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Sindarin
sîr
adverb. now
sîr
noun. river, stream
Cognates
- Q. sír(ë) “river, river, [ᴱQ.] stream”
Derivations
- √SIR “flow” ✧ SA/sîr
Element in
- S. ethir “mouth of a river, (lit.) outflow” ✧ SA/sîr
- S. Glanhír “Boundary Stream”
- S. Gwathir “River of Shadow” ✧ UT/263
- S. lanthir “waterfall”
- S. Limhír “Clear/Sparkling River”
- S. Linhir “Fair Stream” ✧ RC/587
- S. Lithir “?Ash River”
- S. Methiriad “?End of Two Rivers”
- S. Minhiriath “Between the Rivers” ✧ SA/sîr
- S. Nanduhirion “Dimrill Dale, (lit.) Vale of (the Region of) Dim Streams” ✧ PE17/037; RC/269; SA/sîr
- S. Eglahir “*Elf-river”
- S. Ossir “Seven-rivers” ✧ RC/384
- S. Ossiriand “Land of Seven Rivers” ✧ SA/sîr
- S. Sîr Angren “*River of Iron”
- S. Sirannon “Gate-stream” ✧ SA/sîr
- S. Sirion “Great River” ✧ SA/sîr
- S. Sîr Luin
- S. Sîr Ninglor “Gladden River”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √sir- > sîr [sīre] > [sīr] ✧ SA/sîr Variations
- Sîr ✧ RC/384
sîr
stream
sîr
noun. river
sír
adverb. today
sí(r)
adverb. now
hî
now
_adv. _now. Q. sí. thî/hî << hî. >> thî****
thî
adverb. now
thî
now
_adv. _now. Q. sí. thî/hî << hî. >> hî****
si
adverb. now
hí
adverb. now
Changes
hî→ thî ✧ PE17/027Cognates
- Q. sí “now” ✧ PE17/027; PE17/045; PE17/127; PE22/147
Derivations
- ✶khĭn- “*here, now” ✧ VT49/34
Element in
- S. annon edhellen, edro hi ammen “Elvish gate open now for us” ✧ LotR/0307; PE17/045
- S. i glinn hen agorer Edain mi Velerian, ach hí in Ellath îr ed epholar “*this song Men made in Beleriand, but now the Elves alone (?remember) it” ✧ VT50/15; VT50/15; VT50/15
- S. sí il chem en i Naugrim en ir Ellath thor den ammen “*now all (?hands) of the Dwarves and Elves will be (?against) to us” ✧ VT50/22
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶khĭn- > hî [kʰin] > [xin] > [xi] > [hi] > [hī] ✧ VT49/34 Variations
- hi ✧ LotR/0307; PE17/045
- thî ✧ PE17/027
- hî ✧ PE17/027; PE17/027 (
hî); PE17/127; VT49/34- hin ✧ PE17/127
- sîr ✧ PE22/147
- Sí ✧ VT50/22
hi
adverb. now
_ adv. _now. annon edhellen edro hi ammen! 'Elvish gate open now for us'.
hin
adverb. now
duin
noun. (long and large) river (having strong current)
sîr
river
(i hîr, o sîr), in compounds sir- or -hir or -hír; no distinct pl. form except with article (i sîr), coll. pl. siriath. Note: sîr is also the adverb ”today”.
sîr
river
1) (also = rill) sîr (i hîr, o sîr), in compounds sir- or -hir or -hír; no distinct pl. form except with article (i sîr), coll. pl. siriath. Note: sîr is also the adverb ”today”. 2) celon (i gelon, o chelon), pl. celyn (pl. i chelyn), 3) The word lind ”singer” may also be used of rivers (see . (WJ.309).
sîr
rill (river)
sîr (i hîr, o sîr), in compounds -hir or -hír; no distinct pl. form except with article (i sîr), coll. pl. siriath. Note: sîr is also the adverb ”today”.
sîr
rill
(i hîr, o sîr), in compounds -hir or -hír; no distinct pl. form except with article (i sîr), coll. pl. siriath. Note: sîr is also the adverb ”today”.
sîr
today
. Note: a homophone means ”river”.
sîr
today
(adv.) sîr. Note: a homophone means ”river”.
si
now
si (lenited hi)
si
now
(lenited hi)
sirith
stream
(i hirith, o sirith) (flowing), no distinct pl. except with article (i sirith)
ethir
of a river
(estuary), no distinct pl. form, but coll. pl. ethiriath. Note: a homophone means "spy".
celeth
stream
(i geleth, o cheleth), pl. celith (i chelith)
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.
nên
stream
(water, lake, pool, waterland), construct nen, pl. nîn
rant
stream
(watercourse, water-channel, lode, vein), pl. raint (idh raint), coll. pl. rannath.
duin
river
(long, large river with strong current) duin (i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin) (VT48:24)
duin
large river
(i dhuin), no distinct pl. form except with article (i nuin), coll. pl. duinath (Names:179, PM:54); compare the river-name Anduin, ”long river”.
lind
river
”singer” may also be used of rivers (see
celon
river
(i gelon, o chelon), pl. celyn (pl. i chelyn)
A common Sindarin word for “river” or “stream”, a relatively small river compared to S. duin. It is a derivative of √SIR “flow” (SA/sîr; Ety/SIR).
Conceptual Development: This word dates all the way back to the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s where G. sîr “river” appeared (GL/67), a derivative of the early root ᴱ√SIŘI (or a variant of it) as suggested by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Sirion). ᴱN. sír “stream” appeared in Early Noldorin Word-lists from the 1920s, though in that instance it was changed to ᴱN. hír “lord” (PE13/147). N. sîr “river” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a derivative of ᴹ√SIR “flow” (Ety/SIR). It appeared several times in Tolkien’s later writings, variously glossed “river” (RC/384) or “stream” (PE17/37; RC/269), as well as being an element in many Sindarin and Noldorin river names.