Nādīnagon

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High Valyrian

Etymology

From nā- +‎ dīnagon.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /naːˈdiːnaɡon/

Rhymes: -iːnaɡon

Verb

nādīnagon (consonant-final, perfect participle nādīnta)

  1. to remove[1]
    Geltī aōhe nādīnās.
    Remove your helmet.
    -Daenerys (Game of Thrones, Episode 305)
    Rūhurlion drāmmakson kostos, rūs egroso nādīnakson.
    We could lay open the womb, try to remove the infant by way of the blade.
    -Surgeon (House of the Dragon, Episode 106)
  2. to tear from somewhere (hen and locative)
    Dovaogēdys! Jeme hen muñoti ñōghoti nādīntāks se hae buzdarȳti ūbrēdāks.
    Unsullied! All of you were torn from your mothers’ arms and raised as slaves.
    -Daenerys (Game of Thrones, Episode 806)
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Notes

  1. Used in the sense of removing a thing from its associated location e.g. to remove a shirt from a torso, but not a book from a table.