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'''''mîr''''' means "jewel" in [[Sindarin]]. In Quenya, <i>-mir</i> is a short form of '''''mírë''''', which also means "jewel" (in names like <i>Ardamir, Tar-Atanamir</i>).
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'''''mîr''''' means "a treasure, a jewel" in [[Sindarin]].<ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 37, 73</ref><ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref>
 
==Etymology==
 
*[[Sundocarme|Root]] [[MIR]]<ref>{{PE|17}}, pp. 37, 73, 165</ref>


==Examples==
==Examples==
{{quote|untúpa Calaciryo '''míri''' oialë ('covers the '''jewels''' of Calacirya for ever.')|''[[Namárië]]''}}


* [[Míriel]] = "Jewel-daughter" (Quenya)
*[[miruvor]]
* [[Ardamir]] = "Jewel of Arda" (Quenya)
*[[Nauglamír]]
* [[Boromir]] = "Faithful Jewel" (Sindarin)
 
==Cognates==
*[[Quenya]] ''[[mírë]]''
*[[Sindarin]] [[Míriel (Sindarin)|''míriel'']]
 
==Other versions of the legendarium==
 
In the ''[[the Etymologies|Etymologies]]'', [[Noldorin]] ''mîr'' is said to mean "jewel, precious thing, treasure".<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, p. 373 (root MIR-)</ref>
 
==See also==


== References ==
*''[[-mir]]''
* ''[[The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' by [[Ruth S. Noel]]
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Kåre Fauskanger]]
* [http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html Hiswelókë's Sindarin Dictionary] compiled by [[Didier Willis]]


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Revision as of 18:13, 21 October 2012

mîr means "a treasure, a jewel" in Sindarin.[1][2]

Etymology

Examples

Cognates

Other versions of the legendarium

In the Etymologies, Noldorin mîr is said to mean "jewel, precious thing, treasure".[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 37, 73
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names"
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 37, 73, 165
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 373 (root MIR-)
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