Eldamo : Sindarin : fain

S. fain adj. and n. “white, shimmering, shining; white and shining [thing]; dim, dimmed; filmy, fine-woven; (vague) apparition; cloud” (Category: to Shine, Glisten)

S. fain, adj. and n. “white, shimmering, shining, [N.] radiant; [S.] white and shining [thing]; ⚠️dim, dimmed; filmy, fine-woven; (vague) apparition; cloud” (Category: to Shine, Glisten)

References ✧ NM/237; PE17/26, 36, 174, 179; RC/268

Glosses

“cloud” ✧ RC/268
“dim, dimmed; filmy, fine-woven; apparition” ✧ PE17/174
“pallid, white; diaphanous” ✧ NM/237
“white and shining [thing]” ✧ PE17/26
“white, shimmering” ✧ PE17/36

Variations

fain ✧ NM/237; PE17/26; PE17/36; PE17/174; RC/268

Inflections

fain

plural

“vague apparitions”

✧ PE17/179

Element In

S. Ar-Feiniel “White Lady”
S. Ras-Arphain
S. fanui “cloudy, (lit.) having much cloud” ✧ RC/268

Cognates

Q. fanya “(white) cloud, white and shining [thing]” ✧ PE17/26; PE17/36

Derivations

< √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ NM/237; PE17/26 (FAN); PE17/36; PE17/179
- < fein < phan ✧ NM/237
- < √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237
< ✶phanyā “*veiled, veiling” ✧ PE17/174
- < √PHAN “cover, screen, veil; white, (light white) shape; shape, vision” ✧ PE17/174
  - < √PHA “exhalations (as mists upon water or steams and the like)” ✧ NM/237

Phonetic Developments

√phan > fein > fain	[pʰanjā] > [pʰanja] > [ɸanja] > [ɸanja] > [fania] > [fenia] > [feni] > [fein] > [fain]	✧ NM/237
√FAN > fain	[pʰanjā] > [pʰanja] > [ɸanja] > [ɸanja] > [fania] > [fenia] > [feni] > [fein] > [fain]	✧ PE17/26
√PHAN > fain	[pʰanjā] > [pʰanja] > [ɸanja] > [ɸanja] > [fania] > [fenia] > [feni] > [fein] > [fain]	✧ PE17/36
✶phanyā > fain	[pʰanjā] > [pʰanja] > [ɸanja] > [ɸanja] > [fania] > [fenia] > [feni] > [fein] > [fain]	✧ PE17/174
√PHAN > fain	[pʰanjā] > [pʰanja] > [ɸanja] > [ɸanja] > [fania] > [fenia] > [feni] > [fein] > [fain]	✧ PE17/179

N. fein adj. “white, radiant” (Category: White)

References ✧ Ety/PHAY, SPAN; EtyAC/SPAN