çemer

/tʃemer/ · plural çemerle

1. (adj.) skillful, expert, deft

çemer adam — a skillful man
çemer qolla — skillful hands
çemer iş — skillful work
çemer suratçı — a gifted painter
sözge çemer adam — a man skillful with words
ol bek çemerdi — he is very skillful
qoldan bek çemerdi — is very skillful with his hands

2. (n.) master, expert, craftsman

sözge çemer — a master of words, a fine speaker
çemerni qolu — the hand of a master
çemerni qolu ortaq — a master's hands belong to everyone
çemerni on barmağı on kişi — a master's ten fingers are ten men

Expressions

qoldan çemer — skilled with hands (Collocation)

Sources

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meaning 1
Guzeev 2000 · School Explanatory Dictionary of the Balkar Language · meaning 2
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · all meanings
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · all meanings
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · all meanings
Tolgurova and Tolgurov n.d. · Abridged Hapax Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meaning 2

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As an adjective

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — çemer
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	çemermeI am skillful	çemerseyou are skillful	çemerdihe is skillful	çemerbizwe are skillful	çemersizyou all are skillful	çemerdilethey are skillful
comparative — more	çemerirekmeI am more skillful	çemerirekseyou are more skillful	çemerirekdihe is more skillful	çemerirekbizwe are more skillful	çemerireksizyou all are more skillful	çemerirekdilethey are more skillful
intensifier — very	bek çemermeI am very skillful	bek çemerseyou are very skillful	bek çemerdihe is very skillful	bek çemerbizwe are very skillful	bek çemersizyou all are very skillful	bek çemerdilethey are very skillful
superlative — most	em çemermeI am the most skillful	em çemerseyou are the most skillful	em çemerdihe is the most skillful	em çemerbizwe are the most skillful	em çemersizyou all are the most skillful	em çemerdilethey are the most skillful

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — çemer
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki çemerdimine is skillful	seniki çemerdiyours is skillful	anıqı çemerdihis is skillful	bizniki çemerdiours is skillful	sizniki çemerdiyours (pl.) is skillful	alanıqı çemerditheirs is skillful
comparative — more	meniki çemerirekdimine is more skillful	seniki çemerirekdiyours is more skillful	anıqı çemerirekdihis is more skillful	bizniki çemerirekdiours is more skillful	sizniki çemerirekdiyours (pl.) is more skillful	alanıqı çemerirekditheirs is more skillful
intensifier — very	meniki bek çemerdimine is very skillful	seniki bek çemerdiyours is very skillful	anıqı bek çemerdihis is very skillful	bizniki bek çemerdiours is very skillful	sizniki bek çemerdiyours (pl.) is very skillful	alanıqı bek çemerditheirs is very skillful
superlative — most	meniki em çemerdimine is the most skillful	seniki em çemerdiyours is the most skillful	anıqı em çemerdihis is the most skillful	bizniki em çemerdiours is the most skillful	sizniki em çemerdiyours (pl.) is the most skillful	alanıqı em çemerditheirs is the most skillful

Several things

Several things — çemer
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile çemerdilemine are skillful	senikile çemerdileyours are skillful	anıqıla çemerdilehis are skillful	biznikile çemerdileours are skillful	siznikile çemerdileyours (pl.) are skillful	alanıqıla çemerdiletheirs are skillful
comparative — more	menikile çemerirekdilemine are more skillful	senikile çemerirekdileyours are more skillful	anıqıla çemerirekdilehis are more skillful	biznikile çemerirekdileours are more skillful	siznikile çemerirekdileyours (pl.) are more skillful	alanıqıla çemerirekdiletheirs are more skillful
intensifier — very	menikile bek çemerdilemine are very skillful	senikile bek çemerdileyours are very skillful	anıqıla bek çemerdilehis are very skillful	biznikile bek çemerdileours are very skillful	siznikile bek çemerdileyours (pl.) are very skillful	alanıqıla bek çemerdiletheirs are very skillful
superlative — most	menikile em çemerdilemine are the most skillful	senikile em çemerdileyours are the most skillful	anıqıla em çemerdilehis are the most skillful	biznikile em çemerdileours are the most skillful	siznikile em çemerdileyours (pl.) are the most skillful	alanıqıla em çemerdiletheirs are the most skillful

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu çemerdi, bıla çemerdile. 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

Singular — cases of çemer, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	çemerthe master	çemerimmy master	çemeriŋyour master	çemerihis master	çemeribizour master	çemerigizyou all's master	çemerleritheir masters
Genitive	çemernithe master's	çemerimimy master's	çemeriŋiyour master's	çemerinihis master's	çemeribizniour master's	çemerigizniyou all's master's	çemerlerinitheir masters'
Accusative	çemernithe master (as the object)	çemerimimy master (as the object)	çemeriŋiyour master (as the object)	çemerinhis master (as the object)	çemeribizniour master (as the object)	çemerigizniyou all's master (as the object)	çemerlerintheir masters (as the object)
Dative	çemergeto the master	çemerimeto my master	çemeriŋeto your master	çemerineto his master	çemeribizgeto our master	çemerigizgeto you all's master	çemerlerineto their masters
Locative	çemerdein / at the master	çemerimdein / at my master	çemeriŋdein / at your master	çemerindein / at his master	çemeribizdein / at our master	çemerigizdein / at you all's master	çemerlerindein / at their masters
Ablative	çemerdenfrom the master	çemerimdenfrom my master	çemeriŋdenfrom your master	çemerindenfrom his master	çemeribizdenfrom our master	çemerigizdenfrom you all's master	çemerlerindenfrom their masters

Plural

Plural — cases of çemer, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	çemerlethe masters	çemerlerimmy masters	çemerleriŋyour masters	çemerlerihis masters	çemerleribizour masters	çemerlerigizyou all's masters	çemerleritheir masters
Genitive	çemerlenithe masters'	çemerlerimimy masters'	çemerleriŋiyour masters'	çemerlerinihis masters'	çemerleribizniour masters'	çemerlerigizniyou all's masters'	çemerlerinitheir masters'
Accusative	çemerlenithe masters (as the object)	çemerlerimimy masters (as the object)	çemerleriŋiyour masters (as the object)	çemerlerinhis masters (as the object)	çemerleribizniour masters (as the object)	çemerlerigizniyou all's masters (as the object)	çemerlerintheir masters (as the object)
Dative	çemerlegeto the masters	çemerlerimeto my masters	çemerleriŋeto your masters	çemerlerineto his masters	çemerleribizgeto our masters	çemerlerigizgeto you all's masters	çemerlerineto their masters
Locative	çemerledein / at the masters	çemerlerimdein / at my masters	çemerleriŋdein / at your masters	çemerlerindein / at his masters	çemerleribizdein / at our masters	çemerlerigizdein / at you all's masters	çemerlerindein / at their masters
Ablative	çemerledenfrom the masters	çemerlerimdenfrom my masters	çemerleriŋdenfrom your masters	çemerlerindenfrom his masters	çemerleribizdenfrom our masters	çemerlerigizdenfrom you all's masters	çemerlerindenfrom their masters

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: çemerleri can mean "his / her masters", "their master", or "their masters" — context decides.

Whose it is

Belonging to çemer — the master's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	çemernikithe master's one	çemernikilethe master's ones	çemerlenikithe masters' one	çemerlenikilethe masters' ones
Genitive	çemernikiniof the master's one	çemernikileniof the master's ones	çemerlenikiniof the masters' one	çemerlenikileniof the masters' ones
Accusative	çemernikinthe master's one (as the object)	çemernikilenithe master's ones (as the object)	çemerlenikinthe masters' one (as the object)	çemerlenikilenithe masters' ones (as the object)
Dative	çemernikineto the master's one	çemernikilegeto the master's ones	çemerlenikineto the masters' one	çemerlenikilegeto the masters' ones
Locative	çemernikindein / at the master's one	çemernikiledein / at the master's ones	çemerlenikindein / at the masters' one	çemerlenikiledein / at the masters' ones
Ablative	çemernikindenfrom the master's one	çemernikiledenfrom the master's ones	çemerlenikindenfrom the masters' one	çemerlenikiledenfrom the masters' ones

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