firen

firen

>> firin

firin

adjective. mortal, dying, dying, mortal; [N.] human

An adjective glossed “mortal, dying” with variant forms firin or firen appearing as an element in alfirin “immortal” (PE17/101).

Conceptual Development: The adjective [N.] firen had the gloss “human” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√PHIR (Ety/PHIR).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would use this adjective largely for “one in the process dying”, and for “mortal (= one capable of dying)” I would use fíreb.

Cognates

• ᴹQ. firin “dead (by natural cause)”

Derivations

• ✶firīne “mortal, dying” ✧ PE17/101
  • √PHIR “exhale, expire, breathe out, exhale, expire, breathe out; [ᴹ√] die of natural causes”

Element in

• S. alfirin “immortal, (lit.) not dying; a species of flower” ✧ PE17/101

Elements

Word	Gloss
fir-	“to fade, *die”
-en	“adjective suffix”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶firīne > firīn > fĭrin	[pʰirīne] > [ɸirīne] > [firīne] > [firīn] > [firin]	✧ PE17/101

Variations

• fĭrin ✧ PE17/101
• firen ✧ PE17/101

firen

human

(= mortal) firen (pl. firin);

firen

human

(pl. firin);

firiath

mortal humans

(a coll. pl., WJ:219, 387)

firīne

adjective. mortal, dying

Derivations

• √PHIR “exhale, expire, breathe out, exhale, expire, breathe out; [ᴹ√] die of natural causes”

Derivatives

• S. firin “mortal, dying, dying, mortal; [N.] human” ✧ PE17/101

Element in

• ✶alfirīne “not dying” ✧ PE17/101

firen

adjective. human

firen

adjective. human

Cognates

• ᴹQ. firya “human” ✧ Ety/PHIR