cirion

noun. shipman, sailor

cirion

masculine name. Cirion

The 12th ruling steward of Gondor (LotR/1039). The meaning of this name is unclear. David Salo suggested it means “✱Shipman”, an ancient combination of cair “ship” and the agental suffix -(r)on, from (unattested) primitive ✶kiriondo (GS/245, 346).

Conceptual Development: In drafts of the Lord of the Rings appendices, this name first appeared as Hador (PM/219).

Changes

• Hador → Cirion ✧ PMI/Cirion

Variations

• Hador ✧ PMI/Cirion (Hador)

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

• ✶kiryā “(small swift sailing) ship; swift (especially of things that pass easily through obstacles)”
  • √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”

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)

cirion

shipman

(i girion) (sailor), pl. ciryn (i chiryn), coll. pl. cirionnath.

cirion

shipman

cirion (i girion) (sailor), pl. ciryn (i chiryn), coll. pl. cirionnath.

cirion

sailor

cirion (i girion) (shipman), pl. ciryn (i chíryn), coll. pl. cirionnath.

cirion

sailor

(i girion) (shipman), pl. ciryn (i chíryn), coll. pl. cirionnath.

cirion

noun. sailor, shipman

Elements

Word	Gloss
cair	“ship”
-on	“masculine suffix”

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.