çal
/tʃal/
1. gray hair, hoariness
- atamı başına çal urğandı — gray hair has come to my father's head
- anı çaçına çal urmağan edi — gray hair had not touched his hair
2. gray-haired, grizzled, hoary
- çal saqal — a gray beard
- çal saqallı qart — a gray-bearded old man
- başıŋ çaldı — your head is gray
- qart atanı saqalı çal boldu — the grandfather's beard became gray
- uzun çal saqalın sılaydı — he strokes his long gray beard
- meni çaçım çal bolğanlıqğa — though my hair has gone gray
- saqalıŋ-mıyığıŋ da çal bolğanda — when your beard and mustache have gone gray too
- çal başı bla — with his gray head
- çal saqalğa namıs etgen — who showed respect to a gray beard
3. gray, ash-colored, light gray (especially of animals); roan
- çal at — a gray horse
- ullu çal qaban çıqdı — a big gray boar came out
Expressions
- çal ururğa — go gray
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | çalthe gray hair | çalımmy gray hair | çalıŋyour gray hair | çalıhis gray hair | çalıbızour gray hair | çalığızyou all's gray hair | çallarıtheir gray hairs |
| Genitive | çalnıthe gray hair's | çalımımy gray hair's | çalıŋıyour gray hair's | çalınıhis gray hair's | çalıbıznıour gray hair's | çalığıznıyou all's gray hair's | çallarınıtheir gray hairs' |
| Accusative | çalnıthe gray hair (as the object) | çalımımy gray hair (as the object) | çalıŋıyour gray hair (as the object) | çalınhis gray hair (as the object) | çalıbıznıour gray hair (as the object) | çalığıznıyou all's gray hair (as the object) | çallarıntheir gray hairs (as the object) |
| Dative | çalğato the gray hair | çalımato my gray hair | çalıŋato your gray hair | çalınato his gray hair | çalıbızğato our gray hair | çalığızğato you all's gray hair | çallarınato their gray hairs |
| Locative | çaldain / at the gray hair | çalımdain / at my gray hair | çalıŋdain / at your gray hair | çalındain / at his gray hair | çalıbızdain / at our gray hair | çalığızdain / at you all's gray hair | çallarındain / at their gray hairs |
| Ablative | çaldanfrom the gray hair | çalımdanfrom my gray hair | çalıŋdanfrom your gray hair | çalındanfrom his gray hair | çalıbızdanfrom our gray hair | çalığızdanfrom you all's gray hair | çallarındanfrom their gray hairs |
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.