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'''''tirith''''' is a noun meaning "watch" or "guard" in [[Sindarin]]. It can also be used more abstractly, as in "vigilance". Compare with the [[Quenya]] prefix ''[[tir]]-''.
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'''''tirith''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "watching, guarding"<ref>{{VT|42a}}, p. 11</ref> or "guard"<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 41</ref>, or "vigilance"<ref>{{L|131}}, p. 158</ref>. The [[Noldorin]] word '''''tirith''''' means "watch, guard".<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 394</ref>


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==Etymology==
 
In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', ''tirith'' derives from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[TIR]].<ref name=LR/>
 
==Examples==
* [[Minas Tirith]] = "Tower of the Guard"
* [[Minas Tirith]] = "Tower of the Guard"


== References ==
==See also==
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
*[[Quenya]] prefix ''[[tir]]-''
* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]]


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Latest revision as of 20:40, 19 October 2012

tirith is a Sindarin word meaning "watching, guarding"[1] or "guard"[2], or "vigilance"[3]. The Noldorin word tirith means "watch, guard".[4]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

In the Etymologies, tirith derives from root TIR.[4]

Examples[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References