S. pirin n. “flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light” (Category: Flower (other))
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”.
Reference ✧ PE17/146 ✧ “a flower that opened and shut quickly with any change of light”
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| √PIRI > pirin(a) > pirin | [pirinde] > [pirind] > [pirinn] > [pirin] | ✧ PE17/146 |