sirith
noun. flowing
sirith
place name. Flowing
sirith
noun. flowing
cell
adjective. flowing (of water)
cell
flowing
(adj., used of water) cell (running), lenited gell, pl. cill
cell
flowing
(running), lenited gell, pl. cill
sirith
flowing
(noun) sirith (i hirith, o sirith) (stream), no distinct pl. except with article (i sirith)
sirith
flowing
(i hirith, o sirith) (stream), no distinct pl. except with article (i sirith)
siriol
adjective. flowing, fluent, liquid, mellifluous
celeth
stream
(noun) 1) celeth (i geleth, o cheleth), pl. celith (i chelith), 2) sirith (i hirith, o sirith) (flowing), no distinct pl. except with article (i sirith), 3) nên (water, lake, pool, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn, 4) rant (watercourse, water-channel, lode, vein), pl. raint (idh raint), coll. pl. rannath.
cell
running
(adj.) cell (of water: flowing), lenited gell; pl. cill
sirith
stream
(i hirith, o sirith) (flowing), no distinct pl. except with article (i sirith)
cell
adjective. running
lorn
noun. quiet water
lorn
noun. anchorage, harbour
nen
noun. water (used of a lake, pool or lesser river)
nen
noun. waterland
nen
water
{ĕ}_ n. _water, lake. Q. nén. >> nîn
sîr
stream
_ n. _stream. >> Nanduhirion
celeth
stream
(i geleth, o cheleth), pl. celith (i chelith)
lorn
quiet water
(anchorage, haven, harbour), pl. lyrn (VT45:29).
nên
water
nên (lake, pool, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn. FLOOD-WATER (or ”wash”) iôl (pl. ŷl) (RC:334, VT48:33).
nên
water
(lake, pool, stream, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn.
nên
stream
(water, lake, pool, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn
rant
stream
(watercourse, water-channel, lode, vein), pl. raint (idh raint), coll. pl. rannath.
ylin
noun/adjective. liquid
sirilla
flowing
sirilla participle *"flowing", "Qenya" participle of siri- "flow" (Narqelion, cf. QL:xiv)
celumë
noun. flowing, flood (tide), stream, flow(ing), stream, flood (tide); [ᴱQ.] fountain, spring
A word for a stream or flow of water or other liquid, also for a flood tide, derived from the root ᴹ√KEL(U) (MC/223; Ety/KEL).
Conceptual Development: In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, the words ᴱQ. kelu and kelume were glossed “stream” and derived from ᴱ√KELE or ᴱ√KELU “flow” (QL/46). In the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa, however, ᴱQ. kelu was glossed “fountain, spring” (PME/46). ᴹQ. kelume “stream, flow” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of ᴹ√KEL “go, run (especially of water), flow away downhill” (Ety/KEL), and kelume appeared in the glossary to the 1960s version of the Markirya poem with the glosses “flowing, flood (tide), stream” (MC/223).
sírima
liquid, flowing
sírima adj. "liquid, flowing" (LT1:265)
úlëa
pouring, flooding, flowing
úlëa adj. "pouring, flooding, flowing" (ULU)
sirea
adjective. flowing, liquid
lapil
noun. swathe, flowing cloth
celumë
stream, flow
celumë ("k")noun "stream, flow" (KEL, LT1:257); locative pl. celumessen ("k") in Markirya (ëar-celumessen is translated "in the flowing sea", lit. *"in sea-streams").
Nénar
water
Nénar noun name of a star (or planet), evidently derived from nén "water" (Silm), tentatively identified with Uranus (MR:435)
Uinen
water
Uinen (Uinend-, as in dative Uinenden) fem. name, used of a Maia, spouse of Ossë (UY, NEN). Adopted and adapted from Valarin (WJ:404), though it is also said that it contains -nen "water" (SA:nen); the latter explanation may be folk etymology. In the Etymologies, the name is derived from the same stem (UY) as uilë "long trailing plant, especially seaweed".
celu
stream
celu _("k")_noun "stream" (LT1:257; rather celumë in LotR-style Quenya)
norima
adjective. running
nén
water
nén (nen-) noun "water" (NEN).
nén
noun. water, water, [ᴱQ.] river
The word for “water”, a derivative of the root √NEN of the same meaning (PE17/52; Ety/NEN). Its stem form was nen- (Ety/NEN) and its primitive form was given as ✶nē̆n, the vowel length variation due to distinct subjective nēn versus objective/inflected nĕn- in ancient monosyllables (PE21/64).
Conceptual Development: This word first appeared in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s with two senses: “river” and (archaic) “†water”. Tolkien indicated the two senses were based on distinct roots: ᴱ√NEŘE [NEÐE] and ᴱ√NENE respectively, with two distinct stem forms nend- and nēn (QL/64-65). The Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa also mentions the forms nen (nēn-) “water” versus nen(d-) “river” (PME/64-65). In the English-Qenya Dictionary of the mid-1920s Tolkien had both nēn “river” (PE15/76) and nēn “water” (PE15/78), but in the Early Qenya Grammar he had only nēn “water” (PE14/43, 72), also appearing as nen “water” in documents on The Valmaric Script from this period (PE14/110).
In the Declension of Nouns from the early 1930s, Tolkien had ᴹQ. nēn “water”, but in this document it had nēn- with long ē in its inflected forms as well (PE21/23). In The Etymologies of the 1930s, however, uninflected nén “water” had a stem form of nen- with short e (Ety/NEN), and the reasons for this variation was discussed in Primitive Quendian Structure: Final Consonants from 1936, the nominative/objective distinction noted above (PE21/64). This seems to be the paradigm Tolkien stuck with thereafter, as evidenced by S. nen “water” rather than ✱✱nîn.
lhorn
noun. quiet water
lhorn
noun. anchorage, harbour
nen
noun. water (used of a lake, pool or lesser river)
nen
noun. waterland
nen
noun. water
nen
root. water, water, [ᴱ√] flow
A root connected to water and (to a lesser extent) rivers for much of Tolkien’s life. It first appearance was as ᴱ√NENE “flow” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, though Tolkien marked both the root and the gloss with a “?”; it had derivatives like ᴱQ. nen “river, †water” and ᴱQ. nēnu “yellow water lily” (QL/65). Under this entry Tolkien noted that “nen water is perhaps different from nen river, which is from neře” (QL/65); elsewhere in QL Tolkien gave ᴱ√NERE² or ᴱ√NEŘE [NEÐE] as the basis for nen (nend-) “river”, a root he said was often confused with ᴱ√NESE “give to feed; feed, pasture; graze” (QL/66). In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon he had G. nenn “(1) water, (2) river” and G. nendil “water fay” which were probably a blending of NENE and NEÐE, as well as G. nern “brook” from ✱nere¹ (GL/60), probably corresponding to ᴱ√NERE² from QL.
In The Etymologies of the 1930s Tolkien had unglossed ᴹ√NEN with derivatives like ᴹQ. nén/N. nen “water” and ᴹQ. nelle “brook” (Ety/NEN), whereas ᴱ√NERE² and ᴱ√NEÐE from the 1910s seems to have been abandoned. The primitive form √NEN or nē̆n “water” continued to appear regularly in Tolkien’s writings from the 1940s, 50s and 60s (PE17/52, 167; PE19/102; PE21/64, 79).
nenda
noun. water
nē̆n
noun. water
sīru
noun. stream
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
siriol
adjective. flowing, fluent, liquid, mellifluous
An adjective appearing as G. siriol “flowing, fluent, liquid, mellifluous” in the Gnomish Lexicon, related to G. sîr “river” (GL/67-68).
Neo-Sindarin: I think ᴺS. siriol “flowing, fluent, liquid, mellifluous” can be retained for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, reconceived as an active participle of the later verb [N.] siria- “flow”.
asc
noun. water
A noun glossed “water” appearing in the Official Name List for the Lost Tales of the 1910s, probably based on the early root ᴱ√ASAKA which was used for words meaning “waterfall” (PE13/101).
duif
noun. stream
glib
adjective. liquid
ulin
noun/adjective. liquid
A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. ulin “liquid” (GL/74), clearly a derivative of the early root ᴱ√ULU “pour, flow fast” (QL/97).
Neo-Sindarin: If adapted to (Neo) Sindarin, this word would be ᴺS. ylin with i-affection, probably originally an adjective formation: ✱ulin(a).
lapil
noun. swathe, flowing cloth
A word appearing as ᴱQ. lapil “a swathe, a flowing cloth” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√LAPA “enfold” (QL/51).
Neo-Quenya: The root √LAP “fold, bend” reappears in Tolkien’s later writings, so I’d retain ᴺQ. lapil “swathe, flowing cloth” for purposes of Neo-Quenya, used of both a broad area of some covering or crop (“swathe”) as well as a large piece of loose cloth.
mairu
noun. (horse) mane, flowing hair; charger
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√MAẎA, with the gloss “horse” in parenthesis marked with a “?”, followed by the gloss “mane, flowing hair” (QL/60). In the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa it was glossed “mane; charger”. In the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon, ᴱQ. mairo was given as the cognate of G. †mair “horse” (GL/56).
linqe
noun/adjective. water, stream; flowing, wet
lúnelinqe
adjective. flowing; *blue-water
sírima
adjective. liquid, flowing
síre
noun. stream
sirea
adjective. flowing, liquid
A word for “flowing, liquid” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) of 1948, the general adjective form of [ᴹQ.] sirya- “flow” reduced from [sir]yea (PE22/111).
Conceptual Development: The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. sīrima “liquid, flowing” based on ᴱQ. siri- “flow” (QL/84), but in Tolkien’s later system of verbs sírima would likely be interpreted as “✱able to flow”.
úlea
adjective. pouring, flooding, flowing
nén
noun. water
lim
noun. water
A noun for “water” in the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s (PE13/123), probably an early manifestation of the root ᴹ√LIB “drip” from The Etymologies.
sîr
noun. stream
nē̆n
noun. water
nîn
noun. water
ul(l)u
noun. water
A word for “a flowing” used as the river-name Sirith, an abstract noun form of the root √SIR “flow” analogous to the noun tirith “watching” from √TIR “watch” (VT42/11).