pirnë

pirnë

pirnë, variant of pirindë, q.v.

pirnë

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

pirindë

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

pirindë noun "a flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light at [?some ?not] even a pansy closed" (PE17:146; reading uncertain and meaning obscure; read perhaps "…at [which] not even a pansy closed") Also pirnë.

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”.

Cognates

• S. pirin “flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light” ✧ PE17/146

Derivations

• √PIR “close eyes, blink, wink” ✧ PE17/146

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√PIRI > pirinde	[pirinde]	✧ PE17/146

Variations

• pirinde ✧ PE17/146
• pirne ✧ PE17/146

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”.

Cognates

• Q. pirindë “flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light” ✧ PE17/146

Derivations

• √PIR “close eyes, blink, wink” ✧ PE17/146

Element in

• S. alfirin “immortal, (lit.) not dying; a species of flower” ✧ PE17/146

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√PIRI > pirin(a) > pirin	[pirinde] > [pirind] > [pirinn] > [pirin]	✧ PE17/146