Klingon word: quvHa'ghach Part of speech: noun Definition: dishonor Source: Klingon Christmas Carol _______________________________________________ corruption (MO to qurgh, 9/01/2010; gloss added) qaStaHvIS wej puq poHmey vav puqloDpu' puqloDpu'chaj je quvHa'moH vav quvHa'ghach The dishonor of the father dishonors his sons and their sons for three generations. (TKW) (HQ 12.3:9): Maltz mentioned one noun associated with these verbs, {DavHam}, which he defined simply as "false honor", but which really covers the same semantic ground as both {HoQ} and {Qaq} (but not really {mIl}). {DavHam} is different from {quvHa'ghach} "dishonor" (noun) in that the latter does not imply seeming to be honorable or the appearance of honorability, but rather the lack of or loss of honor. SEE: quv [personal] honor (n) [i.e. reputation] quv bey' honor display (n) quvwI' honorable (one) (n) quvHa'wI' dishonored one (n) quvHa'ghach mIr losing streak (n) quvqa'meH vIttlhegh replacement proverb (n) quv be honored, be honorable (v) quvHa' be dishonored (v) quvHa'moH dishonor (v) quvmoH honor (v) quv'eghmoH honor oneself (v) SEE ALSO: HoQ be honored falsely, be falsely honorable (v) Qaq behave in a falsely honorable manner (v) mIl be formerly honored (v) qal be corrupt (v) TREK NOTES: WORF: [General Martok] likes you. And he considers you an honorable woman, a worthy successor to Jadzia. And so do I. EZRI: That's very sweet of him. WORF: Sweet? EZRI: Not a very Klingon word, is it? WORF: No. EZRI: It's very... honorable. WORF: Better, albeit a little obvious. [DS9 "Tacking Into the Wind"] GARAK: It's the honorable thing to do. WORF: You use that word, but you have no idea what it means. GARAK: Perhaps not, but you do. [DS9 "In Purgatory's Shadow"] USEFUL QUOTATATIONS: "Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial." (the disgraced Cassio in Shakespeare's, Othello, II:3) "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill to Neville Chamberlain in 1938) -- Voragh Ca'Non Master of the Klingons