çelek
/tʃelek/ · plural çelekle
1. bucket, pail
- ağaç çelek — a wooden bucket
- ayran çelek — a bucket for ayran
- kir çelek — a slop bucket
- çelekni sabı — the handle of the bucket
- çelekge suw quydum — I poured water into the bucket
- çelek tolğandı — the bucket has filled up
- çelekden quyğança jawadı — it is raining as if poured from a bucket
2. bucketful, as a measure of quantity — Used to measure flour, potatoes and other goods, as in eki çelek kartof "two buckets of potatoes".
- üç çelek un — three buckets of flour
- çelek ayran — a bucket of ayran
- bir çelek süt — one bucket of milk
- çelek tolu süt — a full bucket of milk
- üç çelek suw — three buckets of water
Expressions
- çelekden quyğanlay jawarğa — pour down
- tübsüz çelek kibik — unreliable liar; never enough
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | çelekthe bucket | çelegimmy bucket | çelegiŋyour bucket | çelegihis bucket | çelegibizour bucket | çelegigizyou all's bucket | çelekleritheir buckets |
| Genitive | çeleknithe bucket's | çelegimimy bucket's | çelegiŋiyour bucket's | çeleginihis bucket's | çelegibizniour bucket's | çelegigizniyou all's bucket's | çeleklerinitheir buckets' |
| Accusative | çeleknithe bucket (as the object) | çelegimimy bucket (as the object) | çelegiŋiyour bucket (as the object) | çeleginhis bucket (as the object) | çelegibizniour bucket (as the object) | çelegigizniyou all's bucket (as the object) | çeleklerintheir buckets (as the object) |
| Dative | çelekgeto the bucket | çelegimeto my bucket | çelegiŋeto your bucket | çelegineto his bucket | çelegibizgeto our bucket | çelegigizgeto you all's bucket | çeleklerineto their buckets |
| Locative | çelekdein / at the bucket | çelegimdein / at my bucket | çelegiŋdein / at your bucket | çelegindein / at his bucket | çelegibizdein / at our bucket | çelegigizdein / at you all's bucket | çeleklerindein / at their buckets |
| Ablative | çelekdenfrom the bucket | çelegimdenfrom my bucket | çelegiŋdenfrom your bucket | çelegindenfrom his bucket | çelegibizdenfrom our bucket | çelegigizdenfrom you all's bucket | çeleklerindenfrom their buckets |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | çeleklethe buckets | çeleklerimmy buckets | çelekleriŋyour buckets | çeleklerihis buckets | çelekleribizour buckets | çeleklerigizyou all's buckets | çelekleritheir buckets |
| Genitive | çeleklenithe buckets' | çeleklerimimy buckets' | çelekleriŋiyour buckets' | çeleklerinihis buckets' | çelekleribizniour buckets' | çeleklerigizniyou all's buckets' | çeleklerinitheir buckets' |
| Accusative | çeleklenithe buckets (as the object) | çeleklerimimy buckets (as the object) | çelekleriŋiyour buckets (as the object) | çeleklerinhis buckets (as the object) | çelekleribizniour buckets (as the object) | çeleklerigizniyou all's buckets (as the object) | çeleklerintheir buckets (as the object) |
| Dative | çeleklegeto the buckets | çeleklerimeto my buckets | çelekleriŋeto your buckets | çeleklerineto his buckets | çelekleribizgeto our buckets | çeleklerigizgeto you all's buckets | çeleklerineto their buckets |
| Locative | çelekledein / at the buckets | çeleklerimdein / at my buckets | çelekleriŋdein / at your buckets | çeleklerindein / at his buckets | çelekleribizdein / at our buckets | çeleklerigizdein / at you all's buckets | çeleklerindein / at their buckets |
| Ablative | çelekledenfrom the buckets | çeleklerimdenfrom my buckets | çelekleriŋdenfrom your buckets | çeleklerindenfrom his buckets | çelekleribizdenfrom our buckets | çeleklerigizdenfrom you all's buckets | çeleklerindenfrom their buckets |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: çelekleri can mean "his / her buckets", "their bucket", or "their buckets" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.