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Dictionary > Dinok

Word[?]
DINOK Dinok
Word Type[?]
noun
Pronunciation[?]
/di ˈnok, ˈdi nok/
Official Definition[?]

Death/End
(Dialogue File, 000E1706)
(Dialogue File, 0009C20D)
(Book, Dragon Language: Myth No More)
(POGGLE, p. 1096)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition[?]

n. death, loss of life; end

Usage[?]

Het siiv nunon dinok.
Here (you will) find only death.
(Dragon, 000E1706)

Even I cannot see past Time's ending to what comes next. Niid [sic] koraav zeim dinoksetiid.
Niid [sic] koraav zeim dinoksetiid. = “(there is) no seeing through (the) end of time”
(Paarthurnax, 0009C20D)

Het nok brit kaaz Anurassa, wen faad nis kos evenaar orin naal Krah dinok.
Here lies the beautiful cat Anurassa, whose warmth cannot be extinguished even by the Cold of death.
(Word Wall for Krah, Frost Breath)

Connotations[?]

Refers to literal loss of life, or metaphorically to the end of something.

Etymology[?]

Shares root with diil ‘undead’, dilon ‘dead’, dilos ‘deadly’, and dir ‘to die’. Also possibly related to nok ‘to lie (dead or buried)’.