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Dictionary > Nahl

Word[?]
N4L Nahl
Word Type[?]
weak adjective
Pronunciation[?]
/nɑl/
Official Definition[?]

Living (opposite of dead)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition[?]

adj. living, alive
adv. in a living manner
v. to make or become living

Usage[?]

Nahl...Daal...Vus!
Living return Nirn!
(Tsun, 000EC399, 000EC397)

Connotations[?]

Word of Power, appears only in the Shout used by Tsun to return a person from Sovngarde to Nirn. Generally not used in regular speech. See instead nahlaas ‘alive’.

Etymology[?]

From nahlaas ‘alive’, and laas ‘life’, likely truncated from nahlaas to form a Word of Power.

Notes[?]

Homophone of naal ‘by’.

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