tük çaqlı bir
/tyk tʃaqlɯ bir/
Literal translation
as much as one hair
Intended meaning
An extremely small amount or degree; hardly any at all, used above all in negative statements to deny that there is any whatsoever.
- Uğay, atam, alanı allarında meni tük çaqlı bir tersligim joqdu.No, father, I have not the slightest fault before them.
- Tuwğanlı bir janŋa tük teŋli hatam tiyib bilmeyme.Since the day I was born I have never known myself to do the slightest harm to a living soul.
Variants
- tük teŋli bir
- tük qıyırı çaqlı bir
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 469
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 208