[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: Qagh

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Sunday, September 10, 2023

Klingon word: Qagh
Part of speech: verb
Definition: err, be mistaken, make a mistake
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Qagh yaS wa'DIch 
The first officer errs. KGT

jIQaghpu' 
I have made a mistake. KGT

(KGT 145):  ... [{bachHa'}] literally means something like "mis-shoot" --that is, shoot wrongly. It is used in such constructions as {jIbachHa'pu'} ("I have made a mistake"; literally, "I have mis-shot"). The standard word meaning err, make a mistake is {Qagh}, as in {jIQaghpu'} ("I have make a mistake").

TREK NOTES:
TROI:     Data. You can handle defeat in two ways: You can lose 
	confidence, or you can learn from your mistakes. 
DATA:    That is what troubles me. I made no mistakes.
      < …. >
PICARD: And, Commander, it is possible to commit no mistakes 
	and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.
	 [TNG “Peak Performance”]

SEE:
Qagh  		error,  mistake (n)
QaghHom  	minor error (n)
Qagh'a'  	major blunder (n)

(De'vID < MO, 2/17/2018):  A [software] bug is a {Qagh} (not a {ghew}). 

QaghHommeyHeylIjmo' 
due to your apparent minor errors TKD

QaghwIj vIQIj 'e' yIchaw'neS 
Permit me to explain my mistake, your Honor. PK

QaghmeylIj tIchID, yIyoH 
Have the courage to admit your mistakes. TKW

SEE ALSO:
muj 		be wrong (v)
	
APPOSITE QUOTATIONS:
  “It’s worse than a crime, it’s a mistake.” (quip by Talleyrand)


--
Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
    Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey 
    or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.