kir- 'cut, cleave' in Calacirya, Cirth, Angerthas, Cirith(Ninniach, Thoronath). From the sense 'pass swiftly through' was derived Quenya círya 'sharp-prowed ship' (cf. English cutter), and this meaning appears also in Círdan, Tar-Ciryatan, and no doubt in the name of Isildur's son Círyon.
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- J.R.R. Tolkien (author)
- Christopher Tolkien (editor)