gunç bolmazğa
/ɡuntʃ bolmazʁa/
Literal translation
not to become gunch (annihilated)
Intended meaning
To survive rather than be destroyed, wiped out, or lost without trace; said of a thing or a person. The variant with этерге is causative: to destroy or wipe something out.
- Orta Aziyanı qumlu jerlerinde gunç bolub qalmaz üçün, halqnı esli adamları anı jalanda işlep saw qallıqbız dep üyretgendile.So that they would not perish in the sandy lands of Central Asia, the wise people of the nation taught that only by working would they stay alive.
- «Ferdinandlağa» bla «Tigrlege» bazınıb, ala bla Sovet askerni gunç eterbiz dep, mahtanıb, faşistle alğa çabadıla, alay etgen muratlarına jetalmaydıla.Relying on their Ferdinands and Tigers, boasting that with them they would wipe out the Soviet army, the fascists charge forward, but they do not achieve their intention.
Variants
- gunç eterge
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 152