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'etlh

[ ʔɛtɬ ]

Noun

English: sword, blade

German: Schwert, Klinge

Spanish: espada, hoja

Japanese: 剣けん, 刀かたな

Source: TKD

Category: weaponry

KLCP Level: 1

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Notes

KGT p. 60. The word 'etlh is used for "sword" in general, but it really means "blade" of any kind. The 'etlh, then, is a component of a knife and could be a part of a spear as well. See also yan.

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Usage for 'etlh

bIQ'a'Daq 'oHtaH 'etlh'e'

the sword is in the ocean - there is no going back

Type: idiom - Source: KGT p. 121

nuch SoH moratlh
jIHvaD 'etlhwIj yInob
ghIq yImej

Morath, you coward!
Give me my sword
And get out of my way.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

pItlh
'etlh HInob
'etlhwIj 'oH 'etlh'e' 'e' DaSov

This is the end,
Give me the sword,
For you know it is mine.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

Even the best blade will rust and grow dull unless it is cared for.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.101

The son of a Klingon is a man the day he can first hold a blade.

Type: proverb - Source: TKW p.177

And they battle, for three hours,
Kahless’s bat'leth sparks,
And Molor’s mighty sword roars.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

And they battle, for three hours,
Kahless’s bat'leth sparks,
And Molor’s mighty sword roars.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

And they battle, for three hours,
Kahless’s bat'leth sparks,
And Molor’s mighty sword roars.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

And they battle, for three hours,
Kahless’s bat'leth sparks,
And Molor’s mighty sword roars.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

Morath the coward
Jumped after his sword,
Dishonored and defeated.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

Morath knows he has been a fool,
His promised kingdom will be ash
By the time he claims the sword.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

One blade to extinguish the physical life,
One blade for freeing the soul,
The Klingon’s transition was complete.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book

And Morath’s strength was gone,
The coward threw his sword
Into the fire streams of Kri'stak.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

Now, the time had come,
Kahless impaled his hearts
With the two blades of the mevak.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Impact Book

“Three men lead the army
With one who is most impressive
With a five pointed blade.”

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

Come down from your tower,
And fight me ridge to ridge,
And blade to blade!

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

How does a coward claim a sword?
By taking it from his sleeping father.
So he did, so he did, so he did.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

And Kahless dropped his sword
To kill the traitor with bare hands,
Morath felt the end was near.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Ground Book

I have let you out of your tower alive,
Now prepare for battle to the death,
Sharpen your blade, meet me tomorrow.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

In the second hour,
Kahless broke Molor’s sword in half,
Shame turned to fear in Molor’s eyes.

Type: sentence - Source: paq'batlh: Force Book

Worf's bat'telh has been in his family for ten generations. According to Klingon legend, this sword of honor descends from the time of Kahless the Unforgettable.

Type: skybox card - Source: Bat'telh, Klingon Sword of Honor (S8)