rî

noun. crown, wreath, garland

rî

noun. wreath, garland, wreath, garland; [N.] crown

A word for “wreath, garland” appearing in The Shibboleth of Fëanor from 1968 as the basis for -riel “crowned maiden” in the name Galadriel (PM/347). It was derived from primitive ✶rīgā based on the root √RIG “twine, wreathe”.

Conceptual Development: N. rhî “crown” appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶rīgē under the root ᴹ√RIG (Ety/RIG). The difference from its Sindarin form is because initial *r* unvoiced to *rh* in Noldorin of the 1930s. In The Etymologies this word was also the basis for the name of Tuor’s mother: N. Rhian “Crown-gift” (Ety/RIG), later appearing as S. Rían (S/148).

Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s instead had ᴱN. mindeb “crown”, though its derivation is unclear (PE13/150).

rî

crown

rî (construct ri) (wreath, garland), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî)

rî

garland

rî (construct ri) (wreath, crown), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî);

rî

wreath

rî (construct ri) (crown, garland), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî), coll. pl. ríath

rî

crown

(construct ri) (wreath, garland), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî)

rî

garland

(construct ri) (wreath, crown), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî);

rî

wreath

(construct ri) (crown, garland), no distinct pl. form except with article (idh rî), coll. pl. ríath