Ilk. cîr n. “ship” (Category: Ship)

Ilk. cîr n. “ship” (Category: 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.

References ✧ PE21/57

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ciriath class-plural “ships” ✧ PE21/57
círiath class-plural “ships” ✧ PE21/57

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