Alkarye: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Imported from YAML dictionary |
local>Unknown user No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
==Out of Universe== | ==Out of Universe== | ||
{{Canonicity|canonical}} | {{Canonicity|canonical}} | ||
==Old Tongue== | ==Old Tongue== | ||
| Line 11: | Line 9: | ||
'''alkarye''' | '''alkarye''' | ||
# hopelessness | # hopelessness | ||
# despair | |||
====Attestations==== | ====Attestations==== | ||
| Line 18: | Line 16: | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* | * Only attested in [[Last Light]]. The phrase "ayende alkarye" is officially rendered "do not falter". Given the contained ''kar'' (harshness, suffering), the context, and the [[-ye]] suffix as an abstract intensifier, alkarye likely means something like "hopelessness" or "despair" — a state one must not fall into. | ||
Revision as of 02:07, 18 March 2026
alkarye
Out of Universe
✓ Canonical — Attested in canon.
Old Tongue
Noun
alkarye
- hopelessness
- despair
Attestations
Sul'imsoen, ayende alkarye
"Stay true, do not falter"
— Alkarye (Last Light)
Notes
- Only attested in Last Light. The phrase "ayende alkarye" is officially rendered "do not falter". Given the contained kar (harshness, suffering), the context, and the -ye suffix as an abstract intensifier, alkarye likely means something like "hopelessness" or "despair" — a state one must not fall into.