Irregular Klingon nouns
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[edit] Irregular Nouns
There are a handful of irregular nouns in Klingon.
[edit] Irregular Plurals
These nouns have plurals that are not formed by adding a plural suffix (-Du', -mey or -pu'). Adding -mey gives a meaning scattered about or all over the place. The plural form of these nouns take a singular prefix such as yI-.
| Klingon Singular | Klingon Plural | English Singular |
|---|---|---|
| DoS | ray' | target |
| jengva' | ngop | plate |
| mang | negh | soldier |
| peng | cha | torpedo, missile |
| qempa' | no' | ancestor |
| Sup | jo | resource |
| vIj | chuyDaH | thruster |
[edit] Plural nouns
These noun exist in the plural only, and have no known singular. When used in a sentence, the verb prefix referring to the noun must also be singular, such as yI-. (However, a Klingon noun without a plural suffix can be used as a plural, in which case it may be that the normal plural forms exist for some of these nouns.)
| Klingon | English |
|---|---|
| begh | deflectors |
| botjan | shields (force field on ship)
(This could possibly be considered as a singular word, force field, so that only in English it is plural?) |
| cha'nob | ritual gifts |
| chuvmey | leftovers (referring to words that are not nouns nor verbs)
chuv is a verb! |
| Duj | instincts
(Duj also means ship, plural Dujmey) |
| ghISDen | scales (animal covering) |
| lolSeHcha | attitude-control thrusters
(Probably the singular is lolSeHpeng, following from peng and cha for torpedo and torpedoes.). |
| paSlogh | socks |
| QaS | troops |
| Quv | coordinates |
| 'eDSeHcha | take-off/landing thrusters
(Probably the singular is 'eDSeHpeng, following from peng and cha for torpedo and torpedoes.). |
