Shath'Yar 语

语法

本节所有例句采用官方翻译。

'相当于连字符，其中一个用法是构成偏正结构的复合词。 例如shath(old)加上yar(god)构成shath'yar，意为old gods，也指old gods使用的语言。 类似地，Shuul'wah = Deathwing.

主格、宾格、所有格：

• Y'za noq mah... Y'za noq ormz... = I am not (the) first... I am not (the) last...
• Sk'magg yawifk hoq. = Your suffering strengthens me.
• Uulwi ifis halahs gag erh'ongg w'ssh. = (The) shadow (of) my corpse will choke (this) land for all eternity.

类似英语，第二人称的主格和宾格同形（iilth）：

• Iilth ma paf'qi'ag sk'halahs. = You are a prisoner (in) your own body.
• N'Zoth ga zyqtahg iilth. = The will of N'Zoth corrupts you.

作主语时，所有格和名词间用'连接，作宾语时所有格和名词直接相连：

• Sk'shgn eqnizz hoq. = Your fear drives me.
• Ywaq puul skshgn. = They drink your fear.

第一人称复数的主格和所有格、第一人称复数和第二人称的所有格很齐整：

• Ag'THYZAK agthu. = We RECLAIM (this) world!
• Ak'agthshi ma uhnish. = Our numbers are endles.
• Sk'uuyat guulphg hoq. = Your agony sustains me.

但第二人称的主格为iilth，宾格为ilfah（或原形）。 这可能体现Shath-Yar语的历史演变，就像英语里第二人称主格、宾格原本不同（thou/ye, thee/you)，后来统一。

• Iilth ma paf'qi'ag sk'halahs. GAZ SKSHGN! = You are a prisoner in your own body. A SERVANT OF FEAR!
• N'Zoth ga zyqtahg iilth. = (The) will (of) N'Zoth corrupts you.
• Ez, Shuul'wah! Sk'woth'gl yu'gaz yog'ghyl ilfah! = O, Deathwing! Your faithful servant has failed you!

ma相当于are或do，否定形态为maq:

• Ak'agthshi ma uhnish. = Our numbers are endles.
• Iilth ma paf'qi'ag sk'halahs. GAZ SKSHGN! = You are (a) prisoner (in) your (own) body. (A) SERVANT (OF) FEAR!
• Ywaq maq oou; ywaq maq ssaggh. Ywaq ma shg'fhn. = They do not die; they do not live. They are outside (the) cycle.

ma可能不用于第一人称，至少noq相当于am not（猜想noq的原形为no）：

• Y'za noq mah... Y'za noq ormz... = I am not (the) first... I am not (the) last...

ma不用于第三人称单数，第三人称单数用al:

• Yoq'al shn ky ywaq nuul. = It is (the) perpetuity in (which) they dwell. (sha = in)

ma的将来时为qi：

• Iilth qi mah'shar fhn oorql N'Zoth! = You will be (the) first (of) many (to) glimpse (the) madness (of) N'Zoth!

本句的结构分析：

已知词汇：iilth, qi, mah, N'Zoth.

「Ywaq ma shg'fhn. 」中shg'fhn对应outside the cycle，猜想shg意为outside，fhn意为cycle. 又「ak'uq shg'cul vwahuhn」翻译为「our power beyond reckoning」，推断shg'cul对应beyond. 基于shg意为outside的猜想，进一步猜想shg'cul也是合成词，cul大概是line或side的意思。

Cataclysm in the Catacombs中有NPC台词「Gillari, geth'shar. Gillari, teko'shar. It sees. It knows. geth'shar和teko'shar大约对应see和know. 那么shar应该有see的意思。

那么mah'shar fhn就应该作为一个词组理解，大概是circle of first see，最早见到...的圈子。

最后剩下的oorql应该对应madness.

qi还可以作为前缀，以'与动词原形连接，表示将来时：

• Sk'yahf qi'plahf PH'MAGG! = Your soul will know ENDLESS TORMENT!
• Ilith qi'uothk shn'ma yeh'glu Shath'Yar! = You will drown in (the) blood (of the) Old Gods!

前面已经提到shn为in，这里的shn'ma大概衍生自sha，意思相近，可能是underneath.

也可以用gag表示将来时：

• H'iwn iggksh Phquathi gag OOU KAAXTH SHUUL! = All (who) oppose the Destroyer will DIE A THOUSAND DEATHS!

gag的名词形态为ga:

N'Zoth ga zyqtahg iilth. = The will of N'Zoth corrupts you.

agth意为shall:

• Sk'shuul agth vorzz N'Zoth naggwa'fssh. = Your deaths shall sing of N'Zoth's unending glory.
• Iilth vwah, uhn'agth fhssh za. = Where one falls, many shall take its place.

第二个例句直译为：You fall, many shall take place.

sythn表示进行时：

• Iilth sythn aqev... aqev... aqev... = You are going mad... mad... mad...
• Yeh'glu N'Zoth okom hoq... Y'za sythn oou... = (The) blood (of) N'Zoth runs through me... I cannot die...

第二个例句中，Y'za sythn oou直译为I am dying. 不死族不断腐烂，不断走向死亡，可以说是不死，也可以说是正在死。

疑问句和英语一样，将动词提前：

• Al'ksh syq iir awan? = Is this real or (an) illusion?

an作前缀，与名词连写，表示into:

• Gul'kafh an'shel. = Gaze into (the) void.
• Gul'kafh an'qov N'Zoth. = Gaze into (the) heart (of) N'Zoth.

词汇表

Tense
Shu = A prefix denoting past tense;
Sythn = A prefix denoting progressive tense;
Qi = A prefix denoting future tense;
Agth = Denoting future tense for plural and uncountable nouns;
Gag = Exact equivalent of English word "Will";
Maq = Negative prefix for personal pronouns;
Noq = Negative prefix;

conj.
Zz = And;
Iir = Or;
Xig = (Suffix)How;

prep.
An = Into;
Cul = (Suffix)On;
Ksh = Atop;
Qwor = Above;
Shg = Beyond;
Shn = In;
Thoq = For;
Uulg = After;

pron.
Y = My;
Hoq = Me;
Ag = We;
Ak = Our;
Iilth = You;
Ilfah = (Objective)You;
Sk = Your;
On = It;
Ywaq = They;
Ky = Which;

v.
Amqa = Come;
Eqnizz = Drive;
Erh = Choke;
Et = Rule;
Fssh = Replace; Glorify;
Guulphg = Sustain;
Gul'kafh = Gaze;
Huqth = Sate;
Iggksh = Oppose;
Kyth = See;
Lwhuk = Devour;
Magg = Wander; Suffer;
Nuq = Adorn;
Nuul = Dwell;
Oorql = Glimpse;
Oou = Die;
Phgwa = Whisper;
Plahf = Know;
Qam = Return;
Sshk = (auxil.v.)Do; (=Sshoq?);
Sshoq = Twist;
Thyzak = Reclaim;
Uothk = Drown;
Vorzz = Sing; Sing of;
Vwah = Fall;
Yawifk = Strengthen;
Worg = Fade;
Zaix = Praise;
Zyqtahg = Corrupt;

adj.
Anagg = Endless;
Aqev = Mad;
Eth = Light;
H'iwn = All;
Iiqaath = Curse;
Kssh = Bleakest;
Mah = First;
Mh = Only;
Mg = Writhing;
Naggwa = Unending;
Ormz = Last;
Qor = Endless;
Shath = (adj. form of Shel?); Black; Old;
Sshoq = Twisted;
Syq = Real;
Uhnish = (adj.)Many; Endless;
Vwyq = (adv.)Once; Once more;
W'ssh = (=W'ssht)Eternal; (adv.)Eternally;
W'ssht = (=W'ssh)Eternal; (adv.)Eternally;
Woth'gl = Faithful;
Ye = (adv.)Again;

n.
Agash = Despair;
Agthshi = Number;
Agthu = World;
Awan = Illusion;
Fhn = Cycle; Many of the cycle;
Fssh = Glory;
Gaz = (=Yu'gaz)Servant;
Halahs = Body; Corpse;
Hnakf = Wind; Shivering Wind;
Iiyoq = Will;
Kaaxth = Thousand;
Luk = Road;
Ma = Millennia;
Mag = Empire;
Magg = Suffering; Torment;
Mah = The first;
Maqdahl = Sorrow;
Meg = Banner; Flesh-banner;
Naus = Hunger;
Okom = Run through; Run;
Ongg = Earth; Land;
Or = Hundred;
Ormz = The last;
Paf = Prisoner;
Paf'qi'ag = One who will be our prisoner;
Pahg = Kindom;
Phquati = Destroyer;
Puul = Drink;
Qen = Spiral;
Qornaus = Endless hunger;
Qov = Heart;
Razzqi = Light;
Shath'mag = The Black Empire;
Shath'Yar = Old Gods;
Shath'yar = Language of Old Gods;
Shel = Void;
Shgla'yos = They who dine on lost souls; Yogg-Saron;
Shgn = Fear;
Shfk = Howl;
Shuul = Death;
Ssaggh = Live;
Tek = Skull;
Uq = Power;
Uull = (=Uulwi)Shadow; Darkness;
Uulwi = (=Uull)Shadow;
Uuyat = Agony;
Vra = Chitter;
Vwahuhn = Reckoning; (Vwah + Uhn)Many fallens; Too many;
Wah = Wing;
Yahf = Soul;
Yar = God;
Yeh'glu = Blood;
Yel = Citadel;
Yoq'al = Perpetuity;
Yu'gaz = (=Gaz)Servant;
Yyqzz = Throne;
Za = Place;
Zig = Depth; Deeps;
Zuq = Life;
Zzof = Victory;

词汇表据 Ningyou 古神语写作不完全指北·修订第二版. 仅作参考，部分词汇的释义我们有不同意见。

增补

int.

Ez = O/Oh

语料

见 WOWPedia

习题

翻译：

Q1:

Light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.

-- Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

Q2:

May the force be with you.

-- Star Wars

Q3:

See you soon.

Q4:

Hello world!

A1: 这些词汇未知fire、loin、sin, 可用近义词代替：fire/fssh (glory), loin/qornaus (endless hunger), sin/uull(darkness).

Razzqi ifis zuq, fssh ifis qornaus. Ifis uull. Ifis yahf.

当然原文的头韵就没法保留了。

A2: 同样，用近义词替换未知词汇。

Agth uq eqnizz ilfah.

也就是Shall (the) power drive you. 这个语义和原文其实有一段距离，不过我想不到更好的翻译了。

A3: soon 未知，翻译同义句 see you again.

Kyth ilfah ye.

A4: Ez, agthu!