#drow dictionary

Abban – ally, not-enemy

Abbil – comrade, "trusted" friend

Akh – band, group

Alur – better, superior

Alurl – best, foremost

Alust – forward-facing, in front of, in the forefront

Aluve – i/we leave you

Asanque – likewise, of course, as you wish

Avinsin – doomed

Bae'qeshel – a rare type of drow bardic magic

Bauth – around, about

Bautha – dodge, to dodge

Belaern – wealth, coinage, treasure, profit

Belbau – to give

Belbol – gift

Bol – unknown, unidentified, mysterious or important

Brorn – surprise

Brorna – surprises

C'rintri – noble drow

Cahallin – produce or harvest, including raid-spoils, but not hunted game or cooking

Colbauth – path, known way

Colnbluth – outsider, non-drow

Crinti – high ones

Dal – from (sometimes shortened to da')

Darthiir – surface elf/elves

Del – of (sometimes shortened to d' or de')

Dobluth – outcast

Doeb – out

Dos – you

Dosst – yours

Dosstan – yourself

Draa – two

Draada – second

Dragazhar – underdark bat

*Drider – half–spider/half-drow abomination

Dro – life, alive

Duk–tak – unholy executioner

*Duergar – deep dwarf/dwarves

Duvall – secret adviser

Elamshin – destiny, the will of Lolth

Elend – usual or traditional

Elendar – continue, continued, continuing or enduring

Elgg – death, destroy, kill or slay

Elgg–hor – the destroyer

Elgghinn – death

Faer – magic

Faerbol – magical item

*Faerie – translation of a term used to refer to a surface elf

Faerl – magical

Faern – magic worker or wizard

Gee'antu – Underdark tarantula

Gol – goblin

Golhyrr – ruse, trap or trick

Golhyrrl' fhaazht – The Dream Trap, strange nightmare dreams given out by the giant fungus Araumycos involving the comfort of the mass and the hopeless chaos of individuality

Harl – down, under or below

Harl'il'cik – kneel

Haszak – illithid

Honglath – bravery, calm, clear thinking or good behavior

Iblith – offal, excrement, often used when referring to humans as well as other non-drow races. Can be used as an insult

Ilhar – mother, also to mother as in to give birth but not to raise young

Ilharess – matron mother

Ilharn – patron

Ilindith – aim, goal or hoped for event

Illiyitrii – a formal dance sometimes involving costumes

Ilythiiri – drow

Inth – plan, scheme or stratagem

Inthigg – agreement or treaty

Izil – as

Jabbuk – master, a man who holds an office of power

Jal – all

Jivvin – to play; to play a game, or have other amusement or fun

Jivvin quui'elghinn – torture until death, apparently a cynical distortion of the term for fun

Khal'abbil – my trusted comrade

Khaless - meaning trust or a drow game called Khaless. Because trust is so lacking in drow society, it is often used in an ironic sense to mean misplaced trust

Khazid'hea – to cut

Kolsen'shea orbb – to pull the legs off a spider, an arcane phrase and idiom

Kulg – blockage, hitch or snag

Kulggen – deliberate rampart or shield

Kyone – alert/alerty, careful/carefully, wary/warily

Kyorl – to watch

Kyorlin – guarding, waiting, watching

Lil – the

Llar – three

Llarnbuss – third

Lueth – and

Luth – cast, hurl or throw

Maglust – alone, apart

Malla – honored, a term of respect preceding a title

Mrimm – guide, key or inspiration

Myrlochar – soul spider (minion of Lolth)

Mzild – more

Natha – a/an

Nau – no

Neideirra – a frenzied dance competition favored in Menzoberranzan

Nind – they, them, their, theirs

Nindyn – those

Noamuth – lost, unknown or wanderer

Obsul – opening, door

Ogglin – enemy

Olist – stealth

Oloth – darkness

Orbb – spider

Orbbcress – spiderweb

Orthae – sacred

Parzdiamo – male playmate who is not the house patron, concubine or courtesan

Pera'dene – scapegoat

Phalar – battle-marker or grave

Phindar – non-intelligent monster

Phlar Lolth ssinssrickla – a blasphemous jest meaning when Lolth giggles.

Pholar – on, upon

Phuul – are

Plynn – take or to seize

Pyrimo – a small, fierce fish with sharp teeth and powerful jaws; a treasured delicacy in Menzoberranzan

Qilovestualt – a type of drow wine made from fermented mushrooms

Qu'ellar – house

Qu'lith – blood

Qu'uente – guts, viscera

Qual'laelay – argument or disagreement

Quarth – to command, used as part of an order

Quarthen – commanded or ordered

Quarvalsharess – the Goddess (Lolth)

Ragar – discover, find or uncover

Rath – back

Ratha – backs

Rathrae – behind

Rivvil – human

Sargh – skill at arms

Sargtlin – a trained drow warrior

Sarn – beware or warning

Sava – a game popular among drow resembling a more complex version of chess

Shavrak – final, last

Shebali – rogue, free agent, a drow without a house or superior commander, lower ones

Sreen – danger

Ssinssrigg – physical lust or selfish greed; passion, longing

Ssussun – brightness or light

Streea – to die in the service of Lolth, suicide similar to sepuku

Streeaka – fearless(ness) or reckless(ness)

Streeaka droc'uh – phrase meaning mad dragon

Taga – than

Talinth – consider or to think

Talthalra – council or meeting

Thalack – war

Thalackz'hind – attack from afar or raid

Thalra – encounter or meet

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

Tlu – to be

Tuth – both

Ul-ilindith – destiny

Uln'hyrr – liar

Ultrin – conqueror, highest or supreme

Ultrin sargtlin – phrase meaning supreme warrior

Ultrine – surpreme goddess (Lolth)

Ultrinnan – conquering, victory, to win or prevail

Ulu – to

Uss – one

Usstan – i, me, or anything referring to oneself

Usstan'sargh wael - you arrogant fool

Ust – first

Valsharess – queen/demigoddess

Vel'uss – who

Veldrin – concealment or shadows. This is also a common, androgynous name

Velkyn – hidden or invisible

Velve – blade

Vidrinath – lullaby (songs priestesses sang to young students at the Academy as they went into Reverie)

Wael – fool

Waela – foolish or unaware/unwary

Wun – in

Wund – among, into or within

Xal – may, might, perhaps

Xittalsh – contest of arms to prove (or win) innocence

Xun – to accomplish or to work

Xund – effort, striving or work

Xundus – achievement or work completed

Yath – temple

Yathrin – priestess of Lolth

Yathtallar – high priestess of Lolth

Yochlol – handmaiden of Lolth

Yor'thae – chosen one (High Drow). The word comes from yorn, meaning servant of the goddess, and orthae, meaning sacred.

Yorn – power/servant/will of Lolth

Z'har – to ride

Z'hin – to walk

Z'hind – expedition, to journey

Z'orr – climb

Z'ress – power or strength; to dominate by force of will

Zedrinset – Chosen of Lolth or avatar of Lolth; this was considered a sacred word.

Zhah – is

Zhaun – to learn, to know

Zhaunil – learning, wisdom or knowledge