Q. Sinda [þ] pn. “Grey-elf”
Quenya name for the Grey Elves (PM/223), usually appearing in its plural form Sindar (LotR/1137). It is simply sinda “grey” used as a name (SA/thin(d)).
References ✧ Let/176, 411; LotR/1137; LotRI/Eldar, Sindar; LRI/Sindar; MR/91, 170, 349; MRI/Sindar; PE17/20, 117, 140-141; PE18/73; PM/223, 297; PMI/Sindar; S/56; SA/thin(d); SI/Grey-elves, Sindar; SMI/Sindar; UTI/Sindar; VT41/9; WJ/175, 369, 375, 384, 410; WJI/Sindar
Variations
Related
Inflections
| Sindaron | genitive plural | “of the Sindar” | ✧ WJ/369 |
| Sindar | plural | “Grey-elves” | ✧ Let/176; LotRI/Eldar; MR/91; MR/349; PE17/20; PE17/117; PE18/73; S/56; SI/Grey-elves; SI/Sindar; UTI/Sindar; WJ/375; WJ/410 |
| Sindar | plural | “Gray-elves” | ✧ Let/411 |
| Sindar | plural | ✧ LotR/1137; LotRI/Sindar; LRI/Sindar; MRI/Sindar; PE17/140; PMI/Sindar; SA/thin(d); SMI/Sindar; VT41/9; WJ/175; WJI/Sindar | |
| Sindar | plural | “Grey Elves” | ✧ MR/170 |
| Sindar | plural | “the Grey” | ✧ WJ/384 |
| ‽Sindir | plural | ✧ PE17/117 |
Elements
| sinda | “grey” | ✧ SA/thin(d) |
Element In
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Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶thindā > thinda > sinda | [tʰindā] > [θindā] > [θinda] > [sinda] | ✧ PE17/141 |
| ✶thinida > sinda | [tʰinida] > [tʰindā] > [θindā] > [θinda] > [sinda] | ✧ PE17/141 |
| √THIN > Sindar | [tʰinda] > [θinda] > [sinda] | ✧ WJ/384 |