cilya

chasm

cilya noun "chasm", allative cilyanna ("k") "in-Chasm" (sc. "into [the] chasm") _(LR:47, 56). _In MR:471, cilya is defined as "cleft, gorge". Spelt kilya in Etym, there defined as "cleft, pass between hills, gorge" (KIL)

cilya

cilya

cilya derives from the root KIL-.

iâ

chasm

_ n. _chasm, pit. >> Moria

iâ

chasm

iâ (gulf, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)

iâ

chasm

(gulf, void, abyss), pl. iai (LR:400, RS:437, Letters:383)

akhâs

noun. chasm

A noun for “chasm” attested only in the prepositional phrase akhāsada “into chasm” (SD/247) and akhās-ada “chasm-into” (SD/311), the latter example making it clear which element means what.

Element in

• Ad. azrîya du-phursâ akhâsada “that [the] seas should gush into [the] chasm” ✧ SD/247
• Ad. azrē nai {phurusam >>} phurrusim akhās-ada “seas might-flow Chasm-into” ✧ SD/311

Variations

• akhās ✧ SD/247; SD/311

cîl

noun. cleft, pass between hills, gorge

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s, the equivalent of ᴹQ. kilya “cleft, pass between hills, gorge” and a derivative of ᴹ√KIL “divide” (Ety/KIL). Its most notable use was in the transient name N. Cilthoron(dor); this name eventually became S. Cirith Thoronath “Eagles’ Cleft”, so likely N. cîl became S. cirith.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. kilya “cleft, pass between hills, gorge; chasm” ✧ Ety/KIL

Derivations

• ᴹ√KIL “divide” ✧ Ety/KIL

Element in

• N. Cilgalad “Pass of Light” ✧ Ety/KIL
• N. Cilthorondor “*Eagle Cleft Land” ✧ Ety/KIL; Ety/KIL

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√KIL > cîl	[kīl]	✧ Ety/KIL