ᴺS. [N.] ^lumren n. “shady, [G.] overcast” (Category: Shade, Shadow)
N. lhumren n. “shady” (Category: Shade, Shadow)
A word appearing as N. lhumren “shady” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, an adjective form of N. lhum “shade” (Ety/LUM).
Conceptual Development: The earliest iteration of this word was G. lómin “shady, shadowy, gloomy; gloom(iness)” from the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, the adjective form of G. lôm “gloom, shade” (GL/54). A similar word G. lumbrin or lumba “overcast” was an adjective based on G. lum “a cloud” (GL/55).
Neo-Sindarin: Since the root √LUM “shadow, darkness” survived in later writings (PE17/168), I think N. lhumren “shady” can be salvaged, though if adapted to Neo-Sindarin it would need to become ᴺS. lumren as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD). Given the later use of Q. lumbo for “(dark) cloud”, I think the sense “overcast” from Gnomish lumbrin can be salvaged as well.
Reference ✧ Ety/LUM ✧ “shady”
Elements
| lhum | “shade” | ✧ Ety/LUM |
| #-ren | “adjective suffix” | ✧ Ety/LUM (#-ren) |
G. lómin adj. and n. “shady, shadowy, gloomy; gloom(iness)” (Category: Shade, Shadow)
References ✧ GL/54; LT1A/Hisilómë; QL/51
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Elements
| lôm | “gloom, shade” | ✧ GL/54; LT1A/Hisilómë; QL/51 |
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G. lumbrin adj. “overcast” (Category: Shade, Shadow)
References ✧ GL/55; LT1A/Luvier
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| lum | “cloud” | ✧ GL/55; LT1A/Luvier |
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