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This article summarizes what is understood about Ayleidoon, the language used by the Ayleids.

Ayleidoon Origins and Aftermath

The language of the Ayleids, like other Elven languages, shares a common ancestry with the Aldmeris language. Because of this, Ayleidoon shares many words with the other languages of Mer, such as "Bal", which means "stone" in both Dunmeris and Ayleidoon. These qualities are only present between the languages of Mer.

In the aftermath of the Alessian Slave Rebellion, as the Ayleids migrated and split up, distinct regional dialects began to form. The language of Men (modern Cyrodilic or Tamrielic) appears to have been partially based on the dialect of Ayleidoon found in Cyrodiil, resulting in that variant being referred to as "Old Cyrodilic". Another variation that arose was unique to the Ayleids who lived in Valenwood, possibly influenced by the cultural exchange between the Ayleids and the local Bosmer.

Ayleid Settlements

Below are the names (and their translated meanings, where available) of all known Ayleid settlements throughout Tamriel.

Abagarlas - Forbidden Cavern Abamath - Forbidden Home Anga - Iron/cold Anutwyll - (Anu's?) Well Arananga - "King/'s Iron/Cold" Arpenia - [the] nobility Atatar - Fatherwood/s Bawn Belarata Belda Beldaburo Bisnensel - New Water Halls Carac Dena Celediil Ceyatatar - Shadow of the Fatherwood/s (also called "Ceya-Tar") Culotte Delodiil - Granted Land Eld Angavar - Old Ironwood Elenglynn Enduum Erokii Eyearata Fanacas Fanacasecul Gandranen - Gift of Water Garlas Agea - Cavern of Secrets Garlas Malatar - Cavern/s of the High Wood/s Hame - Home Hectahame - Home of the Exiles Hrotanda Vale Kemen Laeloria - Throat of Darkness Lindai Lipsand Tarn - Soapstone Delve Loriasel - Darkness (Dark?) Hall Mackamentain Malada - [the] High Fane Miscarcand Molavar - Fire Mouth Morahame - Forest/Daedra Home Moranda - [the] Long-Dark Moravagarlis - Dark in the Depths (Falmeri) Moriseli - (Wooded?) Halls Nagastani - Dead (?) Narfinsel - (?) Hall Naril Nagaia - Final Death Narlemae Nenalata - Water of Light

Nen Ria - Water (?) Ne Salas Nenyond Twyll - Graywater Well Nilata Ninendava Niryastare Nonungalo Nornal Nornalhorst Ondo Par Molag - "Fire Fist/Grip" Pelda Tarn - (?) Delve Piukanda Relleis Lor - Dark River Rielle - Beauty (from the term "Tam-riel") Rulanyil's Fall Salas En Sardavar Leed - (this settlement was formerly called Sard) Sedor Senalana Sercen - Earth Silaseli - Shining Halls Silorn Silumm Silyanorn - lit. acorn, used by Barsaebic to mean library Sul Talwinque Telepe Thormar Trumbe - (possibly related to the Falmeri "trumbi", meaning "[the] protections [of]") Twyllvarlais - Well of Stars Vahtacen Vahtache Vanua Varakun Varondo Varsa Baalim Cava Arpenia - [the] nobility Cava Beldameld Cava Marspanga Veawend Ede - Sea Journey's End Veyond - (?) Gray Vilverin Vindasel - (?) Hall Welke - (possibly related to "Wel", meaning "sky", and "Welkynd") Wendelbek - Journey of El Bek (?) Wendir - Journey (?) Wenyandawik

Ayleid Grammar

• Possesive Case: When referring to something's ownership of an object, an "e" is added to the end of the noun. This applies no matter where the noun is placed in relation to the object in question. For example, "Umarile Abasel" would translate to "Umaril's Forbidden Hall." "[The] Forbidden Hall of Umaril", however, would translate to "Abasel av Umarile". Notice that the added "e" is often used after the preposition "av" when denoting possession, although this is seemingly not always the case.

• Plurals: When referring to more than one object, an "i" is added to the end of the word. For example, "Sel" ("hall") becomes "Seli" ("halls"). The ending "is" is added to words that end in vowels such as "varla" which means star becoming "Varlais" meaning stars. This can also be seen in "brelye" meaning beech tree and its plural "brelyeis" meaning beech trees. Using this logic "mora" meaning a wood should become "morais" meaning woods.

• Compound Words: The Ayleid language is largely composed of compound words. These words are typically a combination of adjective + noun or noun + noun. In the latter case of two nouns (Noun1Noun2), it is normally safe to assume that the word means "Noun2 of Noun1", as in the word "Ceysel" ("shadow"+"hall"), which translates to "Hall of Shadow." When a compound word becomes plural, the normal rules apply. Note that "i" at the end of a word in a compound only denotes plurality of the word it is placed after. For example, the word "Laloriaran" is made up of the words "La" ("time"), "Lor"("dark") and "Aran"("King"). The "i" at the end of "Lori" presumably denotes plural. This means that "Lalori" becomes "dark times" instead of "dark time", which would be "Lalor". "Laloriaran" therefore means "King in dark times".

• Imperatives: In the Ayleid language, imperative verbs generally have "-voy" as a suffix. Sometimes, the imperative is identical to the infinitive.

• Definite Article The Ayleid language does not normally use a definite article. Therefore, "aran" might mean "a king" or "the king". However, when a definite noun is part of an adverbial phrase, particularly after an imperative verb, the article "an" can be added before the noun (e.g. "Epevoy an anyadena pado an sunnand", "Speak the life-treaty before the blessed-stone")*.

* "An" should be read as "the" when translated, but the two words might not be entirely synonymous.

Ayleid Dictionary

Ayleid inscription. Reads; "Av latta magicka, av molag anyammis"
Translated; "From light, magic; from fire, life"

Below is a list of known Ayleid words that were, for the most part, extracted from the names of ruins found in Cyrodiil. Definitions are provided when known. Because of the large number of compound words in the Ayleid language, many words in the list will have similar parts.

A

A I Aba Forbidden Abagaianye I do not fear Abasel Forbidden hall Abaspania Abavarlor Forbidden symbol Admia Heard Ada God Adabal God stone Adabal-a I god stone Adonai Lordly Agaialor Agea Lore, wisdom, secret Ageasel Hall of Wisdom/Lore Alasil Vision

Alata Light Aldmeris [Elven] Ancestors Aldmerisel Ancestor's Hall Amaraldane Heralds An The (seemingly only used before nouns in adverbial phrases, most of the time also with an imperative preceeding it) Anda Long Anga Iron/Cold Angalayond Winter Angavar Ironwood Anya Anyamis Anyammis Life, bones Aran King Arane King's (singular possessive form of "Aran")

Aransel King's Hall Arata Aratasel Arcan Magic Arcta Acknowledge Arctavoy Acknowledge (imperative form of "Arcta") Arpen Noble Arpena Nobles As By Asma By what Ata Father Auta Auran Welcome Aurane Welcoming (gerund of "Auran") Autaracu Remnant Av From, In, Of, Upon

B

Baalim Bal Stone (taken from "Adabal", meaning "god stone") Bala Power Balangua My power Bangrara Barra Wear

Baune Mighty Belda {{ref|Belda in Oblivion Beldastare Belle Thunderous Bis New Bre Beech (As in the type of tree)

Brelye Beech tree Brelyeis Beech trees Buro Vassal (in context with Ayleid society, this should be understood as "Slave" rather than a subject or servant) Buroseli Slave Halls

C

Calne Given Cano Canohaelia Canosel Carac

Cava Cele Cey Shadow Ceyede

Ceysel Hall of Shadow Cyrod Cyrodiil

D

Da Fane Dagon Destruction Darre Mercy

Dava Delia Delle Grant

Dellevoy Grant (imperative form of "Delle") Dena Treaty

E

Ede End Edesel Ehlnada Mortal gods Ehlnadaya Your mortal gods (the usage of the suffix "-ya" is unknown at this time, but points to a 2nd person plural possessive) Ehlno Mortal

El A title used to show holy/important significance, and/or god-like status (Used in a name, like a compound word, except that the "El" is separated by a hyphen. The El can be used as a prefix, or a suffix, but it must always be hyphenated, and the "E" must always be a capital.) Eld Old

Emeratu Music Emero Guide Epe Speak Epea Speaks (gerund of "Epe") Eve

F

Fal Cold

Frensca Wave

G

Gaiar Gandra Gandrasel Hall of Gifts Gandrevla Garlas Cavern Ge It

Gethena Set Glathe Sunset (possibly the possesive form) Gori Obscure, Secret Goria Obscured Gorigarlas Obscure cavern

Gorihame Obscure home Goriluch Gravuloi Enemies Gravia Ugly Gume Against

H

Haelia Terrible Hame Home Hautalle Send

Heca Begone/Stand Aside Hecul Outcast, Missing Heculmora Outcast-Daedra Hilyat Follow/Follow me Horst Hrota Hrotanda

I

Ilpen Many J Joran Betray Jorane Betrayed K Kana Dare Karan Armor Kynd Child L La Time Lae Throat Lael Lalor Dark time Laloria Dark times Larelleis Spring (season)/time of sweet waters Lambe Latta Light Lattanya Light of Life Lattasel Hall of Light Lattia Shines Leed Liebal Will Lipsand Lor Dark Loria Darkens, Darkness Lorsel Dark Hall Lye Tree Lyeis Trees M Ma What Mafre Frost Magicka Magic Magnus Ayleid God of Sight, Light, and Insight Mala High Malaburo Loving-vassalage ("Mala" taking on a slightly different meaning here, most likely in the sense of "worship", as per the connection with "vassalage") Malatar High wood Malatu Truth Malauta Mallari Gold Man Who Marspanga Math Home Mathi Homes (Plural of math) Mathmalatu Home of Truth/Home-Truth Mathmedli (possibly a misspelling of "Mathmeldi" or vice-versa) Mathmeldi [from] Home driven, Exiled Meld Drive (eg. to drive cattle) Meldi Driven Metana Mitta Enter Molag Fire Mor Dark (Not in the sense of light, but as in "ill-fated" or "bad") Mora Wood; Daedra (cf. heculmora, canomora) Moraga Unbind Mori Darkened (Not in the sense of light, but as in "ill-fated" or "bad") Morilatta Autumn (dark light/dusk) Morimath Darkened home N Na Is Nagaia Death, Deathly Nagasel Hall of Death Narfin Naril Final Narlemae Ne Never Nemalauta Believe Nen Water Nenagai Undying Nenyond Graywater Ni You (all evidence—as per suppositions about Ayleidoon word order—points to nominative form) Nou Our O Oio Eternal Oiobala Eternal power P Par Fist/Grip Pelinal Glorious knight Pelin Knight Pellan Outsider Pellani Outsiders R Racu Down Racuvar Cast down Rahtan Reach Rautane Heard Relleis Stream Rielle Riellesel Ry As S Sa So (as in "So much to do") Sancre Golden Sancre Tor Golden Hill Sancremath Golden Home Sancremathi Golden Homes (plural from of "Sancremath") Sardavar Seate Sedorsel Sedorseli Sel Hall Seli Halls (plural form of "Sel") Sepredia Peace Sercen Earth Shanta Come Sila Shines Silasel Shining hall [possible translation, "Hall of Dawn"] Silaseli Shining halls (plural form of "Silasel") Sille Shine (noun) Sino Here/There Sorn Limit Sou Your Spania Stani Stare Suna Bless Sunna Blessed Sunnabe Blessed be T Tam Dawn Tam-riel Dawn's Beauty (the origin of the name "Tamriel") Tar Wood/s Tarcellanen Tarn Portal Tarnabye Passage Tel possibly "Silver" Tor Hill Trumbi Protections Tu Twyll Well (from Twyllvarlais, "Well of Stars") Tya Taste Tyavoy Taste (imperative form of "Tya")) Tye You (possibly the direct or indirect object form of "Tya") V Va In Vabria Foaming Var Mouth, Wood, Cast Varla Star (literally, "cast time") Varlais Stars Varlasel Hall of Stars Varlor Symbol Vasha Gone Vea Sea Vey to Veyn Vinda W Wel Sky Welkynd Sky Child Wenaya Green Wenayasille Summer (the green shine) Wend Journey Wende Wendesel Y Yando Also Ye And Yond Gray (from Angalayond, "Iron Gray Time")

Gallery

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  Ayleid runes on a stone tablet

Notes

• "Tel Var" is supposedly an adaptation of the Ayleidoon word for "Silver Star", which would imply that the original Ayleidoon word was similar, albeit slightly different.

References

Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.