süek qatdırırğa

/syek qatdɯrɯrʁa/

Literal translation

to harden the bone

To grow up and gain physical strength, leaving childhood behind.

Zawurbek bla endi süek qatdıra tebiregen jaşçıqla ua ne keçe, ne kün degenni bilmey, jurtla işlewde küreşedile.And the boys who, together with Zaurbek, were just beginning to grow into their strength toiled at building homesteads, knowing neither night nor day.
Biz a ne, gitçeligibiz uruşha tüşüb, süegibiz qathınçı, açlıq, jalanŋaçlıq, öksüzlük sınap össek, alamatmı bolluq edik?And what of us — if our childhood fell in the war and we grew up knowing hunger, nakedness and orphanhood before our bones hardened, how could we have turned out splendid?

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