qoluna sawut alırğa
/qoluna sawut alɯrʁa/
Literal translation
to take a weapon into one's hand
Intended meaning
To go off to war; to enter into fighting as a combatant.
- Çamlanŋan halq keç-ertte bolsa da qoluna sawut alır, kesini halal qıyını, kesini namısı üçün ahır qazawatha çığar.An angered people, sooner or later, will take up arms and go out to a final war for its own honest labor, for its own honor.
- Elde qoluna sawut alallıq askerge ketgen edi.In the village, everyone able to take up arms had left for the army.
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 326