[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: rop'a' (noun)

[Steven Boozer]

Klingon Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Klingon word: rop'a'
Part of speech: noun
Definition: plague, epidemic, pandemic, major disease
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qarDaSQa'Daq ruDelya' rop'a' Hergh qengbogh yo' Dabot. 
Intercept Rudellian plague relief convoy to Cardassian Union. (Monopoly)

TREK NOTES:
Qu'Vat Colony was the site of a genetics research facility in the 22nd century where Dr Antaak was attempting to create Klingon Augments. Fleet Admiral Krell threatened to sterilize (i.e. wipe out) the colony after Antaak's team produced a highly contagious fatal viral plague. (ENT "Affliction" & "Divergence")

SEE:
rop  		be sick,  be ill (v)
rop  		disease,  sickness (n)
roptoj  		scar (result of disease, infection, etc.) (n)
ropyaH  	infirmary (n)
ropyaH qach  	hospital (n)

SEE ALSO:
HarqIn 		disorder, disability, syndrome, condition (n)
rayQeD  	genetics (n)

pIvHa' 		be unhealthy (v)
ngej 		infect (v)
bech 		suffer (v)
vor 		cure (v)
Say'qu'moH  	sterilize (v)

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Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons