künnü janı joqdu
/kynny dʒanɯ dʒoqdu/
Literal translation
the day has no soul
Intended meaning
The daylight hours have grown very short, as in late autumn and winter.
- Künnü janı joqdu. Toqlu toymaz toğuz künle jetgendile. Mallağa aş igirek salmasaq, qışnı allından oquna jilikleri üzülse, jazğa çığalmazla, – dedi qoş tamata.The days have no life left in them. The nine days when even a fat lamb cannot eat its fill have come. If we do not feed the livestock better, and their marrow gives out right at the start of winter, they will not last till spring, — said the camp elder.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 280