Kazundvertäl (Dver)

Grammar

• A Dwarven sentence usually start with the subject predicate (direct object, then verb), followed by the primary subject. This can be turned around for emphasis.
• Adverbs follow after verbs.
• Most articles and possessive makers are added as suffixes to the words they relate to.

Common Phrases

Phrase	Translation (meaning)
Rï-urf migkde Färrden skargg	By my father’s beard (exclamation of astonishment)
Pônss dǒrrslá dǒrith, slovax’es hvístärith	As the anvil strikes, the steel is formed (time/life goes on no matter what happens)
Ori mäel ud fa	We have a problem
Ä kásh ud aedur	We must attack
Ärr djup	Go deep (call far a tactical retreat)
Ärra zadjupith	Go deeper (exclamation of hopelessness, call to be strong and have faith)
Kza ori dǒr baäs undamodurith	You are the son of an anvil (you are a good warrior, often shortened to “kza ori dǒr”)
Smën-og or onadar ba drek	You drink like a woman (you are very competitive)
Mïgkdu mükzah müas	He is my brother (for bonds of friendship)
Rögg’es vergïlld onas gufel, ür ritunfërg rögg’es vergïlld	It is worth doing well if it is worth writing it down
Üd dǒrrsláfǒr eiltaf	Day by day we work the forge (dǒrrsláfǒr is a conjuction of dǒrrslá and arrafǒr)
Ori s’kar höggvaär ka ori dungür myiljagür nä äron gufel smënog ori smënmukr spyrnöm	A sharp axe and a heavy hammer works (just) as well as a polite request

Dictionary

English	Dwarven	Notes
a	ori
ability	balá	plural balár
able	ablârul
abreast	yanzadku
accident	garay
accusation	hakru	plural hakrä
accuse	ahkur
adamantium	sylskar
again	äater
age (period of time)	un (v)
air	lu
ale	aöl
alive	vanvande
all	alle
also	ogsäven
always	eiltaf
an	ori
ancestor	käzmukällén
ancient	undvergvardör
and	ka
answer	svarnöm (n), svarnüm (v)
ant	imzertan	plural imzertanâ
antler	mukhasinbar
anvil	dǒr	plural dǒrith
as	pônss (adv)
ash	as
attack	á kásh
awake	vanvaken
axe	höggvaär
be	var
beard	skargg
because	pvi-da
become	bilef
behind	dvargori
below	unedan
birth	föna
betray	örrenda (v), förrendari (n)
bless	välsig
blessed	(adj) välsigna
bronze	keiss	also “west”
brother (close friend)	mükzah
brother (family)	kazah
but	aekgigär
by	rï-urf
challenge	utman (n) utma (v)
close	rï-galäs
commendation	nurbêl	plural nurbêl
copper
create	slovax
daughter	undeona
day	sultím
dead	-dö (adj)
death	döle (n)	“Angel of Death”: dölemadorin (n)
deep	djup
deeper	zadjupitn
demon	durdor
dig	grö (v)
digger	grödar (n)
disaster	guryel
do	ra
down	nidas
Dragons	Drekdakar
Dragons, elder	Höggorundur
dreams	serenlurr
drink	drekkja (n), drek (v)
Dwarf	Kazundverder
dwarven	dver (adj), kazundvertäl (v)
Dwarves, the	Kazunith Mükdverdür
earth	maa
east	aus	also steel
Elves	Alfurminn
enslave	förslava
erupt	etten utbryt
exhausted	tröttar
fall	fel (v)
father	färr
female	onadar
far	lann
field	slät (n)	also plain
Fey	Aevin
fire	ar
for	fyrür
forever	eiltaf
forge	arrafǒr (n), dǒrrslá (v)
forget	ekgiminn
form	slovax (v)	also create, shape
fort	hääl
friend	kzahr
from	kza (adv)	also of
front, in -of	onadin
gift	govar, plural gärvar
Gnomes	Jorfur
go	äar, äara (-forth)
gods (ancestral)	kazmukzakällen
gold	nürr	also “north”
good	gufel
grave	peräa
gravestone	perden
great	före
guard	vakir, also protect
Halflings	Hanafinn
hammer	myiljagür
have	fa
he	han (also him)
heavy	dungür
hit	slá
Humans	Valmäan
I	mögg
if	ür
incantation	jorrkynrogür
is	’es (suffix), -as (suffix, when referenced word ends in a vowel excluding “o” variants)
it	rögg
kin	kazun
language	täl
left	vinur
lightning	blit
like	smën og (adv), kunska (v)	also as (adv)
little	undamhär (adjective)	also small, young
little, a	hammumul (adv)
love	elskamir (v)
magic	vitkynrar
male	omadur	also man
man	omadur	also male
many	-inor	also plentiful
march	äara
me	mögg
memories	minna
mischievous	rambusigg
mithril	mäanaus
mother	mörr
mountain	fjel
must	aedur
my	mïgk	additional rule: add -den to object for possessive form
night	tungletím
north	nürr	also gold
not	ekgi
of	kza (adv)	also from
old	undü
only	endakun
ooh!	árra
Orcs	Dökkfur
paragon	förebra
patron
plain	slät (n)	also field
platinum	kometnürr
plentiful	-inor	also many
polite	smënmukr
problem	mäel
promise	lover
protect	vakir, also guard
rejoyce	glädja
remember	minnasarog
return	ná tillbakra
request	spyrnöm (n), spyrnmün (v)
right	haetur
salt	saola
sea	vemi
shape	slovax (v)	also create, form
sharp	s’kar
should	aedur
shield	skyd
silver	ori-nürr	also “south”
sister (close friend)	mükzahdin
sister (family)	kazahdin
sky	lurr
sleep	sömn (v)
small	undamhär	also little, young
smith	myiljöran (n), dǒrrslá (v)
soil	nerä	-for burials: peräden
son	undamodur
spark	gnis, plural gnister
spirit	etin
speak	tälentölen
star	seren
steel	hvístär (n)
steel, the	aus (abstract)	also east
stone	kivi
strenght	starkra
strike	sláfall
strong	starken
stubborn	starkenvis
succeed(s)	nä öran
take	ta
talent	burêl
teach	vasalärr
that	den
the	-itn (suffix)
them	dem
thunder	äaska
thus	därförin
to	tille
under	üep
up	onas
us	üd (general), mük (reserved for close friends)
vindictive	hevngjerrig
walk	äron
want	vil
water	vé
we	üd (general), mük (reserved for close friends)
weakness	svakket
well	gufel (adv)
west	keiss	also bronze
when	när
when, that	det när
while	pônss
will	kom
witchcraft	fjölkynnrar
with	mett
would	komdur
woman	onadar	also female
works	nä öran (v)
worth	vergïlld
writing	rit (n), ritunfërg (v)
wrongdoing	runel	plural runlel
years	eiltöfar
you	ba