çüyre

/tʃyjre/

1. (adj.) inside out, wrong way round, reversed

çüyre ton — a fur coat worn inside out
çüyre kiyim — clothes put on inside out
kölegi çüyredi — his shirt is inside out
çüyre janı — its reverse side

2. (adj.) absurd, incongruous, contradictory (fig.)

çüyre iş — an absurd affair
çüyre onow — an ill-judged decision
çüyre oyumla — contradictory opinions
çüyre sağışla — conflicting thoughts
kelişmegen çüyre sağışla — clashing, contradictory thoughts

3. (adj.) contrary, obstinate, wrong-headed (fig.)

çüyre adam — an obstinate man
çüyre qılıq — an obstinate character
aqılı çüyre adam — a wrong-headed person
çüyre qılığıŋ bar köreme — I see you have a contrary character
çüyre sözle — obstinate words

4. (adv.) inside out, the wrong way round, beside the point

çüyre aylandırırğa — to turn something inside out
Dawut başlığın çüyre aylandırdı — Dauut turned his hood inside out
jaşçıq kölegin çüyre kiydi — the little boy put his shirt on inside out
tonnu çüyre kiy — put the fur coat on inside out
kölegin çüyre kiydi — he put his shirt on inside out

5. (adv.) beside the point, inappropriately; contrarily (of speaking)

çüyre söleşirge — to speak beside the point
ol har zamanda çüyre söleşedi — he always speaks contrarily

6. (n.) wrong side, reverse, inside of a garment — Normally used with a possessive ending, as in kölekni çüyresi 'the inside of a shirt'.

kölekni çüyresi — the wrong side of the shirt
börknü çüyresi — the inside of the hat
tonnu çüyresin aylandırırğa — to turn the coat inside out
çüyresinde jazılıbdı — it is written on the reverse

Expressions

çüyre qararğa — look askance (Idiom)
tügü-başı çüyre aylanŋan — scrawny, wretched (Idiom)
tonun çüyresine kiyirge — fly into a rage (Idiom)
tüknü çüyresine sılarğa — go against the grain (Idiom)

Sources

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1–4, 6
Guzeev 2000 · School Explanatory Dictionary of the Balkar Language · meaning 5
Guzeev 2003 · Balkar–Russian School Dictionary · meaning 5
Guzeev 2013 · Dictionary of Homonyms of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1–4, 6
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meanings 1–4
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meanings 1, 2
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meanings 2–6

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As an adjective

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — çüyre
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	çüyremeI am contrary	çüyreseyou are contrary	çüyredihe is contrary	çüyrebizwe are contrary	çüyresizyou all are contrary	çüyredilethey are contrary
comparative — more	çüyrerekmeI am more contrary	çüyrerekseyou are more contrary	çüyrerekdihe is more contrary	çüyrerekbizwe are more contrary	çüyrereksizyou all are more contrary	çüyrerekdilethey are more contrary
intensifier — very	bek çüyremeI am very contrary	bek çüyreseyou are very contrary	bek çüyredihe is very contrary	bek çüyrebizwe are very contrary	bek çüyresizyou all are very contrary	bek çüyredilethey are very contrary
superlative — most	em çüyremeI am the most contrary	em çüyreseyou are the most contrary	em çüyredihe is the most contrary	em çüyrebizwe are the most contrary	em çüyresizyou all are the most contrary	em çüyredilethey are the most contrary

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden çüyredi — "compared to me, he is contrary."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — çüyre
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki çüyredimine is contrary	seniki çüyrediyours is contrary	anıqı çüyredihis is contrary	bizniki çüyrediours is contrary	sizniki çüyrediyours (pl.) is contrary	alanıqı çüyreditheirs is contrary
comparative — more	meniki çüyrerekdimine is more contrary	seniki çüyrerekdiyours is more contrary	anıqı çüyrerekdihis is more contrary	bizniki çüyrerekdiours is more contrary	sizniki çüyrerekdiyours (pl.) is more contrary	alanıqı çüyrerekditheirs is more contrary
intensifier — very	meniki bek çüyredimine is very contrary	seniki bek çüyrediyours is very contrary	anıqı bek çüyredihis is very contrary	bizniki bek çüyrediours is very contrary	sizniki bek çüyrediyours (pl.) is very contrary	alanıqı bek çüyreditheirs is very contrary
superlative — most	meniki em çüyredimine is the most contrary	seniki em çüyrediyours is the most contrary	anıqı em çüyredihis is the most contrary	bizniki em çüyrediours is the most contrary	sizniki em çüyrediyours (pl.) is the most contrary	alanıqı em çüyreditheirs is the most contrary

Several things

Several things — çüyre
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile çüyredilemine are contrary	senikile çüyredileyours are contrary	anıqıla çüyredilehis are contrary	biznikile çüyredileours are contrary	siznikile çüyredileyours (pl.) are contrary	alanıqıla çüyrediletheirs are contrary
comparative — more	menikile çüyrerekdilemine are more contrary	senikile çüyrerekdileyours are more contrary	anıqıla çüyrerekdilehis are more contrary	biznikile çüyrerekdileours are more contrary	siznikile çüyrerekdileyours (pl.) are more contrary	alanıqıla çüyrerekdiletheirs are more contrary
intensifier — very	menikile bek çüyredilemine are very contrary	senikile bek çüyredileyours are very contrary	anıqıla bek çüyredilehis are very contrary	biznikile bek çüyredileours are very contrary	siznikile bek çüyredileyours (pl.) are very contrary	alanıqıla bek çüyrediletheirs are very contrary
superlative — most	menikile em çüyredilemine are the most contrary	senikile em çüyredileyours are the most contrary	anıqıla em çüyredilehis are the most contrary	biznikile em çüyredileours are the most contrary	siznikile em çüyredileyours (pl.) are the most contrary	alanıqıla em çüyrediletheirs are the most contrary

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu çüyredi, bıla çüyredile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".

As a noun

Cases and owners

Singular — cases of çüyre, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	çüyrethe reverse	çüyremmy reverse	çüyreŋyour reverse	çüyresihis reverse	çüyrebizour reverse	çüyregizyou all's reverse	çüyreleritheir reverses
Genitive	çüyrenithe reverse's	çüyremimy reverse's	çüyreŋiyour reverse's	çüyresinihis reverse's	çüyrebizniour reverse's	çüyregizniyou all's reverse's	çüyrelerinitheir reverses'
Accusative	çüyrenithe reverse (as the object)	çüyremimy reverse (as the object)	çüyreŋiyour reverse (as the object)	çüyresinhis reverse (as the object)	çüyrebizniour reverse (as the object)	çüyregizniyou all's reverse (as the object)	çüyrelerintheir reverses (as the object)
Dative	çüyregeto the reverse	çüyremeto my reverse	çüyreŋeto your reverse	çüyresineto his reverse	çüyrebizgeto our reverse	çüyregizgeto you all's reverse	çüyrelerineto their reverses
Locative	çüyredein / at the reverse	çüyremdein / at my reverse	çüyreŋdein / at your reverse	çüyresindein / at his reverse	çüyrebizdein / at our reverse	çüyregizdein / at you all's reverse	çüyrelerindein / at their reverses
Ablative	çüyredenfrom the reverse	çüyremdenfrom my reverse	çüyreŋdenfrom your reverse	çüyresindenfrom his reverse	çüyrebizdenfrom our reverse	çüyregizdenfrom you all's reverse	çüyrelerindenfrom their reverses

There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.