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 / suwuq hot / cold
- uzun / qısha long / short
- jangı / eski new / old (things)
- ariw / erşi beautiful / uglyariw qız — a beautiful girl
- bay / jarlı rich / poor
- uzaq / juwuq far / near
- jengil / aqırtın fast / slowjengil ayaq kir basar — a hurried foot steps in mud — a proverb
- jengil / awur light / heavy
- taza / kirli clean / dirty
- ertde / keç early / late
- içkeri / tışında inside / outside
- saw / ölü alive / dead
- qalın / juqa thick / thin
- quwatlı / küçsüz strong / weak
- uçuz / bağalı cheap / expensive
- tüz / qıysıq straight / crooked
- tolğan / quru full / empty
- quru / jibigen dry / wet
eski is for worn things, qart for aged people. The opposite of qart is sabiy, the child — jaş is the noun "boy", not an adjective, so it cannot stand against qart the way English "young" does.