S. certh n. “rune” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

S. certh, n. “rune” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

References ✧ LotR/1117, 1123; LotRI/Certar, Cirth; NM/164; PE17/122; PE22/149-150; PM/22; PMI/Cirth; SA/kir; SI/Cirth; WJ/14, 396; WJI/Cirth

Glosses

• “letters of the Sindarin alphabet” ✧ WJ/396

Variations

• certh ✧ LotR/1123; PE22/149; WJ/396; WJI/Cirth

Related

• √kir- “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through” ✧ SA/kir

Inflections

Cirdh	plural		✧ NM/164
Cirth	plural		✧ LotR/1117; LotRI/Certar; PE17/122; SA/kir; WJI/Cirth
Cirth	plural	“Runes”	✧ LotRI/Cirth; PMI/Cirth; SI/Cirth; WJ/14
cirth	plural		✧ LotR/1123; PE22/150; WJ/396
ᴸN. cirth	plural	“runes”	✧ PM/22

Element In

• S. certhas “runes-rows, runic alphabet” ✧ LotR/1123
• S. i Cirdh Daeron “*the Runes of Daeron” ✧ NM/164

Cognates

• Q. certa “rune” ✧ LotR/1117 (Certar); LotRI/Certar (Certar); PE17/122 (Certar); PE22/149; PE22/150 (certar); WJ/396; WJI/Cirth

Derivations

• < √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly” ✧ PE22/150 (KER)
• < ✶kirtē “rune” ✧ WJ/396
  • < √KIR “cut, cleave, pass swiftly through; shave; skim (surface), slip along, glide quickly”

Derivatives

• > Q. certa “rune” ✧ WJ/396

Phonetic Developments

√KER > cirth	[kertī] > [kerti] > [kertʰi] > [kerθi] > [kirθi] > [kirθ]	✧ PE22/150
✶kirtē > certh	[kirtē] > [kirte] > [kirta] > [kirtʰa] > [kirθa] > [kerθa] > [kerθ]	✧ WJ/396