(i griss, o chriss, construct cris) (cleft, slash), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chriss)
Primitive elvish
kiris
root. cleave, cleave, [ᴹ√] cut, [ᴱ√] split
Noldorin
osgar-
verb. to cut round, to amputate
rhest
noun. cut
rhest
noun. cut
rhista-
verb. to cut
rhista-
verb. to rend, rip
Sindarin
Rest
noun. cut
rista-
verb. to cut
rista-
verb. to rend, rip
Rest
cut
criss
cut
rest
cut
(ravine, cleft), pl. rist (idh rist)
Quenya
hyar-
verb. cleave
#hyar- vb. "cleave" (1st pers. aorist hyarin "I cleave") (SYAD). Pa.t. probably *hyandë since the R of hyar- was originally D; cf. rer- "sow", pa.t. rendë, from the root RED.
hyar-
verb. cleave
rissë
cut
rissë noun? The word is not clearly glossed but apparently means "cut" or "cleft" (ravine), the cognate of the final element of Imladris, Sindarin name of Rivendell. (PE17:87)
rista
cut
rista (2) noun "cut" (RIS), cf. #1 above.
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Middle Primitive Elvish
kir
root. cleave
kiris
root. cut
rista-
verb. cut
Gnomish
fagin
adjective. cut
A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “cut (aj.)”, an adjectival form of G. fag- “cut” (GL/33).
fanc
noun. cut
A word in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a cut”, a noun form of G. fag- “cut” (GL/33).
Qenya
rista
noun. cut
A noun for “a cut” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√RIS “slash, rip” (Ety/RIS). It was also an element the name ᴹQ. Latimberista, Quenya equivalent of S. Imladris, in a page of rejected notes from 1948 (PE22/127). It might reappear in some later notes as well; see Q. rista- “to cut” for further discussion.
Doriathrin
rest
noun. cut
A noun meaning “a cut” derived from the root ᴹ√RIS (Ety/RIS²). Its Quenya cognate ᴹQ. rista suggests a primitive form ✱✶ristā, where the [i] became [e] due to Ilkorin a-affection, as noted by Helge Fauskanger (AL-Ilkorin/rest).
Early Primitive Elvish
faka Speculative
root. cut
(noun) 1) rest (ravine, cleft), pl. rist (idh rist), 2) criss (i griss, o chriss, construct cris) (cleft, slash), no distinct pl. form except with article (i chriss)