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Nouns
There are fives types of noun suffix. Only one of each type is allowed. Suffixes must appear in type order: NOUN-1-2-3-4-5.

Types of Noun

 * Simple nouns, formed from a root. Some like qum act as both verb and noun.
 * The suffix -er added to a verb in English forms a noun, meaning one who does or thing which does. The Klingon equivalent is -wI', which is described more fully under verbs. A suffix with the same spelling is also a possessive noun suffix.
 * The verb suffix -ghach also makes a noun. It is similar to English suffixes such as -ness.
 * Compound nouns are formed from two or more words. For exampe DaHjaj is formed from DaH and jaj and means today.

Suffix type 2: Plurals
In Klingon, the root form of a noun can be used as singular or plural.

For example yas jIlob can mean I obey the officer or I obey the officers. In some cases, the plurality is obvious from the context - loD maH means We are men.

There is an optional plural form for all nouns:

The -mey suffix can be used with nouns for beings that use language, in which case it indicates that the beings referred to are scattered. For example loDmey means men all over the place.

Suffix type 3: Qualification
These suffixes indicate the speaker's certainty about using the noun. Is it a bird or a plane?

Suffix type 4: Possession
-wIj, -maj, -lIj and -raj are derogatory when used with nouns that support language.

To show ownership between nouns, that is possession, use the syntax possessor-possessed.

Suffix type 5: Syntactic Markers
When a Klingon verb is used as an adjective, then these suffixes are instead applied to the verb, hence  juH tInvo'  (from a big house).