thîr

noun. face, face, [N.] look, expression, countenance

A word appearing as an element in the name Caranthir “Red-face”, derived from primitive ✶stīrē (VT41/10), which was likely tied to the root √TIR “watch”.

Conceptual Development: The same noun N. thîr appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s with the glosses “look, face, expression, countenance”, but there it was derived from the root ᴹ√THĒ “look (see or seem)” (Ety/THĒ). Earlier “face” words include G. gwint from the 1910s (GL/46) and ᴱN. ant from the 1920s with more elaborate form ᴱN. annas (PE13/137, 160).

Cognates

• Q. -stir “face”

Derivations

• ✶stīrē “face” ✧ VT41/10
  • √STIR “face”
  • √TIR “watch (over), look at, observe, gaze at, watch (over), look at, observe, gaze at; [ᴹ√] guard”

Element in

• S. Caranthir “Red-face” ✧ VT41/10

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶stīrē > þîr	[stīrē] > [stīre] > [sθīre] > [θīre] > [θīr]	✧ VT41/10

Variations

• þîr ✧ VT41/10

thîr

noun. look, face, expression, countenance

tiro

verb. look!

thîr

face

(look, expression, countenance) (VT41:10)

thîr

look

(noun) thîr (face, expression, countenance) (VT41:10) See also LOOKING.

thîr

look

(face, expression, countenance) (VT41:10) See also

nîf

face

1) nîf (construct nif) (front). No distinct pl. form. 2) thîr (look, expression, countenance) (VT41:10)

nîf

face

(construct nif) (front). No distinct pl. form.

nuitha

prevent from coming to completion

(i nuitha, in nuithar) (stunt; stop short; not allow to continue) (WJ:413)

pant

complete

pant (lenited bant; pl. paint) (full, whole); COMPLETELY, see

pant

complete

(lenited bant; pl. paint) (full, whole);