S. Minhiriath loc. “Between the Rivers”
Region between the Baranduin and the Gwathló (LotR/1040), translated “Between the Rivers” (UT/261), a combination of mîn “between” (VT47/11, 14), the lenited form of sîr “river” (SA/sîr) and the class-plural suffix -ath.
References ✧ LotRI; PMI; SA/sîr; UT/261; UTI; VT47/14
Glosses
Elements
| mîn | “between; gap, space, barrier; anything intervening between two other things” | prefix | ✧ VT47/11 (min-) |
| sîr | “river, stream” | soft-mutation | ✧ SA/sîr |
| -ath | “collective or group plural” | soft-mutation |