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==Age of Legends Old Tongue==
==Old Tongue==
 
===Noun===
'''shain'''
 
# Dedication
# Dedicated one
 
===Adjective===
'''shain'''
 
# Dedicated
 
===Derived terms===
* [[da'shain]] — "dedicated people"
* [[Da'shain Aiel]] — "people dedicated to peace"
 
===Related terms===
* [[shai]]
 
==New Era Old Tongue==
In New Era Old Tongue, the meaning switched with ''[[aiel]]'', spurred by the Aiel people's abandoning of the [[Way of the Leaf]].


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# Peace
# Peace
# Peaceful one


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
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===Derived terms===
===Derived terms===
* [[gai'shain]] — "battle-peace", i.e. "those sworn to peace in battle"<ref>It is unknown if the term originated before or after the change in meaning. If it originated before, it would instead translate as "battle-dedicated" or "battle-sworn", with presumably the intended meaning "sworn against battle" or "sworn against fighting".</ref>
* [[gai'shain]] — "battle-peace", i.e. "those sworn to peace in battle"
 
==References==
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[[Category:Semantic shift]]

Latest revision as of 19:14, 2 September 2026

shain

Out of Universe

✓ Canonical — Attested in canon.

Old Tongue

Noun

shain

  1. Peace

Adjective

shain

  1. Peaceful

Derived terms

  • gai'shain — "battle-peace", i.e. "those sworn to peace in battle"