Quenya
hyar-
cleave
hyar-
verb. cleave
Primitive elvish
kiris
root. cleave, cleave, [ᴹ√] cut, [ᴱ√] split
Derivatives
- ✶kirissi “cleft”
- S. criss “cleft, cleft, [N.] cut, slash, [G.] gash; [N.] pass, [G.] gully, ravine” ✧ PE21/80
- ᴺS. crisg “sharp [edged]”
- S. criss “cleft, cleft, [N.] cut, slash, [G.] gash; [N.] pass, [G.] gully, ravine”
- S. crist “cleaver, cleaver; [N.] sword; [G.] knife; slash, slice”
- ᴺS. crista- “to slash, cut, slice”
Element in
- S. Crissaegrim “*Cleft Mountain Peaks” ✧ SA/ris
Variations
- kris- ✧ SA/ris
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Middle Primitive Elvish
kir
root. cleave
Derivatives
Element in
#hyar- vb. "cleave" (1st pers. aorist hyarin "I cleave") (SYAD). Pa.t. probably *hyandë since the R of hyar- was originally D; cf. rer- "sow", pa.t. rendë, from the root RED.