söz qoşarğa
/søz qoʃarʁa/
Literal translation
to add a word
Intended meaning
To offer one's own opinion on someone else's decision or deliberation; to speak up in a matter being settled by another.
- Harun, Aslannı tamata haterin etib, söz qoşarğa izlemedi, izlese da, qartnı söleşgeninde tapsız, ters aytılğan zat tabarıq tüyüldü.Harun, out of respect for Aslan's seniority, did not wish to voice an opinion; and even had he wished to, he would have found nothing unfitting or wrongly said in what the old man had spoken.
- Oy, egeçim, anı ua surağan da etmey qoy! …Bolsa da, ne eteyim? Söz qoşarğa qorqub, jarlı kibik, tıŋılap turama, – dep ahsındı qayın anası.Oh, my sister, he does not even ask about it! …Still, what am I to do? Afraid to say a word of my own, I keep silent like some poor wretch, sighed her mother-in-law.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 402