[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: bergh

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, January 24, 2025

Klingon word: bergh
Part of speech: verb
Definition: be irritable
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bIbergh 
You are irritable.  (KLS)

(MO to Lieven, 3/27/2012):   Maltz has been kind of a curmudgeon lately. (Do you know that English word? The closest Klingon equivalent is {'I'SeghIm}.) ... (then he mumbled something about {tlhIngan Hoghmey} and wandered off). When I next find him in a talkative mood, I'll try to figure out what he was referring to.

berghmoH  	irritate (v) 

(KGT 167):  This verb [{yIv}] literally means chew.  In its slang sense, it is found in such constructions as {choyIv} ("You bother me" -- literally, "You chew me") or {muyIv romuluS Ha'DIbaH} ("The Romulan dog irks me"; literally, "The Romulan animal chews me," where Romulan animal is a derogatory way to refer to a Romulan).  The subject of {yIv} can be only a person or creature, not an inanimate object or a situation.  Thus, it is inappropriate to say something like {muyIv 'Iw HIq bIr} ("cold bloodwine chews me").  Standard ways to express the same idea are {nuQ} (annoy, bother) and {berghmoH} (irritate).

SEE ALSO:
bIt 		be nervous, uneasy (v)
ngoj 		be restless (v)
mogh 		be frustrated (v)
mul		be stubborn (v)
puQ 		be fed up (v)
jot 		be calm (v)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons