(i gírdan, o chírdan) (shipwright), pl. círdain (i chírdain).
Quenya
cirya
ship
cirya
ship
cair
noun. ship
cair
noun. ship
Cognates
- Q. cirya “(sharp-prowed) ship; swift gliding, (sharp-prowed) ship, [ᴹQ.] boat; [Q.] swift gliding” ✧ PE17/147
Derivations
Element in
- S. aran cîr lim “*king of swift ships” ✧ PE17/147
- S. aran na chîr lim “*king of swift ships” ✧ PE17/147
- S. Cair Andros “Ship of Long Foam” ✧ SA/an(d)
- S. círdan “shipbuilder, shipwright”
- ᴺS. cirias “fleet (of ships)”
- ᴺS. cirion “sailor, shipman”
- S. Pelargir “Garth of Royal Ships”
Variations
- Cair ✧ SA/an(d)
círdan
shipbuilder, shipwright
(i gírdan, o chírdan) (shipwright), pl. círdain (i chírdain).
cair
ship
cair (in compounds cír-) (i gair, o chair), pl. cîr, i chîr; coll. pl. ciriath.
cair
ship
(in compounds cír-) (i gair, o chair), pl. cîr, i chîr; coll. pl. ciriath.
cirion
shipman
(i girion) (sailor), pl. ciryn (i chiryn), coll. pl. cirionnath.
balak
noun. ship
The noun for “ship”, attested only in the plural (balîk) and objective (balku) forms (SD/247, PM/151). Its plural form indicates that it is a strong-noun (Strong I), so its final vowel must be short. In theory its final vowel could be any of a, i or u, each of which would be replaced by long î in plural nouns. However, its attested objective form uses the variant objective-with-syncope form balku instead of ordinary ✱baluk. Since the Adûnaic syncope seems only to occur for nouns with two identical short vowels, this indicates the singular form of this word is balak.
Element in
- Ad. balîk hazad an-Nimruzîr azûlada “seven ships of Elendil [went] eastward” ✧ SD/247
- Ad. Balkumagân “Shipwright, *Shipbuilder” ✧ PM/151
ceir
noun. ship
ceir
noun. ship
Changes
cir→ cīr “ship” ✧ PE21/57Cognates
Derivations
- ᴹ√KIR “cleave” ✧ Ety/KIR
Element in
- N. Cair Andros
- N. Cairros “*Ship-foam”
- N. cirban “haven” ✧ Ety/PAD
- N. cirdan “shipbuilder” ✧ Ety/KIR
- N. Pelargir
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√KIR > ceir [kirja] > [kerja] > [keria] > [keri] > [keir] ✧ Ety/KIR Variations
- ceirda ✧ EtyAC/KIR (
ceirda)- cīr ✧ PE21/57
- cir ✧ PE21/57 (
cir)
cîr
noun. ship
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cîr
noun. ship
A noun for “ship” used to in some linguistic notes in the mid-1930s to illustrate the class plural: círiath. Tolkien first wrote these forms with a short vowel (cir, ciriath), and he vacillated on whether these were Noldorin or Ilkorin words, eventually deciding they were from both languages (PE21/57 noted #28). The proper etymology of the Ilkorin form is unclear; based on the example of gwene < ✱gwenyā we might expect Ilk. ✱✱cere instead.
Changes
cir→ cīr “ship” ✧ PE21/57Cognates
Variations
- cīr ✧ PE21/57
- cir ✧ PE21/57 (
cir)
kiryā
noun. ship
Derivations
- ᴹ√KIR “cleave”
Derivatives
- ᴹQ. kirya “ship, boat” ✧ PE19/060; PE19/060; PE19/060
Element in
- ᴹ✶kiryaktō “shipwright”
- ᴹ✶kirya kyulma “a ship’s mast” ✧ PE21/65; PE21/68
Variations
- kiryā́ ✧ PE19/060
- kiryă ✧ PE21/65
- kirı̯a ✧ PE21/68
lunta
noun. ship
Cognates
- Eq. lunte “ship, boat” ✧ LT1A/Alqaluntë
Derivations
- ᴱ√LUTU “*float” ✧ LT1A/Alqaluntë
cirya _("k")_noun "ship" (MC:213, 214, 220, 221), "(sharp-prowed) ship" (SA:kir-, where the word is misspelt círya with a long í; Christopher Tolkien probably confused it with the first element of the Sindarin name Círdan. It seems that Círyon, the name of Isildur's son, is likewise misspelt; read Ciryon as in the index and the main text of the Silmarillion. Cf. also kirya_ in Etym, stem KIR.) _Also in Markirya. In the Plotz letter, cirya is inflected for all cases except plural possessive (*ciryaiva). The curious dual form ciriat occurs in Letters:427, whereas Plotz gives the expected form ciryat. Locative ciryasse "upon a ship" (MC:216). Compounded in ciryaquen "shipman, sailor" (WJ:372), also ciryando (PE17:58), cf. also ciryamo "mariner" (UT:8). Masc. names Ciryaher* "Ship-lord" (Appendix A), Ciryandil "Ship-friend" (Appendix A), Ciryatan "Ship-builder" (Appendix A), also Tar-Ciryatan**, name of a Númenórean king, "King Shipbuilder" (SA:kir-)