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In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], Noldorin ''sîr'' is a descendant form of [[Quenya]]/[[Kornoldorin|Old Noldorin]] '' | In the [[The Etymologies|''Etymologies'']], Noldorin ''sîr'' is a descendant form of [[Quenya]]/[[Kornoldorin|Old Noldorin]] ''[[sír|sīre]]'' ("river"), deriving from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[SIR]] ("flow").<ref name=LR>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 385</ref><ref>{{VT|46a}}, p. 13</ref> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[sír]]'' ("river") | |||
*[[Sindarin]] ''[[duin]]'' ("large river") | *[[Sindarin]] ''[[duin]]'' ("large river") | ||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[-duinë]]'' | *[[Quenya]] ''[[-duinë]]'' | ||
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sîr means "river, stream" in Sindarin (and Noldorin).[1][2][3]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
In the Etymologies, Noldorin sîr is a descendant form of Quenya/Old Noldorin sīre ("river"), deriving from root SIR ("flow").[1][4]
Examples[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 385
- ↑ 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. 37
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", sîr
- ↑ 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
