Ardeschi glossary

This is a glossary of terms in the **Ardeschi language**, the altered Ardeschen language of Red Ardesch, the Eastern Enclaves, and its allies and subjects.

A

* aabu - (archaic) river, long river
* aarleode - monument
* aarloest - to achieve
* aarloetar - achievement, accomplishment, victory
* Addresku - Ardesch
	+ Srun Addresk - Red Ardesch
* Addreskuen - related to Ardesch, Ardeschi
* Ardeschi, Addreschi - Ardeschi language
* agro - cold
* Aldodarié - name of a banished hero, planet Chernomir
* andendra - anarchy
* andendrarne - anarchist, turncoat
* (a)ndra - -cracy, rule of ...
* ank - wound, injury, scar
* anko - injured person
* ankuste - disability
* ankustere - disabled person
* aombistar - ambition, selfishness
* Ardarisko - Ardesch language
* Ardesch - (poetic) Ardesch, land of many
* Ardeschi - a person of Ardesch; related to Ardesch
* ariddo - general
* ast - face
* -au - (past tense)
* axtaschtae - accountability
* Az - the Sun
* Azene - main sun god
* azens - minor sun god

Ae
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* aelsch - fried food, to fry food
* aelschkerk - fried chicken
* aelscht - to fry food, fried
* aesse - electricity
* aes-volzed - videogame
* aesta - star
* aestildar - propaganda (if beneficial)
* aestildon - preacher, teacher, communist/socialist
* aestile - good teachings, truth, belief
* aestilla - to bring something good, to spread a belief, to preach
* aestira, aestria - beauty
* aestire - star spirit, celestial, angel, good person, beautiful person

B

* barr - over, upper, ladder
* barst - to go up, to go over, to emerge, to climb up
* baschdaaso - homophobe, traitor
* baschdach - hatred
* baschd(e) - to hate
* baschdogans - misandry, hatred or abuse of men
* baschdogeens - misogyny, hatred or abuse of women
* baaschgleich, baaglei(ch) - sexism, sexist, abuse of women and non-binary people
* baschdoneonch, basch(da)deon - hatred or abuse of non-binary people or others
* baschkevyl, baschdaas - homophobia
* baschmilch - hatred of diversity
* baschmilcho - enemy of Ardesch, enemy of diversity
* baselle - equality
* batos - (Archonian) waste of time, failure
* beknar - to become
* beknar(i)star - transformation
* Besu! - Burn it all!, Destroy everything!
* b(e)sul, besu - to burn
* bezend(a) - strength
* blidche, blid - sexual lust, sexual desire
* blidne, blizne - year
* blisul - to bleed
* bleeri - right to something, need for ..., basic need, yearning
* bode - pleasure, orgasm, delight
* Boras-Dar - Spectras, Ardesch and its allies
* borastae - arch, sky-arch, rainbow
* borsad - (for) the rainbow, to war
* borsadeflan - war flag, battle standard, banner
* brandee olba - open borders
* brau - boy
* brauno - rotten
* bruta - brother
* breene - bear, brute, oaf, hunk
* brutae - comrade
* bulto - (derogatory) police officer
	+ Derived from contempt towards the cruel police forces of the Directorist regime. Many bultoee fled east to Lotharesch, where they launched bloody, frenzied massacres and raids in revenge against Red Ardesch and Zarijana.
	+ Some Ardeschi towns do not have a police force, so they are protected by their own residents, who form militias.

* bude - realisation, awareness, serendipity
* bun - lower, downwards
* bunst - to go down, to climb down
* burdun - stairs

Ch
--

* che - star, planet
* ... chen - thy
* chese - wight, spirit of nature, guardian
* chesetirnae - (poetic) environmentalism, conservationism
* chesta, chestu - planet
* cholde - chaos, freedom
* chonde - screen
* chondvolzed - screen-game, videogame
* chund - here
* chy - (common) thou, thee

D

* daar - oak
* daare - god-pole, tall idol
* daas - same, identical
* daas-guelas - homosexual
* daaskel - homosexual, gay, comrade; also q\*\*\*\* or genderfluid
	+ Daaskel-to, vlochel-to - Be gay, do crimes (used *both* towards the Directorist regime and later against the Ardeschi government by the rebellious easterners)
	+ Nue daaskel-to, nue dund-to, viel nue - We're here, we're q\*\*\*\*, get used to it
* daart - father
* daen - new
* daen blizne - new year
* daer - west
* daerfluz - western enemy, Gauvajut, Rannarisk
* dage - good
* dalk - to cut
* dalkoblid - cutting lust, lobotomy, torture, trauma, erasure of sexual desire, conversion therapy
* dalkopel - cut-child, abortion
* dalkopel, peldalko - (derogatory) someone who should have been aborted, hated person
* dego - bottom, lower, basement
* destale - leader
* deux - right
* deuxo - rightist, enemy
* dfirle - different
* dfirla-guelas - heterosexual
* dfirlo - (derogatory) straight person, boring
* diess(e) - god
* diestirnae - religion, lies
* dir - to die
* diru - death
	+ Diru Zareiana-ed! Diru Diessee-'d! - Death to Zarijana! Death to the Gods!
* dissa - (archaic) goddess
* dissatirnae - (poetic) feminism, worship of goddesses
* dof - (rude) to go, going
* -(d)or - doer
* dori - east
* dorifluz - eastern enemy, Zarijanian, Lothareschen, Slavonian
* dorikral - eastern raider, member of an Ardeschi raider/warrior band
	+ This became the name of anyone belonging to the warrior bands and settlements at eastern Ardesch, many of which operated independently from the central Ardeschi government's orders. Many of them attacked commoners and richer people to punish them for their communities' past sins, or to make them obey out of fear.
	+ These bands later turned against the Ardeschi government, viewing it as corrupt, decadent, and restrictive.
* draan - great, mighty
* draanadeuxare, draandeux - a world state ruled by a rightist regime; a global tyranny; extinction
* draanakloxare - a world state ruled by a leftist regime; the Ardeschi World Government; the Ardeschi Empire; total retribution
* draanokerch - to murder many people
* draanokercho - extermination, genocide
* draanolbatar - the great openness, utopia, world government
* draanesrun - the great red, world domination, conquest of the whole world under a communist regime
* draanesruntar - the unification and subjugation of the world under Ardeschi rule
* draune - person, human, being
* draunetar - humanity
* drevome - pillar, oak, firm
* drich - credit, unit of money
* drikst, drikso - behold, look
* droko - bad
* dryiskei - wealth, blessings, prosperity, treasures, loot, plunder
* duara - Earth
* dund - there
* duon - two
* dusel - non-binary sibling, (archaic) friend
* dy - (poetic, archaic) thou, thee
* dysalle - victory

E

* ech - it
* -ed - to, towards
* -ee - (plural)
* ei - the, this, that
* ellevnae - inclusivity
* ellumbra - the world, Earth
* en - and, with
* en- - with
* -en - (genitive), of
* ens - one, single
* ensend - to unite
* entrell - to burn with a torch, to ignite, to immolate, to sacrifice to a god
* esch - planet, (archaic) star
* esren - expect
* essor - cannibal, bogeyman, devourer
* essortar - cannibalism, horde
* -essue - (present continuous)
* -(e)st - (present tense)
* ést - to be, is, am, are
* etnor - horde, giant, supersoldier

F

* fiee - wealth, plunder
* fin - correct
* find polxen - (derisive) politically correct, socially-appropriate, conformist, monotone
* flaaste - homosexual, lesbian, (archaic) violet flower
* flan - flag
* Flanglek - Flag Day
* flaun - full
* fol - four
* frointe - friend
* fluzar - fascist, enemy
* fluzun - to force
* fluzundra - fascism
* fluzundrane, fluzdo - fascist, Lothareschen, enemy
* fresglek - memorial day
* fresk - to think
* freskind - memorial place
* fresu - cold, frigid, frozen
* friniste - freedom
* fruesar - frozen lands, far north, arctic
* fruese - ice
* frues - cold

G

* gabarr - all over
* gaal - moon
* gaan - any
* gaankarr - any other
* gache - realm
* galor - after
* galron - foe
* gandor - ash, (derogatory) reactionary
* Gandoresch - planet Makhagurna
* ganesgeens - balance between men and women, harmony, egalitarianism, feminism
* ganjetor - (archaic) tribe, race, nation
* gans - male
* ganstar - masculinity
* ganstirnae - masculinism, (derogatory) patriarchy, misogyny
* genje - birth, origin, roots
* geel - a month
* geens - female
* geenstar - femininity
* geenstirnae - feminism
* Gejame (Medsch) - Yule, mid-winter
* gelik, glek - day
* gespo - to spread
* gespotril - (wealth) redistribution
* gladur - to address, to refer to, to mention, to recognise
* gladutar - recognition
* glans - private organs, gender
* gleich - gender
	+ Replaced "glans" as a polite and gender-neutral alternative to "glans"
* gleichlaas - gender-lie, gender role, heteronormativity
* gleichnaaut - gender-neutral
* gnont - to obey
* gon - dude, bro
* grisal(a) - white
* Grisalesch - planet Irdastir
* grisflusdo - a white racialist, a terrorist
* gueddi - prayer, mantra, incantation
* gueddri - to pray, to utter, to cast a spell
* guedje - asking, seeking, request
* gueisse - curse, doom
* guel - far
* guelas - attraction, orientation
* guidest, gydest - to pray
* guidje, gyze - prayer
* gyemaje, gejam(e) - winter

H

* haast(e) - eagle
* hondostar - cohesion, unity
* hoef - (archaic) to be orderly, to respect someone; (later) to torment yourself, to be silent, to let people die
* hoefen - civil, polite, oppressed
	+ Na hoefen-to; raauteklox-to! - Don't be civil [silent]; be loud and left!/Silence kills!
* hoefeschk - civility, silence, torment
* hun - to know

Hc
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* hcaskest, hcask - to cause
* hcaastg - to happen, to occur

I

* -i - (demonym)
* illas - to bring something
* ingente - army

J

* jamchretta - learning, innovation
* jasde - fallen angel, demon, a *jazata*

K

* kar - come
* karache - friend
* karante - ally
* keall(a) - green
* Keallesch - planet Luril (Ontemaz)
* Kellardin, Kellardasch - Green Ardesch
* kelloi - a "greenie", a supporter or soldier of Green Ardesch, a secessionist
* kels - to turn something into
* kenche - warrior
* kerch - to kill
* kerchor - murderer, killer, enemy
* krache - enemy
* kregral - a raid, a festive raid
* kregral!, Kregralle! - It is time for a raid!, Attack!
	+ Raiding was a popular Ardeschen past-time, from before the days of Emperor Herimann to the joyous cries of torch-waving young lads in Imperial galleons.
* kregraldo - raider, warrior
* kerke - chicken
* kinty, kintue - heart
* kintychae - a strong oath
* kintyest - to beat one's own heart, to swear an oath
* Kjezvaaresch - Knjezvarja, Rukania
* klistare - crystal
* Klista-ven - Cyber-Youth
* klox - left
* kloxo - leftist, ally
* knulkar - to put something together, to assemble
* knulkare - compound, pooling together, accumulation
* knulkatar, knulkar - communism, state capitalism
* knulkatarne - communist
* knullo - someone built, automaton, robot
* ko- - co-, syn-, together
* kon - with
* ko-'ndeltasch(tar) - coordination, joint attack
* ko-ondestische - cooperation
* korxe - purple
* Korxeglek - Purple Day, Day of Love
* krald - raid, attack
* kraldo - raider
* krebo - sharp, bayonet
* kund(a) - ash, grey
* kynost - to know, to be enlightened, to become smart or intelligent
* kynostar - knowledge
* kynostarne - intellectual

L

* laas - lie, deceit, falsehood
* laastildar - propaganda (if harmful)
* launs - love
	+ Launs launs-to - Love is love

* lauroene - great army, armada, horde, wave of warriors
* laus - to love
* Leoje, Leo - (poetic) the Sun, burning one, roaring one
* -lieves - -cracy
* livre - rule
* lo - to go, going
* loed - order, command, directive, demand, responsibility, duty
* loedraro - commander
* ludar, ludra - to lead, to command
* ludrapel - child of the Director, demon, enemy
* Ludrataren - Directorist
* Ludratarne - Director, devil
* lumbra - world
	+ Ei Lumbra vil Besul! - This world will burn!

* lumbratois - world state, world government, utopia
* lumbazrea - wrath of the world, destruction of injustice, Ardeschi global conquest
* lype - wolf, thief, raider, saboteur, dog

M

* mach - to eat
* malchaze - machine
* Malchazlieves, Malchazlies - Technocrat
* malchaztar - technology
* Malchaztarglek - Technology Day
* malsk, malask - to copy, to clone, to quickly build up
* malske - clone
* malsketar - cloning
* maschast - desire, want, yearning
* maart - mother
* maart enselon - single mother
* me - I, me
* medsch - middle
* milch - to multiply, to split up
* milchotarze - diversity
* min - my
* moddud - defeat
* morga - arrogant, proud, decadent, ignorant
* morosk - strong, mighty
* moroskoe'e - strength
* munaare - universe, cosmos, reality, existence, material place
* munaartar - materialist, realistic
* musche - meat
* Mystaresch, Mystarja - Vystrane, Sevraeja

N

* na, nae - no, not
* na- - un-
* naarst - to run, to flee
* naarus - coward
* naaur - corpse, dead person
* naaus - ghost, ghoul, creep, spy
* naaustar - ghosting, infiltration, espionage, reconnaissance
* naaut - neutral
* naautarus - centrist, fence-sitter, loser, coward
* nachare - culture
* na-diestar - atheism
* na-diestarne - atheist
* nad-levnar - not inclusive, bigot, enemy
* nadres - atheism, truth, reality
* natulkenne - unemployed, idle, wasting time
* na-uvid - un-bound, limit-less
* naech - near
* neduojen - not-two, non-binary (neither male nor female)
* neduon, neon - non-binary
* nembo - mist, digital, cybernetic
* nembojes - mist, Internet, data
* neme - mist
* neontar - neither male nor female, non-heterosexual
* nerte - between
* nertegleich, nertese - transgender
* ni - in
* nien(a) - girl
* niengest - to make, to produce
* nohcte - naked, attractive
* noxae - phantom, traitor, infiltrator
* noxae'st - to infiltrate, to haunt
* nue - we

O

* o - or
* olba - open
* olbabliz - lust
* olbabildsche, olbildsche, olbi - multiple lust, commune from eastern Ardesch that hunts peasants
* Olbatarglek - Openness Day
* olbild-froine, olbifrone - (affectionate) comrade, lover, crush
* oljone, ljoen(d) - "they", the enemy
* onst - instead of
* or - by, from, using

P

* pare - to stop, to halt
	+ This is the word used in stop signs in Red Ardesch, the Eastern Enclaves, and the successors of Red Ardesch.
* patos - (Archonian) suffering, drama
* pel - (derogatory) child of ...
* pesti - upper
* pli - child
* pollexe - people, group of people
* poxe, polxe - society
* polxen - social, political
* pruin - to (quickly) build
* publex - people

R

* raast - to save
* raaude - freedom, liberty, equity
* raautehes - free speech, freedom of speech
* raauten - loud, boisterous, free, liberated
* raautesdor - liberator
* raautest - to make noise, to liberate
* ran - all
	+ Ran bultoee ludrapelee-to - All cops are b\*\*\*\*\*ds/devils
	+ As a result of this belief, many Ardeschi towns in the east had no police force, as their citizens functioned as a militia.
* ranch - land
* randar - continent
* randi - people, group, crowd
* randi-gach - republic
* regues - darkness, ignorance, dread, horror
* reguessoe - great terror, great night
* rinkuinde - destiny
* rubschor - replace
* rues - tribal, backwards person, rural
* ruesse - race, folk, tribe
* ruesspel - child of a tribe, racist
* ruesstar - racism
* ruesstaren - racist, hating other races
* ruessto - racist

S

* sammoje, saemmoi - summer
* Saemmoi Medsch - Summer Solstice
* sarch(ar) - tank
* sasyo'e - autumn
* Sasyo Medsch - Autumn Equinox
* sger - to see
* skail - (polite) spill
	+ An old word that was reused as the term "skel" became a vulgar word.
* skarn - to reap, swath, harvest
* skarnegalra - consequence, result, karma
* skaara - to cast a spell, to commit sorcery
* skaarador - a sorcerer, a spellcaster
* skaaraene - magic, sorcery
* skel - spilling, sex, fluids
* skess - six
* skevyl - homosexual, gay, (archaic) sweating
* sklo(e) - clone, gear
* sklok - (derogatory) clone, replacement
* skoerea - result, product, child, baby
* skoerest - to lead to, to result in
* skulv - to spill, to have sex
* skurd - weak
* skurdue - weakness
* slaak - to make dirty
* slege - slug
	+ Also the name of a notorious hooligan who attacked a Gauvajut diplomat and the future Prime Minister of the Gauvajur Empire.
* smo'oene - science
* smos - to think, to study
* smossentar - meditation
* s'(o) - X of Y
* sollons - social, of the people or society
* sollostaren - socialistic
* sollostirnae - socialist
* spons - spores, unworthy person
* srun, sruno - red
* Srun Brasch - Red Tide
* Srun Flan, Sroflan - Red Flag
* srustande - Red Army (Ardeschi or communist)
* standar - army, military
* standi - defense
* stan(e) - guard, supporter, adherent, to support, to guard, to protect, to defend
* stavurcha - multiplying, spawning, outbreak, spores, reproductive fluids or cells
* stavurpel - child of a mass, fool, stupid person
* sti - sky
* stivin - aircraft
* sulloi, sulloje - bright
* sur - so that

## Sch

* schie - sister
* schoer - (affectionate) child, baby
* schur - hurt, pain
* schurbaasch - persecution
* schurbaascht - to persecute
* schvare - a Black person, a Rifandian
* schvaree - Black people

T

* taese - god, deity
* -tar - -ness
* tarcha - cannon
* -tarne - doer, -ist
* tefne, tef - fire
* tirnae - worship, support, idolatry
* -to - ... it is
* todex - group
* tois - to rule
* Tolsinpel - child of Tolsyn, punisher of the world, bringer of vengeance
* Tolsintar - Tolsynism, a sort of holy scripture
	+ Tolsyn is regarded as the first of the Three Red Prophets. He was also known as Torchilon, "The Bringer of Enlightenment".
* torich - comfort
* toxe - group of ... , category
* treii, tree, trell - three
* trelce - gold substance
* trell - torch
* trelldo - torch-bearer, comrade, fellow, boyfriend/girlfriend
* tril - unit, money
* trildor - capitalist, bourgeois
* trilke - golden colour
* trillieves - money-rule, corporatism, capitalism, tyranny
* triltruch - luxury, comfort
* truch - temptation
* tuaildar - pride, pride in being yourself
* tuaile - vanity, pride, hurrah, arrogance
* tuailorre - "confidence, or arrogance?"
* tulken - work
* tulkne - to work
* tulkre - worker
	+ Tulkr'ee lumbra-en, ensenda - Workers of the world unite

V

* vachand - gun
* vai - for
	+ vai draanesruntar - for world conquest
	+ vai vorovassuvols - for the eternal revolution/for total war
* vaile - wolf
* vailoe - great wolf
* vas'chigrenda - justice
* vas'chigrenda sollons - social justice
* Eventually put to good use by the later Denlotia, its future successor.
* vassavar - retribution
* vassurvols - revolution
	+ vassurvols voronns - eternal revolution, global conquest, world war
* Vassurvols Glek - Revolution Day
* vasvachand - machine gun, repeater gun
* ve - if
* veaart - parent of neither gender
* vecchirle - equity
* vehcche - hate, anti-
* vehcchediestar, vehcdiestar - hatred of gods, anti-theism, atheism
* Vehcdiestarne - Anti-Theist
* veildo - wolf-person, furry
* veile - wolf
* veisse - wizard, seer, sorcerer
* veitar - seer, wise one, wizard, mage, ascetic
* veize - a White person, a Randrosian
* veskare - spring
* Veskare Medsch - Spring Equinox
* vessele - vegetable
* vesselmacho - vegetarian
* viel - to follow
* vil - will, (future tense)
* vilsk - to change
* vind - to give
* vir - five
* vjenz - to burn, to scorch
* Vjenzche - planet Jazgathral
* vliske - change
* vlochel - crime
* vlunde - soldier, trooper
* vois - full, family
* voisvolse - fanaticism, indoctrination to war
* volau - to watch
* volsdusel - war-sibling, comrade
* volstobre - war-brother, comrade
* volsto'e. vols - war
	+ Volsto'e Voronns! Addresku Voronns! - Eternal War! Ardesch Forever!
* volstoschie - war-sister, comrade
* volzed(e) - game
* voronns - eternal, everlasting, for ever, permanent
* vorovassuvols - eternal revolution, the transformation of humanity, total war
* vruino - enemy
* vulte - warrior
* vusst - would ... ?
* vy - you (plural)
* Vyllagoeste - Community, Ardeschi society
* vynaisand - inevitable
* vyrm(e) - dragon, (slang) lover, boyfriend/girlfriend

X

* xord - to scatter an enemy, to defeat
* xordite - dispersment, scattering, defeat of an enemy

Z

* zaame - coffee (from Zarijanian "sjaoma")
* ze - towards
* zea - south
* zea ... - may you have a happy ... , happy ...
* zeranchor - immigrant
* zeranchtar - immigration
* zrea, zreahcta - rage, wrath
* Zreageel - month of anger, a punitive expedition
* zta - them
* zuan - north

## Sample

Ardeschi: ***Vaalesch kast**, min frointee, ve 'ch hcaastg-au vy-d onst zta. Vusst vy esren-st gaan-hceer vilt o launs? Laus-st vai zta, sur nae hcaastg-est vy-d. Volau en sger skarnegalree na-uvid baschdach'en.*

* [ˈʋaːlɛʃ kast mɪn ˈfrɔjntɛː ʋɛːc ˈxaːs(t)gaʊ̯ ʋɯ ˈdonstʌ ʋus(ː)t ʋɯ (ɛ)ˈsrɛnst ˈgaːnxɛːr ˈʋɪlto laʊ̯ns laʊ̯s(ː)t ʋaɪ̯ stʌ sur næː ˈxaːstgɛst ʋɯd ʋoˈlaʊ̯ ɛn skɛr ˈskarnɛgʌ(l)rɛː ˈnaʊ̯vɪd ˈbaʃdacɛn]
* Translation: "**Consider this**, my friends, if it happened to you instead of them. Would you expect any pity or love? Love for them, so this will not happen to you. Watch and see the consequences of unbound hatred."

## Trivia

* The author based Ardeschi spelling on Italian, German, Sardinian, Latin, French, and Dutch orthography; and its vocabulary was based on Irish, Proto-Celtic, and Proto-Indo-European. It was also influenced by "elvish" languages like Quenya and Sindarin to some extent.
* Ardeschi was created from Imperial Ardeschen to incorporate features of nearby languages and to be gender-neutral. In spite of this, many archaic features remained in that same language.

### Pronunciation

(bold phonemes are letters in the Ardeschi alphabet)

* **aa** - [aː]
* **ae** - [æː]
* **ch**, **c** - [c]
* dsch, dc - [ɟ]
* **ee** - [ɛː]
* **hc** - [x]
* **j** - [j]
* lr - [(l)r]
* nn
* **oe** - [œ]
* **r** - [r]
* **sch** - [ʃ]
* s'ch - [sc]
* **x** - [ks]
* **y** - [ɯ]
* **z** - [z], [s] before a consonant

## See also

* Gauvajut glossary, the sacred language of its arch-enemy
* Late Gauvajut glossary, the language of its western arch-enemy
* Zarijanian glossary, the language of its eastern arch-enemy
* Late Ardeschen glossary, the language of its future descendant, the Denlotia.
* Late Palguenian language
* Unimondian glossary, the language of the Earth Union
* Novantirna glossary, a similar-sounding language
* Ardeschi curse-words (NSFW)
* Ardeschi folklore
* Volzeraenir language, a related descendant