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[ ʔɛt​ɬ ]
Noun
English: sword, blade
German: Schwert, Klinge
Spanish: espada, hoja
Japanese: けん, 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
latlh De'/Additional Information

{bIQ'a'Daq 'oHtaH 'etlh'e'.} ("The sword is in the ocean.")

This is another expression based on a story about Kahless. After Kahless's brother, Morath, killed their father, Morath threw their father's sword into the ocean, saying that if he could not have the sword, no one could.

After that, the brothers never spoke again. The idiom {bIQ'a'Daq 'oHtaH 'etlh'e'} ("The sword is in the ocean"; {bIQ'a',} "ocean"; {'etlh,} "sword") is used to mean that something has ended, that it is impossible to return to a prior condition, just as Kahless and Morath never spoke to each other again. The expression might be used, for example, in reference to a treaty that was just signed, suggesting that a former state of antagonism has ended forever. Of course, simply saying that something will last forever does not make it so. If an alliance ends, the phrase is equally apt: the era of peace has ended, and the sword is in the ocean---there is no going back.

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)
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