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“sorrow”

10 fragments across 6 traditions carry this sense. They split 6 to 4 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 3 families, most of them creatures. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Demon, has 3.

Demon


Creatures

Zagr initial · Zegr initial · Sarn initial

  • Zagrir

    Zagr sorrow + ir ember

    sorrow of the ember

  • Zagrul

    Zagr sorrow + ul dark

    sorrow of the dark

  • Zagresh

    Zagr sorrow + esh hearth

    sorrow of the hearth

  • Zegritha

    Zegr sorrow + itha manacle

    sorrow of the manacle

  • Zegrima

    Zegr sorrow + ima swarm

    sorrow of the swarm

  • Zegrona

    Zegr sorrow + ona throne

    sorrow of the throne

  • Sarnosk

    Sarn sorrow + osk gloom

    sorrow of the gloom

  • Sarnozk

    Sarn sorrow + ozk smoke

    sorrow of the smoke

  • Sarnix

    Sarn sorrow + ix worm

    sorrow of the worm

Barbarian


Tabletop

sorg final · sorga final

  • Drukksorg

    Drukk drank + sorg sorrow

    drank the sorrow

  • Slammsorg

    Slamm flattened + sorg sorrow

    flattened the sorrow

  • Vornsorg

    Vorn warned + sorg sorrow

    warned the sorrow

  • Kellasorga

    Kella struck down + sorga sorrow

    struck down the sorrow

  • Karnasorga

    Karna cut + sorga sorrow

    cut the sorrow

  • Staggasorga

    Stagga stood against + sorga sorrow

    stood against the sorrow

God


Creatures

sor final · sora final

  • Aksor

    Ak edge + sor sorrow

    edge of the sorrow

  • Obsor

    Ob shadow + sor sorrow

    shadow of the sorrow

  • Lumsor

    Lum lantern + sor sorrow

    lantern of the sorrow

  • Ersora

    Er earth + sora sorrow

    earth of the sorrow

  • Barsora

    Bar weight + sora sorrow

    weight of the sorrow

  • Aethersora

    Aether upper air + sora sorrow

    upper air of the sorrow

Banshee


Creatures

Bron initial

  • Bronfuil

    Bron sorrow + fuil blood

    sorrow blood

  • Bronlorg

    Bron sorrow + lorg track

    sorrow track

  • Broneas

    Bron sorrow + eas waterfall

    sorrow waterfall

Necromancer


Tabletop

Dolora initial

  • Doloramorna

    Dolora sorrow + morna mourning

    sorrow mourning

  • Doloradara

    Dolora sorrow + dara gift

    sorrow gift

  • Doloralira

    Dolora sorrow + lira dirge

    sorrow dirge

Tiefling


Fantasy races

Dolar initial

  • Dolaroleth

    Dolar sorrow + oleth undoing

    sorrow undoing

  • Dolarendre

    Dolar sorrow + endre ending

    sorrow ending

  • Dolaramis

    Dolar sorrow + amis enmity

    sorrow enmity

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “sorrow”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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