Nilfgaardian language

Nilfgaardian is a language based on the Elder Speech and used in the Nilfgaardian Empire, originating from the Nilfgaard proper itself.
It is characterized by long, drawn-out syllables and hard pronunciation. Some words of the classic Elder Speech have a totally different meaning in the Nilfgaardian: for example, y which is of in classic Elder becomes and in Nilfgaardian or white, usually translated as gwen by elves while wen by Nilfgaardians.
== Dictionary ==
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Phrases
=== A ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
aâ'anval 	attack (from Dutch: aanval)
addan, adan 	dance; dancer; dancing
adhart 	forward
aecáemm 	to follow
aedragh 	to provoke / to disturb
aen 	from, to, for, with, of, in, out of, at, by, down, in, into, until, on, like, as
aep 	of (mostly used for marking hereditary ties)
allaidh 	barbarians
ard 	great
arse 	arse (UK), ass (US), butt, rump (Dutch: aars)
áth 	eyes
a'vean 	gates
awr 	sir
=== B ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
beisten 	animals (From Dutch: beesten)
belean'graec 	important, something important (From Dutch: belangrijk - pronounciation is nearly the same)
beseta 	tweezers
bhampair 	vampire
bleidd 	wolf (From Welsh: blaidd)
bloede 	bloody, gory, damn (UK: bloody hell / Dutch: Bloederig = bloody)
bu'rac 	bumpkin (from Polish: burak - literally means "beetroot" but in common language also means "bumpkin"/"dumbass")
=== C ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
caer 	land, place
calm 	calm, ease
carn 	tomb, grave, barrow
ceas'raet 	empire (of Nilfgaard) (From Dutch: Keizerrijk)
claidheamh 	sheathe (a sword)
creasa 	must, necessity, obligation, inevitability, duty
cuan 	whore
cyrche 	attacking
=== D ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
daerienn 	sorcerer, sorceress
deien 	to serve (From Dutch: Dienen)
deith 	flame
deithwen 	white flame
dòchas 	hope
d'yaebl 	devil (From Spanish: diablo / Dutch: duivel / Polish: diabeł)
=== E ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
e'er 	honor (from Dutch: eer)
eigean 	necessary, must, have to (From Irish: is éigean)
eimyr 	hedgehog
eisio 	ice (from Dutch: ijs)
ess 	to be, is (From Italian: essere)
esse 	will be, will (From Latin: esse)
essea 	I am
evelienn 	all, everyone
evgyr 	now ?, stop / halt ?
evn'gesaen 	ambassador (From German: Abgesandter / Dutch: afgezant)
=== F ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
feainn 	sun; also the sixth savaed in the elven calendar
fion 	wine
fydd 	passage
=== G ===
Nilfgaardian dialect 	English
gàrdan 	guards
geehaet 	hard
ge'erillan 	guerillas
gláeddyv (plural: glaeddyvan)	sword (From Welsh: cleddyf)
gloir 	glory (From French: gloire)
glys 	river (aevon in Elder Speech)
grìffean 	griffin
gvaedyn 	tenacious one
gvaelded 	bloodthirsty one
=== H ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
hael 	greeting (long life to...); health (From English: hail, hale)
hanse 	unit, armed group of friends, gang (From English: hanse)
havfrue 	sirens
heet 	fever
hoersoon 	whoreson (from Dutch: hoerenzoon)
hvren 	fuck
hwre 	here
=== I ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
iarean 	to search
il'edrith 	magic
il'edrithean 	mage
inis, inisan 	isle, isles
iss'kund 	medicine
=== J ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
jakkten 	hunt (from Dutch: jacht)
joc 	joke
=== K ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
katte 	cat
Ker'zaer 	Emperor (From German: Kaiser / Dutch: Keizer)
kroofeir 	haystack
kusse 	genitals (From Dutch: Kutte)
=== L ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
laddhe 	kill
laeke, loc 	lake
larwm 	alarm, alert, help
luned 	daughter / young girl
Lyrien 	Lyrian
=== M ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
maerche 	women
math 	good, well
mire 	look, see
moeras 	swamps (from Dutch: moeras)
mòran 	a lot
morv 	die (past tense: marv, dead)
morvud, morvudd 	enemy, enemies
=== N ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
na 	or (From Irish: ná)
namyn 	except
neén / ne 	no, not (from Dutch: neen/nee)
niss 	armpits
nordlingaen 	demonym for Nordling
nyald 	needle (From Dutch: naald)
=== P ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
pest 	pestilence, plague, blight (from Dutch: pest)
piemelikkers 	cocksuckers (from Dutch: piemellikkers)
pund 	vomit
=== O ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
orde 	orders
=== Q ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
que 	that / what (From Italian: che, French: quoi/que)
=== R ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
rach 	to move (From Irish: Rachaidh)
raet 	country (From Dutch: Rijk)
ratreut 	to fall back, retreat
rechta 	verdict
rotsaak 	scumbag (From Dutch: Rotzak)
=== S ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
sàbh 	saw
schijtleister 	coward (From Dutch: Schijtlijster, literally little shitbird)
se'ege 	victory (From Dutch: Zege)
seiâ'fyll 	formation
sheyss 	dammit (From German: Scheiße, shit)
squesse 	excuse me
strigean 	strigas
stronthe 	shit (From Dutch: Stront)
=== T ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
taing 	thank you
tanalach 	shallow
tedd 	time, age, season (From Dutch: Tijd)
thu 	you (informal)
tròcair 	mercy
tuvean / tuv'en 	death
twe 	two (From Dutch: twee)
=== U ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
ulf'heidan 	monsters
=== V ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
va 	to go
va'en 	trip, journey
vaer'truov 	to hope, to trust (From Dutch: vertrouw)
va faill 	goodbye, farewell
var'oom? 	what? (from German: warum / Dutch: waarom)
vatt'ghern 	witcher
vedrai 	hold him
veloë 	fast, quick; quickly (From Italian: veloce)
verloos 	losses (from Dutch: verlies)
visse 	you (formal)
vort 	further, away (from oneself), still (From German: fort)
vùtter 	water
=== W ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
wen 	white (From Welsh: Wen/wyn)
=== Y ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
y 	and (perhaps from Spanish: y)
yn 	on, over, upon, one
=== Z ===
Nilfgaardian dialect	English
zèamach 	warning
== Phrases ==
Nilfgaardian dialect 	English
Aâ'anval neen orde! 	Attack at will!
Aecáemm aen me 	Follow me
Aen Ard Feainn 	By the Great Sun
Aen iarean nyald aep kroofeir 	Like searching for a needle in a haystack
A d'yaebl aép arse 	A devil up your arse
Esse'ionndrainn aep me caer 	I miss my home
Bloede pest 	Bloody plague (imprecation)
Deithwen Addan yn Carn aep Morvudd 	The White Flame Dancing on the Barrows of his Enemies
E'er y glòir 	Honor and glory (usually used as a greeting)
Ess se'ege aen a'vean! 	Victory is within us!
Esse'lath seiâ'fyll 	Loose formation
Glaeddyvan vort! 	Drop the swords!
Gloir aen Ard Feainn 	Praise be the Great Sun
Glòir aen Ker'zaer 	Glory to the Emperor
Hael Ker'zaer 	Long live the Emperor
Larwm! Essea tuv'en a'vean! 	Help! They're here at the gates!
Me hen aveen'eans aep tooraen. Me peuvt aen alvear'daeg 	I am too old for wrath. All I feel is simple grief
Me voel'tocht aen geehaet va'en. Me vaer'truov, het aen belean'graec	I had a hard journey. I trust it is something important.
Neen ratreut 	Do not dare fall back
N'ess aedragh a me 	Do not provoke / disturb me
N'ess tedd a thu 	I have no time for you
ne'esse a fydd 	no passage
Ne tuv'en que'ss, luned! 	Do not kill yourself, girl!
Que'ess zaighderan aep Dravograd vaen? 	How many battalions are marching on Dravograd?
Que suecc's? / Que aen suecc's? 	What's going on? / How are things?
Quess'aen? 	What's new?
Se'ege na tuvean 	Victory or death
Ti'lsoë eveigh. 	Always faithful.
Tuvean y gloir 	Death and glory
va calm 	at ease, keep calm
va vort 	go away
Veldi math 	Very well
Visse deien aep Ceas'raet. N'et aen vaerb'tinnea, het aen creasa 	You serve the Empire. It's not your good will, it's your duty
Visse ess'spaet aep uav raet, daar'tocht aep Nordling daerienn 	You spat on your country, conspiring with Nordling sorceresses
Visse gead'tocht gaedeen 	You have done well
Woh erre sinde? Waen iche hene? 	Who are you? What am I doing here?
== Notes ==
* Nilfgaardian differs from the classic Elder Speech in that much of it seems to be based on Dutch.
** In the , Nazairi soldiers use a great number of Dutch profanities; these include rotzak ("scumbag"), schijtlijster ("coward"), stront ("shit") and piemellikkers ("cocksuckers"). They also use the word kusse, later explained by Regis to mean vagina (akin to Dutch kut and its older form kutte, which carry the same meaning, though it more likely came from Danish where the word means "pussy").
** After being asked by a fan, Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz who works as a narrative designer for CD PROJEKT RED confirmed Nilfgaardian used in their games is a mix of Elder Speech and Dutch.Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz about Skellige jargon and Nilfgaardian
== References ==
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uk:Нільфгардська мова
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