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'''ethir''' is the form of two unrelated [[Sindarin]] words (homophones) with different meanings:
'''''ethir''''' is the form of two unrelated [[Sindarin]] words (homophones) with different meanings:
 
==Ethir.1==
==Ethir.1==
"mouth of a river, estuary"
"mouth of a river, estuary"
===Etymology===
===Etymology===
It is derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[etsiri]]''<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry [[ET]]</ref>
It is derived from [[Primitive Quendian]] ''[[etsiri]]''<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, entry [[ET]]</ref>


It can be analyzed as ''[[ed]]'' + ''[[sîr]]'' (''s'' reduced to ''h'' because of [[lenition]]).  
It can be analyzed as ''[[ed]]'' + ''[[sîr]]'' (''s'' reduced to ''h'' because of [[lenition]]).
 
===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
There is some controversy on the pronunciation of the word regarding the digraph ''th''<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.) ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', "Proto-Eldarin vowels" by [[Christopher Gilson]]</ref>.
There is some controversy on the pronunciation of the word regarding the digraph ''th''<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.) ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', "Proto-Eldarin vowels" by [[Christopher Gilson]]</ref>.
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==Ethir.2==
==Ethir.2==
"spy"  
"spy"
 
===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Derived from ''[[ed]]'' + ''[[tirn]]''.  Examples include ''[[Amon Ethir]]''.
Derived from ''[[ed]]'' + ''[[tirn]]''.  Examples include ''[[Amon Ethir]]''.<ref>{{S|Turin}}</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 00:54, 18 February 2013

ethir is the form of two unrelated Sindarin words (homophones) with different meanings:

Ethir.1[edit | edit source]

"mouth of a river, estuary"

Etymology[edit | edit source]

It is derived from Primitive Quendian etsiri[1]

It can be analyzed as ed + sîr (s reduced to h because of lenition).

Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

There is some controversy on the pronunciation of the word regarding the digraph th[2].

One view says that it can be viewed as a compound: ed/et + sîr would trigger a lenition ed/et + hîr. If preposition and stem are understood as different entities, t/h should be pronounced separately ([ˈethir]) (like English "at-home").

Another view would be that PQ etsiri evolved as Old Sindarin *etthire[3] before simplified as ethir. In that case the PQ cluster ts was directly derived as th in Sindarin. The word would be pronounced as [ˈeθir].

Ethir.2[edit | edit source]

"spy"

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Derived from ed + tirn. Examples include Amon Ethir.[4]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", entry ET
  2. Jim Allan (ed.) An Introduction to Elvish, "Proto-Eldarin vowels" by Christopher Gilson
  3. Didier Willis' Sindarin Dictionary version of 2001; containing etymological reconstructions by David Salo
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Túrin Turambar"