eliya butağı kibik

/elija butaʁɯ kibik/

This expression has 2 meanings.

Literal translation

like a branch of lightning

Strikingly good-looking, well-favoured and tall of stature; said of a man to stress his good looks.

Qaydan çıqdıŋ, eliya butağı kibik? O, men seni janıŋa qatayım! – alay ayta, Qudas Elbekni quçaqladı."Where have you sprung from, you lightning-branch of a man? Oh, let me be a sacrifice for your soul!" — saying this, Kudas embraced Elbek.
Ey biz uruşha bir jaşlanı aşırğan edik da, eliya butaqla kibik, peliwanlağa uşay edile.Hey, we sent off such young men to the war — like branches of lightning, they looked like champions.

like a branch of lightning

Of great length; exceptionally long, said of a thing.

Eliya quruqça, jaşillenib, jıltırap, başıŋı ne da bir sanıŋı üzdürlük qılıç kötürülgende, köz allıŋda oynağanda, janıŋı qalay saqlağın?When a sword that could take off your head or one of your limbs is raised over you, green and glittering like a bolt of lightning, and plays before your eyes — how are you to save your life?

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