barıb tohtağan
/barɯb toxtaʁan/
Literal translation
having gone and stopped
Intended meaning
Modifier marking a person or thing as an extreme case of its type — the very best or the very worst; thoroughgoing, out-and-out.
- Aytekçik barıb tohtağan şalapay boldu da qaldı.Aytekchik turned into an out-and-out good-for-nothing.
- Seni aqılıŋ bla, Awbekir haji barıb tohtağan bolşevik bolub qalğan bolurmu?In your opinion, has Aubekir the hajji turned into a downright Bolshevik?
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 92