sírë noun "river" (SIR, VT46:13), "stream" (LT1:265). Also short form sír, q.v.Compare #sirya.
Quenya
sír
river
sírë
river
sír(ë)
noun. river, river, [ᴱQ.] stream
The most common Quenya word for “river”, derived from the root √SIR “flow”.
Conceptual Development: This word first appeared as ᴱQ. sīre “stream” as a derivative of ᴱ√SIŘI [SIÐI] (QL/84), and this form and gloss also appeared in the contemporaneous Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa (PME/84). The form ᴹQ. siri- “river” appeared in the Declension of Nouns (DN) from the early 1930s, along with uninflected sire with short i and various inflected forms with siry- (PE21/10). The form sīre “river” with long ī appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of ᴹ√SIR “flow” (Ety/SIR; EtyAC/SIR). In several notes from the mid-1960s, it appeared in monosyllabic form sír (PE17/65) or sīr (VT49/17), but it had dual form siryat from the late 1960s implying a stem form of sirĭ- and a development similar to that of DN from the early 1930s (VT47/11).
Neo-Eldarin: Its form síre is probably better known and more commonly used in Neo-Quenya. For example this is the typical form in Helge Fauskanger’s NQNT (NQNT).
Cognates
- S. sîr “river, stream”
Derivations
- √SIR “flow”
Element in
- ᴺQ. anasirë “tributary”
- Q. caitas lá i sír “it is beyond the river” ✧ PE17/065
- Q. caitas palla i sír “it is far beyond the river” ✧ PE17/065
- Q. imbë siryat “between two rivers” ✧ VT47/11
- ᴺQ. lantasírë “waterfall, (lit.) falling river”
- Q. lendes lann’ i sír “he came (to a point) beyond the river” ✧ PE17/065
- Q. lendes pallan(na) i sír “he came (to a point) far beyond the river” ✧ PE17/065
- Q. Siril
Variations
- sír ✧ PE17/065
- sīr ✧ VT49/17
heru
lord, master
heru (also hér) noun "lord, master" (PM:210, KHER, LT1:272, VT44:12); Letters:283 gives hér (heru); the form Héru with a long vowel refers to God in the source where it appears (i Héru "the Lord", VT43:29). In names like Herumor "Black Lord" and Herunúmen "Lord of the West" (SA:heru). The form heruion is evidently a gen.pl. of heru "lord": "of the lords" (SD:290); herunúmen "Lord-of-West" (LR:47), title of Manwë. Pl. númeheruvi "Lords-of-West" (*"West-lords") in SD:246, a title of the Valar; does this form suggest that #heruvi is the regular plural of heru?
heru
noun. lord, master
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Q. Artaher “Noble Lord”
- Q. Ciryaher “*Ship Lord”
- ᴺQ. hérosto “capital city”
- Q. Herucalmo
- Q. Heru Imillion “Lord of the Rings” ✧ DTS/54
- Q. Herumor “*Black Lord” ✧ SA/heru
- Q. Herunúmen “Lord of the West” ✧ SA/heru
- Q. Heru órava omessë “Lord, have mercy on us” ✧ VT44/12
- ᴺQ. herwa “lordly”
- Q. i Héru aselyë “the Lord is with thee” ✧ VT43/29
- Q. Ondoher “*Stone Lord” ✧ PM/210
- Q. Ostoher “*City Lord”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶khēr > hēr [kʰēr] > [xēr] > [hēr] ✧ Let/282 ✶kherū > heru [kʰerū] > [xerū] > [herū] > [heru] ✧ Let/282 ✶kherū > heru [kʰerū] > [xerū] > [herū] > [heru] ✧ PE17/097 ✶khēr > hēr [kʰēr] > [xēr] > [hēr] ✧ VT41/09 Variations
- Heru ✧ DTS/54; VT44/12
- hēr ✧ Let/282; VT41/09
- hēr- ✧ PM/210
- Héru ✧ VT43/29
hér
lord
hér noun "lord" (VT41:9), also heru, q.v.
hér
noun. lord
sindi
river
sindi noun "river" (LT1:265; rather sírë in LotR-style Quenya)
sirya
river
#sirya noun "river", attested in the dual form siryat (VT47:11). Compare sírë.
celusindi
river
celusindi _("k")_noun "river" (LT1:257; hardly a valid word in Tolkien's later Quenya, where the terms sírë and sirya appear instead)
condo
noun. lord
túrin
noun. lord
Derivations
- √TUR “dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power, dominate, master, conquer; power [over others], mastery (legitimate or illegitimate), control (of other wills); strong, mighty in power; [ᴹ√] victory; [ᴱ√] am strong”
Element in
- Q. i Túrin i Cormaron “the Lord of the Rings” ✧ Minor-Doc/1973-05-30
Variations
- Túrin ✧ Minor-Doc/1973-05-30
nen
river
nen noun "river" (LT1:248), "river, water" (LT1:262) (In Tolkien's later Quenya, nén with a long vowel means "water", but hardly "river" - that is sírë.)
nuinë
suffix. river
Element in
- ᴺQ. nuinerocco “hippopotamus, (lit.) river-horse”
turu-
master, defeat, have victory over
turu- (1) vb. "master, defeat, have victory over" (PE17:113, not clearly said to be Quenya, but the Q name Turucundo "Victory-prince" is listed immediately afterwards). Compare tur-; cf. also *turúna.
hlóna
river, especially given to those at all seasons full of water from mountains
[hlóna (2) noun "a river, especially given to those at all seasons full of water from mountains" (VT48:27; the word is marked with a query and the note containing it rejected; it was apparently replaced by lón, q.v.)]
Malantur
lord, ruler
Malantur, masc. name. Apparently includes -(n)tur "lord, ruler". The initial element is unlikely to connect with the early "Qenya" element mala- "hurt, pain", and may rather reflect the root MALAT "gold" (PM:366): Malat-ntur > Malantur "Gold-ruler"? (UT:210)
herunauco
9V7J5.DaH noun. dwarf-lord, dwarven lord
sír noun "river", shorter form of sirë (PE17:65, VT49:17)