Eldamo : Gnomish : dîn

G. dîn adv. “once (up a time), long ago, formerly” (Category: Past, Ago)

⚠️G. dîn, adv. “once (up a time), long ago, formerly” (Category: Past, Ago)

An adverb appearing in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as dîn “once (up a time), long ago, formerly” with alternate forms adhin and diradhin (GL/30). The latter was glossed separately as “once upon a time” and had a variant [diradhi]m, appearing to be a combination of dîr “long (of time)” and adhin “long ago”.

References ✧ GL/30

Glosses

“once (up a time), long ago, formerly” ✧ GL/30

Variations

dîn ✧ GL/30
adhin ✧ GL/30

Element In

G. diradhin “once upon a time” ✧ GL/30

G. diradhin adv. “once upon a time” (Category: Past, Ago)

See G. dîn for discussion.

References ✧ GL/30

Glosses

“once upon a time” ✧ GL/30

Variations

diradhin ✧ GL/30; GL/30
[diradhi]m ✧ GL/30

Elements

dîr	“long (of time)”		✧ GL/30
dîn	“once (up a time), long ago, formerly”	soft-mutation	✧ GL/30