ᴺS. [N.] ^nind adj. “slender” (Category: Thin (in Dimension))
N. ninn adj. “slender” (Category: Thin (in Dimension))
The Etymologies of the 1930s had ninn as a cognate to ᴹQ. ninde “slender”, both derived from the root ᴹ√NIN-DI “fragile, thin” (Ety/NIN-DI).
Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. nind as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD), in keeping with the notion that “nd remained at the end of fully accented monosyllables” (LotR/1115).
Conceptual Development: Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. minedh glossed “fine, slender” (PE13/150) or “thin, fine, small” (PE13/164), derived from primitive ᴱ✶miniyā.
Reference ✧ Ety/NIN-DI ✧ “slender”
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| ᴹ√NIN-DI > ninn | [nindi] > [ninde] > [nind] > [ninn] | ✧ Ety/NIN-DI |
ᴱN. minedh adj. “fine, slender, thin, small” (Category: Thin (in Dimension))
References ✧ PE13/150, 164
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| miniant | augmentative | ✧ PE13/150: comparative |
| †miniant | comparative | ✧ PE13/164 |
| minidhiant | comparative | ✧ PE13/164 |
| minidh | plural | ✧ PE13/150; PE13/164 |
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