Eldamo : Quenya : sir(a)

Q. sir(a) adv. “hither” (Category: This)

Q. sir(a), adv. “hither” (Category: This)

An (archaic?) word for “hither” appearing in a list of demonstratives from 1968, based on primitive ✶sidā̆ with the ancient allative suffix ✶-da (VT49/18).

References ✧ VT49/18

Glosses

“hither” ✧ VT49/18 (sir)

Variations

sir ✧ VT49/18
sira ✧ VT49/18

sir(a) “hither” versus tar(a) “thither”

Elements

si¹	“this, here”
#†-r²	“motion to or towards a point”

Element In

Q. lasir “rather the reverse” ✧ VT49/18
Q. úsir “on the contrary” ✧ VT49/18 (ūsir)

Derivations

< ✶sidā̆ “hither” ✧ VT49/18

Phonetic Developments

✶sidā̆ > sira

[sidā] > [siðā] > [siða] > [sira]

✧ VT49/18