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Inherent Plural

There are some nouns that have a plural meaning already, and therefore cannot take a plural suffix. (1) There are several terms derived from these that are also inherently plural. Some examples include De' jengva' "CD, data disc" and Hong boq chuyDaH "impulse fusion thrusters".

Grammatical usage

Such inherently plural nouns are grammatically singular and take the singular verb prefix: cha yIjun Evade the torpedoes! instead of tIjun evade them. The plural suffix -mey can be attached to the singular form, but it always has the meaning of "all over the place": DoSmey targets scattered all over the place.

List of words

The singular counterpart is not always known for all inherently plural nouns.

translation	singular	plural
ancestor	qempa'	no'
ashes	-	tIpqan
attitude-control thrusters	-	lolSeHcha
deflectors	rI'gheS	begh
energy beings	-	HoSDo'
Koskari	'angwIl	qoSqa'rIy
plate	jengva'	ngop
punctuation	-	tlhavqop
sock	tu'mI'	paSlogh
soldier	mang	negh
target	DoS	ray'
tactic	toyDal	to'
teachings	-	paQDI'norgh
thrusters	vIj	chuyDaH
torpedo	peng	cha
troops	-	QaS

See the page ➞ category noun for an automatically generated list of inherently plural nouns that are part of the wiki's dictionary.

References

1 : The Klingon Dictionary, p. 23