Elvhen Vocabulary

Formal Greeting.

Informal Greeting.

The major city of Elvhenan, original homeland of the elves.

The Woman of Many Years. How the Dalish refer to Flemeth.

Used as a "farewell" it means, "safe journey".

As you wish.

Thank You.

Sorrow, also used as an apology.

Tree.

Forest.

Earth / Dirt

Place / Location

Year.

Personal Pronoun; I / Me

Long Journey.

Home.

Meeting of the Dalish clans, every ten years.

Woman.

Arrow.

Peace / Peaceful

Many.

To throw / project / loose

Bow.

Small, diminutive prefix.

To be.

Little child.

Be safe.

Not, or isn't; also used to indicate someone who has died: someone who is not.

Tell / Speak

Grey.

Stone.

Children of the stone. The original Elvish term for the dwarves.

Our.

Spirit.

Longer, more effort.

"Our People". Elven name for their own race.

Place of our people. The name of the elven civilization before the arrival of humans in Thedas. Also could be translated as: "Our hearts".

My / I am.

Suffix indicating plural.

Appear / Emerge

Repeat

Gift / Blessing

Story / Tale / Dream

Friend.

Slow.

Wolf.

The end / Finished

Elder. Used as a term of respect by the Dalish, but more specifically for the leader of an alienage by the City Elves.

The end of the journey. Also the name of the capital of the second elven homeland in the Dales.

Rest / Relax.

Dreaded / Frightening / Causing fear.

Becomes.

With / Inside / Dwell

Eyes.

Very / More

In need of.

Love.

Child.

Casual reference used for someone with whom one is familiar. Lethallin is used for males, while lethallan is used for females. Akin to "cousin" or "clansman" since "lin" is the word for blood.

Blood.

You.

Tomorrow.

Mother.

Distant past; long amount of time.

Time.

Time, past tense.

Blade.

Your.

Revenge / Vengeance

Joy.

Cry / Tears

Want / Need

Safety.

Freedom.

One.

Now / In this moment.

Laugh / Laughter

A single day.

Grateful / Appreciative

Thin / Tenuous

Land of waking dreams. A place where the Veil is thin. Literally: "Tenuous waking dream place"

Quick / Fast

Literally "quick children". The original name of the elves for the human race. It continues to see use as a slang term amongst the City Elves ("Shems") even though its meaning has largely been lost.

Journey.

Weary / Tired

Happen.

Sing.

Endure.

Certain.

Three.

Awake / Alert

To make / To cause

Alone.

Long / Forever / Never ending / Eternal

Waking sleep. Uthenera was the name of the ancient practice of immortal elves who would "sleep" once they tired of life. Literally: "Eternal waking dream".

Writing.

Blood writing. The art of tattooing adopted by some elves to more prominently (and some might say belligerently) display their worship of the traditional elven pantheon.

To go.

"People of" or "belonging to the elves, the clans, elven society".

The tree of the people.

The land itself, as in "the ground". Literally: "our earth".

Heart.

Way or path. Because of the eulogy poem, it is tempting to define it as "we", however, we must also take into account the credo of the Dalish, seen on the Dalish page: Vir Assan, Vir Bor'Assan, Vir Adahlen - "Way of the Arrow", "Way of the Bow", and "Way of the Forest", respectively. So, in the eulogy, the translation is loose; what they are actually saying is "The way of singing, rejoicing", etc.

Day.