A list of words in the Drow language.
Contents
A[]
- abbil
- trusted friend or trusted comrade.[3] Largely an oxymoron based in cynicism since there are no real concepts of the word trust or friend in drow society even among family members.[4] Also a term used by Jarlaxle towards his traveling companion Artemis Entreri, and Dinin Do'Urden older brother of Drizzt Do'Urden, possibly meant as a legitimate term of endearment.[5]
- akh
- group.[3]
- alur
- superior.[2]
- alust
- in front.[2]
- araj
- vengeance[8]
- avinsin
- doomed.[3]
B[]
- bae'qeshel
- a rare type of drow bardic magic.[10]
- bauth
- about or around.[2]
- bautha
- to dodge.[2]
- belbau
- to give.[2]
- brorn
- surprise; plural is brorna.[3]
- bwael
- good, great, awesome, anything positive.[citation needed]
C[]
- caballin
- food.[3]
- colbauth
- path or known way.[2]
- colnbluth
- non-drow.[12]
- crinti
- high ones.[13]
D[]
- dal
- from.[2]
- draa
- two.[3]
- draada
- second.[2]
- duk-tak
- unholy executioner.[16]
- duvall
- secret advisor.[17]
E[]
- elend
- usual or traditional.[2]
- elendar
- continue, continued, continuing or enduring.[2]
- elgghinn
- death.[2]
- elgg-hor
- the destroyer.[18]
F[]
- faerbol
- magical item.[2]
- Faerie
- translation of a term used to refer to a surface elf.[19]
- faerl
- magical.[2]
G[]
- golhyrr
- ruse, trap or trick.[2]
- golhyrrl' fhaazht
- The Dream Trap, strange nightmare dreams given out by the giant fungus Araumycos (post-Spellplague) involving the comfort of the mass and the hopeless chaos of individuality.[20]
H[]
- harl'il'cik
- kneel.[21]
- honglath
- bravery, calm, clear thinking or good behaviour.[2]
I[]
- iblith
- offal[2], excrement[22] Often used when referring to humans as well as other non-drow races. Can be used as an insult. [23]
- ilareth
- a title of respect, often used to approach a military commander.[citation needed]
- ilhar
- mother.[2]
- ilindith
- aim, goal or hoped for event.[2]
- illiyitrii
- a formal dance sometimes involving costumes.[24]
- inth
- plan, scheme or strategem.[2]
- inthigg
- agreement or treaty.[2]
- izil
- as.[2]
J[]
- jabbress
- mistress.[citation needed]
- jal
- all.[2]
- jivvin quui'elghinn
- torture until death, apparently a cynical distortion of the term for fun.[26]
K[]
- khal'abbil
- my trusted comrade.[3]
- khaless
- meaning trust or a drow game called Khaless.[27] Because trust is so lacking in drow society, it is often used in an ironic sense to mean misplaced trust.[3]
- khaless nau uss mzild taga dosstan
- trust no one more than yourself[28]
- Khazid'hea
- to cut or Catti-brie's sword Khazid'hea.[29]
- kulg
- blockage,hitch or snag.[30]
- kulggen
- deliberate rampart or shield.[30]
- kyone
- alert/alerty, careful/carefully, wary/warily.[30]
- kyorl
- to watch.[3]
- kyorlin
- guarding, waiting, watching.[30]
L[]
- luth
- cast, hurl or throw.[30]
M[]
- mrimm
- guide, key or inspiration.[30]
N[]
- neideirra
- a frenzied dance competition favored in Menzoberranzan.[32]
- Neirtarr
- "whipping" or "lashing"[33]
- nindyn
- those.[30]
O[]
- ogglin
- enemy.[3]
- olist
- stealth.[3]
- oloth
- darkness.[3]
- orbb
- spider.[35]
- orbbcress
- spiderweb.[36]
- orthae
- sacred.[3]
P[]
- parzdiamo
- male playmate who is not the house patron.[37]
- pera'dene
- scapegoat.[38]
- phalar- battle-marker or grave.[30]
- Phlar Lolth ssinssrickla
- a blasphemous jest meaning when Lolth giggles.[39]
- pyrimo
- a small, fierce fish with sharp teeth and powerful jaws; a treasured delicacy in Menzoberranzan.[40]
Q[]
- qilovestualt
- a type of drow wine made from fermented mushrooms.[41]
- quarth
- to command, used as part of an order.[21]
- quarthen
- commanded or ordered.[30]
- qu'lith
- blood.[3]
- qu'uente
- guts.[42]
R[]
- ragar
- discover, find or uncover.[30]
- rath
- back.[30]
- ratha
- backs.[30]
- ryld
- slave.[citation needed]
S[]
- shavrak
- final, last.[3]
- shebali
- lower ones.[13]
- streeaka
- fearless(ness) or reckless(ness).[30]
- streeaka droc'uh
- phrase meaning mad dragon.[18]
T[]
- taga
- than.[30]
- tinguin lal'o shrome'cak
- promise of a fungal pie. It referred to something used to "sweeten the deal"; fungal pie was a delicious delicacy.[46]
U[]
- uln'hyrr
- liar.[48]
- ultrin
- conqueror, highest or supreme.[47]
- ultrin sargtlin
- phrase meaning supreme warrior.[49]
- usstan'sargh wael
- you arrogant fool.[50]
V[]
- valsharess
- queen. Used as a title to refer to Lolth or the most powerful matron mothers.[35][47]
- vidrinath
- lullaby (songs priestesses sang to young students at the Academy as they went into Reverie).[51]
W[]
- wund
- among, into or within.[47]
X[]
- xittalsh
- contest of arms to prove (or win) innocence.[52]
- xund
- effort, striving or work.[47]
- xundus
- acheivement or work completed.[47]
Y[]
- Yor'thae
- chosen one (High Drow).[53] The word comes from yorn, meaning servant of the goddess, and orthae, meaning sacred.[54]
Z[]
- zheel
- word.[3]
- z'orr
- climb.[47]
Appendix[]
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