Opposite pairs
Everyday describing words, learned two at a time — each one pins down the other.
- ullu / gitçe big / smallullu üy — a big house
- igi / aman good / bad
- issi / suwuk hot / cold
- uzun / kısha long / short
- cangı / eski new / old (things)
- ariw / erşi beautiful / uglyariw kız — a beautiful girl
- bay / carlı rich / poor
- uzak / cuwuk far / near
- cengil / akırın fast / slowcengil ayak kir basar — a hurried foot steps in mud — a proverb
- cengil / awur light / heavy
eski is for worn things, qart for aged people. The opposite of qart is sabiy, the child — caş is the noun "boy", not an adjective, so it cannot stand against qart the way English "young" does.