[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rach

[Steven Boozer]

>> Klingon word: rach
>> Part of speech: verb
>> Definition: invigorate, fortify, strengthen

Felix Malmenbeck:
> I'm sure somebody will post a list of examples, but here's the most
> important source, where MO describes the syntax of this word at some
> length:
> http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?file=1998-12-holqed-07-
> 4.txt&get=source 
> 
> Also, here's what the klingonska.org canon archives have on this word:
> http://klingonska.org/canon/search/?query=%3D*Hop*


st.klingon (10/1998):  "The verb {rach} has been translated variously as "invigorate, fortify, strengthen" ... When used in reference to a person, the verb {rach} suggests an improvement in health; when used in reference to an inanimate object, say, a mechanical device or the hull of a ship, {rach} also implies improvement or betterment. {rach} is to be distinguished from {tI'} "repair" in two ways: (1) {tI'} is generally not applied to living beings; (2) {tI'} suggests restoration to a previous state, not necessarily improvement. {rach} is also to be distinguished from {Dub} "improve", which seems to be used primarily when what is being enhanced is of a more abstract nature (as when one improves or increases one's status, skill, understanding, etc.).


Lucifuge Rofocale:
> Any examples of usage in canon? Also, source? Thanks.

It's never been used in a sentence, but there is a nomen agentis: {rachwI'} "nurse":

st.klingon (10/1998):  Another word sometimes applied to the person a Federation patient might refer to as a "nurse" is {rachwI'}. The verb {rach} has been translated variously as "invigorate, fortify, trengthen". Thus {rachwI'} ... is an "invigorator, fortifier, strengthener".



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