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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I agree with SuStel: the first option is fine. Or is lightning (the general phenomenon) an attribute of another god whom you need to distinguish from Zeus?
IF not, then keep it simple.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Voragh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>SuStel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 5/24/2021 8:21 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I want to say "One of the attributes of Zeus is the lightning bolt"; i.e. "the thing
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which </span>looks like an arrow/spear made of lightning" which is held by Zeus. <span style="color:#1F497D">
[…]</span><br>
Is it enough to write:<br>
<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>pe'bIl 'oH wa' zeus DI'on''e'<br>
<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>one of the characteristics of zeus is the lightning<br>
Or should I necessarily write:<br>
<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>pe'bIl tIH 'oH wa' zeus DI'on''e'<br>
<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>one of the characteristics of zeus is the lightning ray/beam<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Lightning doesn't come in rays. Unless Okrand has said otherwise, there is no such thing as a
<b>pe'bIl tIH</b> outside of pulp films and novels. I dunno, maybe the word <b>tIH</b> is more flexible than that, but if it is, I'm not aware of any confirmation of this. Maybe Klingons talk about
<b>pan</b><i> emit sparks. </i>I dunno.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Since the English word <i>lightning</i> could refer to either the general phenomenon or a singular bolt, I don't think you'll be able to answer exactly what
<b>pe'bIl </b>means. I'd just leave it as <b>pe'bIl 'oH wa' Zeus DI'on'e'.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>SuStel<o:p></o:p></pre>
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