin noun meaning "water" (being used for a small body of water like a lake, pool, lesser river, or tributary).[1][2][3]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

In The Etymologies, Noldorin nen derives from the root NEN.[4]

Examples[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", entry nen
  2. Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, pp. 327-328
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 77 (form appearing as "nĕn")
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry "NEN"