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'''''hîr''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "lord, master".<ref name=L>{{L|297}}, p. 382</ref><ref>{{SD|XI2}}, p. 129</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | |||
[[ | In the ''[[The Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', [[Noldorin]] ''hîr'' ("master, ?lord, ?mastery") derives from the [[Sundocarme|root]] KHER ("rule, govern, possess").<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 364</ref><ref>{{VT|45a}}, p. 22</ref> | ||
[[Category:Sindarin | ==Other forms== | ||
*''[[hiril]]'' female form ("lady") | |||
==Examples== | |||
* ''[[Gwaihir]]'': "Wind-lord" | |||
* ''[[Barahir]]'': "Fierce lord" | |||
*''[[Rohirrim#Etymology|Ro'''hir'''rim]]''<ref name=L/> | |||
==Cognates== | |||
*[[Quenya]] ''[[heru]]'' | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Noldorin]] ''[[brannon]]'' ("lord") | |||
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Revision as of 20:47, 19 October 2012
hîr is a Sindarin word meaning "lord, master".[1][2]
Etymology
In the Etymologies, Noldorin hîr ("master, ?lord, ?mastery") derives from the root KHER ("rule, govern, possess").[3][4]
Other forms
- hiril female form ("lady")
Examples
Cognates
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 297, (dated August 1967), p. 382
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part One: The End of the Third Age: XI. The Epilogue: The second version", p. 129
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 364
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Addenda and Corrigenda to the Etymologies — Part One" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 45, November 2003, p. 22
