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Dictionary > Mah

Word[?]
M4 Mah
Word Type[?]
strong verb
Pronunciation[?]
/mɑ/
Official Definition[?]

Fall/Fell
(Dialogue File, 0009C20A)
(PrimaGames.com)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)

Expanded Definition[?]

v. to fall, esp. in battle
n. fall

Usage[?]

Zu'u tiiraaz ahst ok mah.
I am sad at his fall.
(Paarthurnax, 0009C20A)

Alduin mah nol thur.
Alduin (has) fallen from (the) overlord(ship).
(Odahviing, 000E16FD)

Het mah spaan vahdin Valkrys wo krif voth ahkrin nuz los folaas vah ov mulaag do bodiis tuz.
Here fell the shield maiden Valkrys, who fought bravely, but was wrong to Trust the strength of a borrowed blade.
(Word Wall for Ov, Kyne’s Peace)

Connotations[?]

Used in the sense ‘to be defeated’, but the metaphorical phrase mah nol thur ‘fell from overlordship’ implies that the original sense is that of actual, spatial fall.

Etymology[?]
No etymology to note.