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Gnomish

ruin

adjective. inhabited, tilled

A word for “inhabited, tilled” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s listed below G. “dwelling, house” (GL/66), thus likely related to ᴱQ. “dwelling, village” derived from the early root ᴱ√RU’U (QL/80).

Derivations

teraith

noun. waste, ruin, destruction

Derivations

  • ᴱ√TEÐE “pierce, boring”

fectha-

verb. to destroy, ruin, spoil

Derivations

Element in

  • G. fecthir “destroyer, slayer; bane” ✧ GL/34

noun. fire

Cognates

  • Eq. “fire” ✧ LT1A/Sári

Derivations

  • ᴱ√SAH(Y)A “be hot” ✧ LT1A/Sári

Element in

  • G. Sacha “the Fire-fey” ✧ GL/66

Variations

  • sai ✧ GL/66 (sai); LT1A/Sári (sai)
Gnomish [GL/66; LT1A/Sári] Group: Eldamo. Published by

cantha

noun. flame

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “flame” (GL/25), probably based on the early root ᴱ√KṆŘṆ [KṆÐṆ] “shine” (QL/47).

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
KṆÐṆ“shine”
-tha“noun or adjective suffix”

gwilthi

noun. peace

Element in

Gnomish [GG/13; GG/14; GL/45; LT2A/Falasquil] Group: Eldamo. Published by