tiris

watch, vigil

tiris (tiriss-), also tirissë, noun "watch, vigil" (LT1:258, QL:93)

tir-

watch, watch over, guard, heed

tir- vb. "watch, watch over, guard, heed", 1st pers. aorist tirin "I watch", pa.t. tirnë (TIR), imperative tira (VT47:31) or á tirë (PE17:94), future tense tiruva "shall heed" in Markirya (also MC:213, 214); also in CO with pronominal endings: tiruvantes "they will guard it" (tir-uva-nte-s "guard-will-they-it"). The stem also occurs in palantíri (q.v.), Tirion place-name "Great Watchtower", a city of the Elves (SA:tir; in MR:176 the translation is "Watchful City")

cenda-

watch

cenda- vb. "watch" (not "guard", but observe to gain information), also used = "read". Cenda = also noun "reading", as in sanwecenda "thought-inspection, thought-reading". (VT41:5, PE17:156)

tirith

noun. watch, guard (abstract noun), vigilance

tirith

watch

{1st ĭ}_n._watch, ward, guard. >> tíria, Minas Tirith

tirith

noun. watching, guarding, watch, ward, guard

Element in

• S. Amon Tirith “Hill of Guard” ✧ RC/772
• S. Minas Tirith “Tower of Guard, Tower of Watch” ✧ PE17/031
• S. Tirith Aear “Sea-ward Tower”

Elements

Word	Gloss
TIR	“watch (over), look at, observe, gaze at, watch (over), look at, observe, gaze at; [ᴹ√] guard”
-th	“abstract noun”

Variations

• tĭrith ✧ PE17/025; PE17/031
• Tirith ✧ RC/772

tirith

watch, watching

(i dirith, o thirith) (guard, guarding, vigilance), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thirith)

tirith

guard, guarding

(i dirith, o thirith) (guard, guarding, vigilance), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thirith)

tirith

vigilance

(noun) tirith (i dirith, o thirith) (guard, guarding, watch, watching), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thirith)

tirith

vigilance

(i dirith, o thirith) (guard, guarding, watch, watching), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thirith)

tirith

guard, guarding

(abstract noun) tirith (i dirith, o thirith) (guard, guarding, vigilance), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thirith)

tirith

watch, watching

(abstract noun) tirith (i dirith, o thirith) (guard, guarding, vigilance), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thirith)

tiria

watch

1) tiria- (guard, gaze, look toward) (i diria, i thiriar). 2)

tiria

watch

(guard, gaze, look toward) (i diria, i thiriar).

tir-

watch

(cited in the form tiri, a ”Noldorin” infinitive in -i) (i dîr, i thirir) (guard, gaze, look at, look towards). The imperative tiro and passive participle [t]irnen are attested, the latter in lenited form dirnen.

tir-

guard

_(verb) 1) tir- (cited in the form _tiri, a ”Noldorin” infinitive in -i) (i dîr, i thirir) (watch over, gaze, look at, look towards). The imperative tiro and passive participle [t]irnen are attested, the latter in lenited form dirnen. 2) tiria- (watch, gaze, look toward) (i diria, i thiriar)

tir-

guard

(cited in the form tiri, a ”Noldorin” infinitive in -i) (i dîr, i thirir) (watch over, gaze, look at, look towards). The imperative tiro and passive participle [t]irnen are attested, the latter in lenited form dirnen. 2) tiria- (watch, gaze, look toward) (i diria, i thiriar)

tirith

noun. watch, guard (abstract noun), vigilance

tirith

noun. watch, guard

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tiriste “*watch, guard” ✧ PE22/125

Element in

• N. Minas Tirith “Tower of Guard” ✧ PE22/125
• N. Minnastirith “Watchtower” ✧ Ety/TIR

Variations

• Tirith ✧ PE22/125

tiria-

verb. to watch, to gaze, look at

tir-

verb. to watch, to gaze, look at