S. sîr n. “river, stream” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)
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.
References ✧ PE17/37; RC/269, 384, 587; SA/sîr; UT/263
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| hir | soft-mutation; s-mutation | “stream” | ✧ RC/587 |
| hîr | soft-mutation; s-mutation | “River” | ✧ UT/263 |
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| √sir- > sîr | [sīre] > [sīr] | ✧ SA/sîr |
N. sîr n. “river” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)
References ✧ Ety/SIR; RS/433
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| #hiriath | soft-mutation class-plural; s-mutation | ✧ RS/433 |
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| ON. sīre > sîr | [sīre] > [sīr] | ✧ Ety/SIR |
ᴱN. sîr n. “stream”
Reference ✧ PE13/147 ✧ sír “stream”
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G. sîr n. “river” (Category: Brook, Stream, River)
References ✧ GL/67; LT1A/Sirion
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