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'''''mîr''''' means "jewel" in [[Sindarin]]. In Quenya, <i>-mir</i> is a short form of '''''mírë''''', which also means "jewel" (in names like <i>Ardamir, Tar-Atanamir</i>).
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'''''mîr''''' means "a treasure, a jewel" in [[Sindarin]].<ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 37, 73</ref><ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref>
 
==Etymology==
 
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[MIR]]<ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 37, 73, 165</ref>


==Examples==
==Examples==
{{quote|untúpa Calaciryo '''míri''' oialë ('covers the '''jewels''' of Calacirya for ever.')|''[[Namárië]]''}}


* [[Míriel]] = "Jewel-daughter" (Quenya)
*[[miruvor]]
* [[Ardamir]] = "Jewel of Arda" (Quenya)
*[[Nauglamír]]
* [[Boromir]] = "Faithful Jewel" (Sindarin)
*[[Aravir]] (?) &ndash; with possibly ''mîr'' lenited to ''-vir''.
 
==Cognates==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[mírë]]''
*[[Sindarin]] [[Míriel (Sindarin)|''míriel'']]
 
==Other versions of the legendarium==
 
In the ''[[the Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', [[Noldorin]] ''mîr'' is said to mean "jewel, precious thing, treasure".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 373 (root MIR-)</ref>
 
==See also==


== References ==
*''[[-mir]]''
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]
* [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 08:21, 17 June 2016

mîr means "a treasure, a jewel" in Sindarin.[1][2]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Examples[edit | edit source]

Cognates[edit | edit source]

Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]

In the Etymologies, Noldorin mîr is said to mean "jewel, precious thing, treasure".[4]

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 37, 73
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 37, 73, 165
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 373 (root MIR-)