Klingon word: DenIb Qatlh Part of speech: noun Definition: Denebian slime devil Source: TKD:K-E _______________________________________________ Listed in the "Curses" section of the KCD Language Lab. In TOS "The Trouble with Tribbles", this was an insult aimed at Kirk by Lt. Korax with the implication that he was spineless and weak. It's also called a {DenIbya' Qatlh}. See https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Denebian_slime_devil [with image] SEE: DenIb Denebia, Deneb (GN) (TKD) The star is also known as Alpha Cygni; the home planet of the Denebians is specifically Deneb V (cf. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Deneb_V and https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Deneb_IV ) (KGT 141-2): Occasionally, and no doubt owing to influence from Federation Standard, from which names, as noted, are often taken, an extra syllable, {-ya'-}, comes between the planet name and {ngan}. Thus, Denebian - that is, an inhabitant of one of the Deneb planets -is both {DenIbngan} and {DenIbya'ngan}. The planet name itself is also heard in two forms: {DenIb} (formed from the name Deneb) and {DenIbya'} (formed by dropping the {ngan} from {DenIbya'ngan}). Qatlh slime devil (animal) (n) HuH bile, gall, slime (n) TREK NOTES: Deneb IV, at the edge of known space, is the site of Farpoint Station, newly-constructed by the Bandi. (TNG "Encouunter at Farpoint") MUDD: Do know what the penalty for fraud is on Deneb Five? SPOCK: The guilty party has his choice: death by electrocution, death by gas, death by phaser, death by hanging. MUDD: The key word in your entire peroration, Mister Spock, was "death". [TOS "I, Mudd"] SEE ALSO: bertlham end (of opera, play, story, speech, etc.) (n) [ie. peroration] -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons