S. cirith n. “cleft, ravine, defile”

S. cirith, n. “cleft, ravine, defile, [N.] pass”

References ✧ PE17/87; PE22/150; RC/335, 767; S/238; SA/kir

Glosses

• “cleft” ✧ RC/767; S/238
• “cleft, ravine, defile” ✧ RC/335

Related

• cirith “cleft, ravine, defile” probably replaced N. cîl “cleft, pass between hills, gorge”
• N. dîn “opening, gap, pass in mountains” is in the sense “pass” possibly replaced by cirith “cleft, ravine, defile”

Elements

√KIR	“cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”	✧ PE17/87; PE22/150; SA/kir
-th	“abstract noun”

Element In

• S. Cirith Dúath “Shadow Cleft”
• S. Cirith Forn en Andrath “High-Climbing Pass of the North”
• S. Cirith Ninniach “Rainbow Cleft” ✧ S/238; SA/kir
• S. Cirith Thoronath “Eagles’ Cleft” ✧ SA/kir
• S. Cirith Gorgor “Haunted Pass” ✧ RC/334
• S. Cirith Ungol “Cleft of the Spider” ✧ RC/767

Cognates

• Q. cirya² “cleft, pass”

N. cirith n. “cleft, pass”

References ✧ WR/122, 137

Glosses

• “cleft” ✧ WR/137 (Kirith)
• “pass” ✧ WR/122 (Kirith)

Variations

• Kirith ✧ WR/122; WR/137

Elements

√KIR	“cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”

Element In

• N. Cirith Helvin “Rainbow Cleft”
• N. Kirith Gorgor “Dreadful Pass” ✧ WR/122
• N. Kirith Naglath “Cleft of the Teeth” ✧ WR/137