Pirin - Parf Edhellen: an elvish dictionary

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Sindarin 

pirin

noun. a flower that opened ans shut quickly with any change of light at [some? not?] even a pansy closed

n. Bot. a flower that opened ans shut quickly with any change of light at [some? not?] even a pansy closed. Q. pirinde, pirne.

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:146] <PIRI close eyes, blink, wink. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published 14 years ago by Imported

pirin

noun. flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light

A word in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959 for a “flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light” based on √PIRI “blink” (PE17/146). This flower name was part of an attempt by Tolkien to come up with a new etymology for S. alfirin after he decided that √LA was not a negative element, so that alfirin could no longer mean “immortelle”.

Sindarin [PE17/146] Group: Eldamo. Published 4 years ago by Eldamo Import

Quenya 

pirindë

noun. flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light

A word in Definitive Linguistic Notes (DLN) from 1959 for a “flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light” based on √PIRI “blink” and with variant forms pirinde and pirne (PE17/146). These flower names were part of an attempt by Tolkien to come up with a new etymology for S. alfirin after he decided that √LA was not a negative element, so that alfirin could no longer mean “immortelle”.

Quenya [PE17/146] Group: Eldamo. Published 4 years ago by Eldamo Import

pirnë

noun. flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light

Quenya Group: Eldamo. Published 4 years ago by Eldamo Import

pirin

noun. thin rod, pin

Quenya Group: Eldamo. Published 6 years ago by Eldamo Import

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Early Quenya

pirin

noun. thin rod, pin

A word appearing as ᴱQ. pirin (pirind-) “thin rod, pin” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√PIRI having to do with cylinders and spinning (QL/74).
Neo-Quenya: In 1959 Tolkien gave a new meaning to the root √PIR as “close eyes, blink, wink” (PE17/146), but I believe this was a transient idea; see that entry for details. As such, I use the Neo-Root ᴺ√PIR with its earlier meaning “cylinder” and would use this to salvage ᴺQ. pirin “thin rod, pin”.

Early Quenya [QL/074; QL/078] Group: Eldamo. Published 4 years ago by Eldamo Import