Quenya 

cirya

ship

cirya _("k")_noun "ship" (MC:213, 214, 220, 221), "(sharp-prowed) ship" (SA:kir-, where the word is misspelt círya with a long í; Christopher Tolkien probably confused it with the first element of the Sindarin name Círdan. It seems that Círyon, the name of Isildur's son, is likewise misspelt; read Ciryon as in the index and the main text of the Silmarillion. Cf. also kirya_ in Etym, stem KIR.) _Also in Markirya. In the Plotz letter, cirya is inflected for all cases except plural possessive (*ciryaiva). The curious dual form ciriat occurs in Letters:427, whereas Plotz gives the expected form ciryat. Locative ciryasse "upon a ship" (MC:216). Compounded in ciryaquen "shipman, sailor" (WJ:372), also ciryando (PE17:58), cf. also ciryamo "mariner" (UT:8). Masc. names Ciryaher* "Ship-lord" (Appendix A), Ciryandil "Ship-friend" (Appendix A), Ciryatan "Ship-builder" (Appendix A), also Tar-Ciryatan**, name of a Númenórean king, "King Shipbuilder" (SA:kir-)

Sindarin 

cair

noun. ship

Sindarin [Ety/365, LotR/A(iv), X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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

Variations

  • Cair ✧ SA/an(d)
Sindarin [PE17/147; SA/an(d)] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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.

cirion

shipman

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

Adûnaic

balak

noun. ship

The noun for “ship”, attested only in the plural (balîk) and objective (balku) forms (SD/247, PM/151). Its plural form indicates that it is a strong-noun (Strong I), so its final vowel must be short. In theory its final vowel could be any of a, i or u, each of which would be replaced by long î in plural nouns. However, its attested objective form uses the variant objective-with-syncope form balku instead of ordinary ✱baluk. Since the Adûnaic syncope seems only to occur for nouns with two identical short vowels, this indicates the singular form of this word is balak.

Element in

Adûnaic [PM/151; SD/247] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

ceir

noun. ship

Noldorin [Ety/365, LotR/A(iv), X/EI] Group: SINDICT. Published by

ceir

noun. ship

Changes

  • circīr “ship” ✧ PE21/57

Cognates

  • Ilk. cîr “ship”
  • ᴹQ. kirya “ship, boat” ✧ Ety/KIR

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KIR “cleave” ✧ Ety/KIR

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KIR > ceir[kirja] > [kerja] > [keria] > [keri] > [keir]✧ Ety/KIR

Variations

  • ceirda ✧ EtyAC/KIR (ceirda)
  • cīr ✧ PE21/57
  • cir ✧ PE21/57 (cir)
Noldorin [Ety/KIR; Ety/PAD; EtyAC/KIR; PE21/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cîr

noun. ship


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Qenya 

kirya

noun. ship, boat

Cognates

  • Ilk. cîr “ship”
  • N. ceir “ship” ✧ Ety/KIR

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶kiryā “ship” ✧ PE19/060; PE19/060; PE19/060
    • ᴹ√KIR “cleave”
  • ᴹ√KIR “cleave” ✧ Ety/KIR

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KIR > kirya[kirja]✧ Ety/KIR
ᴹ✶kiryā́ > kíryā[kirjā] > [kirja]✧ PE19/060
ᴹ✶kiryā́va > kíryăvă[kirjāwa] > [kirjawa] > [kirjava]✧ PE19/060
ᴹ✶kiryālī́nen > kiryalīnen[kirjālīnen] > [kirjalīnen]✧ PE19/060

Variations

  • kíryā ✧ PE19/060
Qenya [Ety/KIR; PE19/060; PE21/04; PE21/08; PE21/44; PE21/46; PE21/47; PE21/53; PE21/54; PE21/69; PE22/120; PE22/121; VT28/08] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Doriathrin

cîr

noun. ship

A noun for “ship” used to in some linguistic notes in the mid-1930s to illustrate the class plural: círiath. Tolkien first wrote these forms with a short vowel (cir, ciriath), and he vacillated on whether these were Noldorin or Ilkorin words, eventually deciding they were from both languages (PE21/57 noted #28). The proper etymology of the Ilkorin form is unclear; based on the example of gwene < ✱gwenyā we might expect Ilk. ✱✱cere instead.

Changes

  • circīr “ship” ✧ PE21/57

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. kirya “ship, boat”
  • N. ceir “ship”

Variations

  • cīr ✧ PE21/57
  • cir ✧ PE21/57 (cir)
Doriathrin [PE21/57] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

kiryā

noun. ship

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KIR “cleave”

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. kirya “ship, boat” ✧ PE19/060; PE19/060; PE19/060

Element in

Variations

  • kiryā́ ✧ PE19/060
  • kiryă ✧ PE21/65
  • kirı̯a ✧ PE21/68
Middle Primitive Elvish [PE19/060; PE21/65; PE21/66; PE21/68] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

lunta

noun. ship

Cognates

  • Eq. lunte “ship, boat” ✧ LT1A/Alqaluntë

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LUTU “*float” ✧ LT1A/Alqaluntë
Gnomish [GL/55; LT1A/Alqaluntë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

kiryassea

adjective. what is on board ship

Early Quenya [PE14/047] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kirya

noun. ship, boat

Changes

  • kiryakiryo ✧ PE16/077

Derivations

  • ᴱ√KIÐI “cut, split”

Element in

Variations

  • kirja ✧ PE16/072; PE16/072; PE16/072
Early Quenya [MC/213; MC/214; MC/216; MC/220; MC/221; PE14/046; PE14/079; PE15/70; PE15/77; PE16/056; PE16/057; PE16/060; PE16/061; PE16/062; PE16/072; PE16/074; PE16/077; PE16/078; PE16/100; PE16/104; PE16/112; PE16/113; PE16/114; PE16/115; PE16/147] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lunte

noun. ship, boat

Cognates

  • G. lunta “ship” ✧ LT1A/Alqaluntë

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LUTU “*float” ✧ LT1A/Alqaluntë; QL/057

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√LUTU > lunte[lunti] > [lunte]✧ QL/057

Variations

  • luntë ✧ LT1A/Alqaluntë; LT1A/Ilsaluntë
Early Quenya [LT1A/Alqaluntë; LT1A/Ilsaluntë; MC/216; PE15/77; PE16/100; PE16/104; PE16/147; PME/057; QL/057] Group: Eldamo. Published by