S. Niben-nog pn. “Petty Dwarf”
A Sindarin term for a Petty Dwarf (PE17/46), a variation on the better known Nogoth Niben, a combination of niben “petty” and a suffixal form -nog of naug “dwarf”, because [au] became [o] in polysyllables in Sindarin. This term was first published in its plural forms Nibin-noeg (UT/100) and Nibin-nogrim “Petty-dwarves” (UT/148). Tolkien considered numerous variations on the singular form of this name (WJ/187, note #26).
References ✧ PE17/46; UT/100, 148; UTI/Nibin-noeg; WJ/420; WJI/Naugrim, Nibin-noeg
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| Nibin-nogrim | class-plural | “Petty-dwarves” | ✧ UT/148 |
| Nibin-nogrim | class-plural | “Petty Dwarves” | ✧ UTI/Nibin-noeg |
| Nibinnogrim | class-plural | ✧ WJI/Nibin-noeg | |
| Nibin-noeg | plural | ✧ UT/100 | |
| Nibin-noeg | plural | “Petty Dwarves” | ✧ UTI/Nibin-noeg; WJI/Nibin-noeg |
| Nibinnoeg | plural | ✧ WJ/420 |
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| niben | “petty” | ✧ UT/100 (Nibin) |
| naug | “dwarf; dwarf(ed), stunted” | ✧ UT/100 (noeg) |
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