certa

rune

certa noun "rune" (pl. certar given), adapted from Sindarin certh (a "true" or inherited Quenya form of primitive ¤kirtē would have been *cirtë, but this word did not occur). (WJ:396)

certa

noun. rune

Cognates

• S. certh “rune” ✧ LotR/1117; LotRI/Certar; PE17/122; WJ/396; WJI/Cirth; PE22/149; PE22/150

Derivations

• S. certh “rune” ✧ WJ/396
  • √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” ✧ PE22/150
  • ✶kirtē “rune” ✧ WJ/396
  • √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
S. certh > certa	[cerþa] > [certa]	✧ WJ/396

tengwasse

noun. alphabet

tengwassë

noun. alphabet

Element in

• Q. Fëanoreva Tengwassë “Feanorian Alphabet” ✧ PE22/149

Elements

Word	Gloss
tengwa	“(written) letter; sign, token, indicator, (written) letter; sign, token, indicator; [ᴹQ.] writing, grammar”
-ssë	“abstract noun”

Variations

• Tengwasse ✧ PE22/149

tengwanda

alphabet

tengwanda noun "alphabet" (TEK)

certhas

noun. runic alphabet, rune-rows

certhas

noun. certhas

pl. n. >> angerthas

certhas

noun. runes-rows, runic alphabet

Element in

• S. angerthas “runic alphabetic, (lit.) long rune-rows” ✧ LotR/1123; PE17/122; PE22/150
• S. Certhas Daeron “Daeron’s Runes” ✧ LotR/1123

Elements

Word	Gloss
certh	“rune”
-as	“abstract noun”

Variations

• Certhas ✧ PE22/150

certh

noun. rune

certh

noun. rune

Cognates

• Q. certa “rune” ✧ LotR/1117; LotRI/Certar; PE17/122; WJ/396; WJI/Cirth; PE22/149; PE22/150

Derivations

• √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” ✧ PE22/150
• ✶kirtē “rune” ✧ WJ/396
  • √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”

Derivatives

• Q. certa “rune” ✧ WJ/396

Element in

• S. certhas “runes-rows, runic alphabet” ✧ LotR/1123
• S. i Cirdh Daeron “*the Runes of Daeron” ✧ NM/164

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√KER > cirth	[kertī] > [kerti] > [kertʰi] > [kerθi] > [kirθi] > [kirθ]	✧ PE22/150
✶kirtē > certh	[kirtē] > [kirte] > [kirta] > [kirtʰa] > [kirθa] > [kerθa] > [kerθ]	✧ WJ/396

Variations

• Certh ✧ WJI/Cirth

angerthas

noun. runic alphabet, long rune-rows (extended version of the Certhas)

certhas

rune-row

(i gerthas, o cherthas), pl. certhais (i cherthais).

certhas

alphabet

(runic alphabet) certhas (i gerthas, o cherthas) (rune-row), pl. certhais (i cherthais)

certhas

alphabet

(i gerthas, o cherthas) (rune-row), pl. certhais (i cherthais)

certhas

Certhas

From Certh with the collective ending -as

certh

rune

certh (i gerth, o cherth), pl. cirth (i chirth). RUNE-ROW (collection of runes) certhas (i gerthas, o cherthas), pl. certhais (i cherthais). LONG RUNE-ROW (a certain system of runes) Angerthas (and + certhas).

certh

rune

(i gerth, o cherth), pl. cirth (i chirth).

angerthas

long rune-row

(and + certhas).

tiwdi

alphabet

tiwdi (i diwdi), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thiwdi). (VT46:16; David Salo would read têwdi)

tiwdi

alphabet

(i diwdi), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thiwdi). *(VT46:16; David Salo would read têwdi)*

kirtē

noun. rune

Derivations

• √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”

Derivatives

• S. certh “rune” ✧ WJ/396
  • Q. certa “rune” ✧ WJ/396

tiwdi

noun. alphabet

tiwdi

noun. alphabet

Elements

Word	Gloss
tew	“letter”
tî	“line, row, line, row; [G.] straight”