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'''''sír'''''<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 65</ref> (also rendered '''''sīr'''''<ref>{{VT|49a}}, p. 17</ref>) is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "river". | '''''sír'''''<ref>{{PE|17}}, p. 65</ref> (also rendered '''''sīr'''''<ref>{{VT|49a}}, p. 17</ref>) is a [[Quenya]] word meaning "river". | ||
The dual form '''''siryat''''' appears in the sentence ''[[imbe]] siryat'' ("between two rivers"),<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 11</ref> yielding an unattested singular form *''sirya'' ("river").<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Helge Fauskanger]]|articleurl=http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm|articlename=Quenya-to-English wordlist|dated=25 December 2008|website=Arda|accessed=30 November 2017}}</ref> | The dual form '''''siryat''''' appears in the sentence ''[[imbë|imbe]] siryat'' ("between two rivers"),<ref>{{VT|47a}}, p. 11</ref> yielding an unattested singular form *''sirya'' ("river").<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Helge Fauskanger]]|articleurl=http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm|articlename=Quenya-to-English wordlist|dated=25 December 2008|website=Arda|accessed=30 November 2017}}</ref> | ||
In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], [[Quenya]]/[[Kornoldorin|Old Noldorin]] '''''sīre''''' ("river") derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[SIR]] ("flow").<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 385</ref><ref>{{VT|46a}}, p. 13</ref> | In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], [[Quenya]]/[[Kornoldorin|Old Noldorin]] '''''sīre''''' ("river") derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] [[SIR]] ("flow").<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 385</ref><ref>{{VT|46a}}, p. 13</ref> |
Revision as of 00:45, 30 November 2017
sír[1] (also rendered sīr[2]) is a Quenya word meaning "river".
The dual form siryat appears in the sentence imbe siryat ("between two rivers"),[3] yielding an unattested singular form *sirya ("river").[4]
In the Etymologies, Quenya/Old Noldorin sīre ("river") derives from the root SIR ("flow").[5][6]
See also
References
- ↑ 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), p. 65
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part Three" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 49, June 2007, p. 17
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings — Part One" (edited by Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 47, February 2005, p. 11
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "Quenya-to-English wordlist" dated 25 December 2008, Ardalambion (accessed 30 November 2017)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 385
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part Two" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 46, July 2004, p. 13