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back RATH
backs RATHA
backstab rath'elg
band AKH
barrier KULGGEN
battle THALACK
battle-might SARGH
be TLU
beauty ssin
beautiful ssin'urn
because p'wal
been tlus
before p'los
behind RATHRAE
below HARL
beneath HARL
beside tu'suul
best ALURL
better ALUR
between tu'fyr
beware SARN
beyond tu'jol
birth ILHAR
bitch elg'caress
bite tril
bitter riknueth
blade VELVE
bless bel'la
block KULG
blockage KULG
blood vlos
brazier linthre
break harventh
brother dalninuk
body khel
bond valm
book zhuan'ol
both TUTH
bow b'luthyrr
bravery HONGLATH
brightness ssussun
but jhal
by a

С

calm HONGLATH
captive kul'gobuss
capture ply'uss
care kyon
careful KYONE
carefully KYONE
carefulness kyona
carrion IBLITH
cast LUTH
cattle rothe
cauldron linth'el
caution (distrust) ne'kales
caution (stealth) OLIST
cave har'ol
cavern har'ol
chalice shanaal
charm ssinss
chest mamulen
child dalhar
children dalharen
city che'el
climb Z'ORR
cloak PIWAFWI
coinage BELAERN
cold inthuul
come doer
command QUARTH
commanded QUARTHEN
commission a'quarth
commissioned a'quarthus
complain elg'car
complaining elg'carin
complete (n) XUNDUS
complete (v) XUN
comrade ABBIL
concealment VELDRIN
confrontation QUA'LAELAY
conquer har'luth
conquering ULTRINNAN
conqueror ULTRIN
conqueror (Lloth) ULTRINE
consider TALINTH
considering talinthin
conspiracy olis'inth
continue ELENDAR
continued ELENDAR
continuing elendarin
contribution fielthal
council TALTHALRA
coup olis'inthigg
coward rath'arg
cowardice rath'argh
create beldro
cut harventh

D

dagger VELVE
danger SREEN
dark olath
darkness OLOTH
dart kyil
darts kyilen
daughter dalharil
dead elghinyrr
death ELGHINN
death (in Lloth's name) STREEA
deceit waerr'ess
dedicate bel'la
despise phlith
destiny UL-ILINDITH
destiny (of Lloth) ELAMSHIN
destroy ELGG
did xunus
die el
different endar
disagree qua'lae
disagreement QUA'LAELAY
discover RAGAR
dishonor rath'argh
distrust (n) ne'kales
distrust (v) ne'kalsa
do XUN
dodge BAUTHA
dodging bauthin
doing xunin
dominance Z'RESS
done xunor
don't xuat
door OBSUL
down HARL
dragon tagnik'zur
dwelling el'lar

E

each weth
earth (element) har'dro
eat cal
effort XUND
either usbyr
electricity nizzre'
encounter THALRA
endure ELENDAR
enemy OGGLIN
escape do'bauth
escaping do'bauthin
ESP z'talin
every ril
everybody rilkhel
everyone riluss
everything rilbol
evil verin
excrement IBLITH
expedition Z'HIND
extra mziln
eye sol
eyes solen

F

face jindurn
facing ALUST
father ILHARN
favor elamshinae
fawn s'lurpp
fawning s'lurppin
fearless STREEAKA
fearlessness STREEAKA
female jalil
few stath
fighting melee
fighting (magical) melaer
find RAGAR
fire chath
flame chath
flatter s'lurpp
flattering s'lurppin
flesh siltrin
food CAHALLIN
fool WAEL
foolish WAELA
for whol
force Z'RESS
forefront ALUST
forgive nelgeth
forgiveness nelgetha
friend ABBIL
from DAL (often shortened to da')
fun JIVVIN
future ulin

G

gap OBSUL
gem eoul
get inbau
gift BELBOL
give BELBAU
glass shanaal
go alu
goal ILINDITH
goblet shanaal
going aluin
goddess (generic) Quar'valsharess
goddess (Lloth) Quarval-sharess
gone alus
good bwael
grace (holy) elamshinae
grace suliss
graceful suliss'urn
grave (tomb) PHALAR
greed SSINSSRIGG
group AKH
guard KYORL
guarding KYORLIN
guide (n) MRIMM
guide (v) mrigg

H

had inbalus
hag elg'caress
handsome ssin'urn
have inbal
hate phlith
he uk
head karliik
heart xukuth
help xxizz
her ilta
here ghil
heresy og'elendar
heretic og'elend
hers ilt
herself iltan
hidden VELKYN
highest ULTRIN
highest (Lloth) ULTRINE
him ukta
himself uktan
his ukt
hit zotreth
hitch KULG
hold mir
holy ORTHAE
honor bel'la
hot sseren
house (noble) QU'ELLAR
house (non-noble) el'lar
hurl LUTH

I

I usstan
if ka
imperial valsharen
in WUN
incense cha'ol
inn el'inssrigg
inside wu'suul
inspiration MRIMM
inspire mrigg
institute magthere
instrument velnarin
intelligence (recon) vel'xundussa
intelligent ne'kalsa
intercourse (slang) vith
into WUND
invisible VELKYN
is ZHAH
it ol
its olt
itself oltan
item BOL

J

javelin luth'ol
join valm
journey Z'HIND

K

key mrim'ol
kidnap ply'usaerth
kill ELGG
kneel harl'il'cik
knife VELVE
know ZHAUN
knowledge ZHAUNIL

L

large izznarg
learn ZHAUN
leg da'ur
life DRO
light ssussun
lightning nizzre'
like saph
Lloth's power/servants YORN
Lloth's will ELAMSHIN
location k'lar
lock (n) mri'kul
lock (v) mri'kul
lost NOAMUTH
love SSINSSRIGG
lover (female) mrimm d'ssinss
lover (male) mrann d'ssinss
loving ssinssriggin
lust SSINSSRIGG
lusting ssinssriggin

M

mage FAERN
magic FAER
magic item FAERBOL
magical FAERL
male jaluk
many mzil
may XAL
me ussa
medallion ilinsar
meet THALRA
meeting TALTHALRA
memory zha'linth
mine usst
monster PHINDAR
more MZILD
most mzilst
mother ILHAR
much mzilt
music ssinsuurul
my ussta
myself usstan

N

neither nausbyr
neutral noalith
no NAU
nobody naukhel
none naust
not naut
nothing naubol
now nin

O

off tir
offal IBLITH
old zhuanth
on PHOLOR
onto pholod
opening OBSUL
opponent OGGLIN
oppose ogglir
opposing ogglirin
opposite indarae
or xor
other byr
our udossta
ours udosst
ourselves udosstan
out DOEB
outcast DOBLUTH
outside do'suul
over phor

P

pain jiv'undus
pardon nelgetha
pariah DOBLUTH
passion SSINSSRIGG
past (time) zhahn
path COLBAUTH
perhaps XAL
piracy op'elgin
pirate op'elg
place k'lar
plan INTH
plane zik'den'vever
platter lintaguth
play JIVVIN
plot olis'inth
poison (n) elg'cahl
poison (v) elg'cahal
power Z'RESS
praise bel'la
prevail ULTRINNAN
present (time) nin
prison kul'gobsula
prisoner kul'gobuss
profit BELAERN
punch zotreth
punish sarn'elgg

R

raid THALACKZ'HIND
ransom ply'usaerth
reckless STREEAKA
recklessness STREEAKA
reconnaissance vel'xundussa
remove drewst
ride Z'HAR
rival (n) OGGLIN
rival (v) ogglir
rivaling ogglirin
royal valsharen
royal seal sharulg
ruse GOLHYRR

S

sacred ORTHAE
safe sreen'aur
safety sreen'aur
scheme INTH
school magthere
scourge elgluth
scroll narkuth
security vel'xundussa
seduction ssinss
seize plynn
servant wanre
sever harventh
several blynol
sex vith
shadows VELDRIN
shall zhal
she il
shield KULGGEN
side suul
silence venorsh
silent venorik
since yol
similar indar
sister dalninil
skin waess
slave rothe
slay ELGG
small inlul
smart ne'kalsa
snag KULG
so ji
some fol
somebody folkhel
someone foluss
something folbol
son dalharuk
spear luth'ol
spell faerz'undus
spell book faerz'ol
spider ORBB
spy (n) vel'xunyrr
spy (v) vel'xunyrr
steal olplynir
stealth OLIST
stratagem INTH
strength Z'RESS
strength-at-arms SARGH
strike zotreth
strip raldar
striving XUND
subjugate har'luth
such folt
suicide STREEA
superior ALUR
supreme ULTRIN
supreme (Lloth) ULTRINE
surprise BRORN
surprises BRORNA
survival dro'xundus
survive dro'xun
sweet ssinjin
sword VELVE
sycophant s'lurppuk

T

take plynn
tavern el'inssrigg
telepathy z'talin
temple YATH (property, work or decree)
than TAGA
thank bel'la
that nindel
the LIL
their ninta
theirs nint
them nina
themselves nintan
there gaer
these nindolen
they NIND
then zhahn
thief olplyn
thieving op'elgin
thing BOL
think TALINTH
this nindol
those NINDYN
throat rinteith
throne sharorr
throw LUTH
time draeval
to ULU
together ul'naus
torture jiv'elgg
toward ulan
traditional ELEND
traitor og'elend
trap GOLHYRR
trapdoor obsu'arl
treason og'elendar
treasure BELAERN
treatise zhuan'ol
treaty INTHIGG
trick GOLHYRR
trip Z'HIND
trust (n) KHALESS
trust (v) khal

U

unaware WAELA
uncover RAGAR
under HARL
Underdark Har'oloth
unknown NOAMUTH
unseen VELKYN
until hwuen
up phor
upon PHOLOR
us udossa
usual ELEND

V

valor SARGH
victory ULTRINNAN

W

wait KYORL
waiting KYORLIN
walk Z'HIN
wanderer NOAMUTH
war THALACK
wards ky'ov'aer
wariness kyona
warning SARN
wary KYONE
was zhahus
watch KYORL
watchful kyorl'urn
watching KYORLIN
water niar
way COLBAUTH
we udos
wealth BELAERN

Luent East
Trezen North
Trez'nt Northeast
Trez'in Northwest
Werneth South
Wern'nt Southeast
Wern'in Southwest
Linoin West

Числа

USS one
DRAA two
LLAR three
quen four
huela five
rraun six
blyn seven
lael eight
thal nine
szith ten
szithus eleven
szithdra twelve
szithla thirteen
szithuen fourteen
szithuel fifteen
szithraun sixteen
szithlyn seventeen
szithael eighteen
szithal nineteen
draszith twenty
hueszith fifty
ravhel hundred
szithrel thousand

UST first
DRADA second
LLARNBUSS third
quenar fourth
huelar fifth
rraunar sixth
blynar seventh
laelar eighth
thalar ninth
szithar tenth
szithusar eleventh
szithdrar twelfth
szithlar thirteenth
szithuenar fourteenth
szithuelar fifteenth
szithraunar sixteenth
szithlynar seventeenth
szithaelar eighteenth
szithalar nineteenth
draszithar twentieth
hueszithar fiftieth
ravhelar hundredth
szithrelar thousandth

Фразы

Vendui' I/we greet you
Aluve' I/we leave you
JAL KHALESS ZHAH WAELA All trust is foolish
OLOTH ZHAH TUTH ABBIL LUETH OGGLIN Darkness is both friend and enemy
XUN IZIL DOS PHUUL QUARTHEN, LUETH DRO Do as you are ordered, and live
LLOTH TLU MALLA; JAL ULTRINNAN ZHAH XUNDUS Lloth be praised; all victory is(her) doing
ILHARESSEN ZHAUNIL ALURL Matrons know best
LIL ALURL VELVE ZHAH LIL VELKYN USS The best knife is the unseen one
LIL WAELA LUETH WAELA RAGAR BRORNA LUETH WUND NIND, KYORLIN ELGHINN The foolish and unwary find surprises and among them, waiting death
KHALESS NAU USS MZILD TAGA DOSSTAN Trust no one more than yourself
NINDYN VEL'USS KYORL NIND RATHA THALRA ELGHINN DAL LIL ALUST Those who watch their backs meet death from the front
ULU Z'HIN MAGLUST DAL QU'ELLAR LUETH VALSHARESS ZHAH ULU Z'HIN WUND LIL PHALAR To walk apart from House and Queen is to walk into the grave
KYORL JAL BAUTH, KYONE, LUETH LIL QUARVAL-SHARESS XAL BALBAU DOS LIL BELBOL DEL ELENDAR DRO Watch all about, warily, and the Goddess may give you the gift of of continued life
VEL'USS ZHAUN ALUR TAGA LIL QUARVAL-SHARESS? Who knows better than the Goddess?
Zhaunil dal Waerr'ess Knowledge from deceipt
[VDVM motto]
Dal ultrinnan ulu el'inssrigg From victory to an inn
[battle cry]
Ssinssrigg lueth Belaern Lust and Profit
[House of Pleasure motto]
Jiv'elgg lueth jiv'undus phuul jivvin Torture and pain are fun
Ssussun pholor dos!
Ssussun! (shortened) Light upon you!
[curse to Drow]
Oloth plynn dos!
Olot dos! (shortened) Darkness take you!
[curse to non-Drow]
{House Name} ultrin! {House Name} supreme!
[battle cry]
A'dos quarth! At your command!
Lloth kyorl dos (d'jal) Lloth guard you (you all)
Vith'os! [see "vith" and "dos"]
Vith'ir! [see "vith" and "tir"]

L'alurl abbil zhah dosstan The best trusted friend is yourself
Khal wun dossta belaern Trust in your wealth
Jala cahallin xal tlu elg'cahlin Any food may be poison
Sargh lueth kyona phuul dro'xundus Strength at arms and wariness are survival
L'elamshin d'lil Ilythiiri zhah ulu har'luth jal The destiny of the Drow is to conquer all
L'elend zhah alurl The traditional is best
L'alurl faerbol zhah mrimm (mrann) d'ssinss The best magic item is a female (male) lover
L'alurl gol zhah elghinyrr gol The best goblin is a dead goblin

Титулы

BREGAN D'AERTHE Mercenary Band of rogue Drow
C'RINTRI noble Drow (C'rintrin - nobles)
Dalharil Daughter
Dalharuk Son
Faerz'un'arr Seeress
ILHARESS Matron
ILHARN Patron
Jabbress Mistress
(female in charge of some task or office)
JABBUK Master
(male in charge of some task or office)
MALLA honored
(a term of respect preceding a title)
Qu'abban House Agent
(sometimes used for non-House agent)
Qu'el'faeruk House Wizard
Qu'el'saruk House Weapons Master
Qu'el'velguk House Assassin
SARGTLIN Drow Warrior
SHEBALI Rogue, non-noble Drow
Ssins d'Aerth professional entertainer (prostitute)
Ulathtallar Arch Priestess of the Arach-Tinilith
Ulfaerz'un'arr Arch Seeress of the Sorcere
Ul'Saruk Warlord of the Melee-Magthere
Ul'Veldriss Arch Shadow Mistress of the VDVM
Valuk male monarch (reference for non-Drow races)
VALSHARESS Queen
Veldriss/Veldruk Shadow Mistress/Master
(obtained only by training at the VDVM)
Yath'Abban Temple Agent
(sometimes used for non-TOL agent)
YATHRIN Priestess of Lloth
YATHTALLAR High Priestess of Lloth

Расы

DARTHIIR surface elf/elves
DUERGAR deep dwarf/dwarves
GOL goblin (GOLN - goblins)
hargluk dwarf (harglukkin - dwarves)
HASZAK illithid (HASZAKKIN - illithids)
RIVVIL human (RIVVIN - humans)
sakphul halfling/halflings
tagnik'zur dragon/dragons
tu'rilthiir half-elf/elves
yingil gnome (yingilin - gnomes)

Множественное число

Jabbress{Mistress} Jabbressen{Mistresses}
Velve {Blade} Velven {Blades}

Принадлежность кому-то или чему-то (possessitive)

Coincidentally, the possessive case in the Drow language is very similar to the Common Tongue used by most races. The possessive case is completed with "'s" except if the word ends in "s" where upon "'" is added

Nindil zhah lil Valsharess' elgluth {That is the Valsharess' whip}
Sarn lil velg'larn's inthen {Beware the assassin's schemes}

Множественное число в глаголах

A verb has different forms depending on its number (singular or plural); person (first, second, third); voice (active, passive); tense (present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, future perfect); and mood (indicative, imperative, subjunctive).
NUMBER: Withstanding irregular verbs, the singular form is completed with "ar".

Lil sargtlin elggar {The warrior kills} Lil sargtlinen elgg {The warriors kill}

Uss jaluk elar {One male dies} Draa jaluken el {Two males die}

VOICE: A passive verb is a combination of a "be" verb and a past participle.

Active
L'Yathrin harventhe ukt karliik {The Yathrin severs his head}

Passive
Ukt karliik zhahus harventhus a'lil Yathrin {Hishead was severed by the Yathrin}

TENSE: Withstanding irregular verbs, the past tense is completed with "us".

Present Tense
Uk phlithe { He hates}
Uk zhah phlithus {He is hated}

Past Tense
Usstan phlithus {I hated}
Usstan zhahus phlithus {I was hated}

Future Tense
Dos orn phlith {You will hate}
Dos orn tlu phlithus {You will be hated}
Present Perfect

Dos inbal phlithus {You have hated}
Dos inbal tlus phlithus {You have been hated}

Past Perfect
Il inbalus phlithus {She had hated}
Il inbalus tlus phlithus {She had been hated}

Future Perfect
Usstan zhal inbal phlithus {I shall have hated}
Usstan zhal inbal tlus phlithus {I shall have been hated}

Прилагательные

Adjectives have three forms: positive, comparative, and superlative. Withstanding irregular forms, the comparative form is completed with "ur" while the superlative is completed with "url". The common "-ful"suffix for many adjectives is indicated by "'urn".

Olath {Dark}
Olathur {Darker}
Olathurl {Darkest}

Ssin'urn {Beautiful}
Mzild ssin'urn {More beautiful}
Mzilst ssin'urn {Most beautiful}