Minhiriath

noun. between the rivers

min (prefix “between”) + sîr (“river”) + ath (class plural suffix)

minhiriath

place name. Between the Rivers

Region between the Baranduin and the Gwathló (LotR/1040), translated “Between the Rivers” (UT/261), a combination of mîn “between” (VT47/11, 14), the lenited form of sîr “river” (SA/sîr) and the class-plural suffix -ath.

Elements

Word	Gloss
mîn	“[thing] between; gap, space, barrier; anything intervening between two other things”
sîr	“river, stream”
-ath	“collective or group plural”