çille
/tʃille/ · plural çillele
1. silk, raw silk, silk thread, silk fabric — Before another noun it means made of silk, silken: çille jawluq "silk headscarf".
- çille jawluq — a silk headscarf
- saw çille — natural silk
- jarım çille — artificial silk
- çille kibik — like silk
- çilleden halı eterge — to make thread from silk
- çille iyirgen fabrika — a silk-spinning factory
2. height of winter, height of summer; the forty coldest days of winter or forty hottest days of summer — qış çille is the winter period and jay çille the summer period.
- qış çille — the forty coldest days of winter
- jay çille — the forty hottest days of summer
- gitçe çille — the period of the Epiphany frosts
- qış çillede quw saqla — in the height of winter keep tinder
- jay çillede suw saqla — in the height of summer keep water
3. heron — A homonym unrelated to the silk word.
- çille suw jağasında turadı — a heron stands on the riverbank
Expressions
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | çillethe silk | çillemmy silk | çilleŋyour silk | çillesihis silk | çillebizour silk | çillegizyou all's silk | çilleleritheir silks |
| Genitive | çillenithe silk's | çillemimy silk's | çilleŋiyour silk's | çillesinihis silk's | çillebizniour silk's | çillegizniyou all's silk's | çillelerinitheir silks' |
| Accusative | çillenithe silk (as the object) | çillemimy silk (as the object) | çilleŋiyour silk (as the object) | çillesinhis silk (as the object) | çillebizniour silk (as the object) | çillegizniyou all's silk (as the object) | çillelerintheir silks (as the object) |
| Dative | çillegeto the silk | çillemeto my silk | çilleŋeto your silk | çillesineto his silk | çillebizgeto our silk | çillegizgeto you all's silk | çillelerineto their silks |
| Locative | çilledein / at the silk | çillemdein / at my silk | çilleŋdein / at your silk | çillesindein / at his silk | çillebizdein / at our silk | çillegizdein / at you all's silk | çillelerindein / at their silks |
| Ablative | çilledenfrom the silk | çillemdenfrom my silk | çilleŋdenfrom your silk | çillesindenfrom his silk | çillebizdenfrom our silk | çillegizdenfrom you all's silk | çillelerindenfrom their silks |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | çillelethe silks | çillelerimmy silks | çilleleriŋyour silks | çillelerihis silks | çilleleribizour silks | çillelerigizyou all's silks | çilleleritheir silks |
| Genitive | çillelenithe silks' | çillelerimimy silks' | çilleleriŋiyour silks' | çillelerinihis silks' | çilleleribizniour silks' | çillelerigizniyou all's silks' | çillelerinitheir silks' |
| Accusative | çillelenithe silks (as the object) | çillelerimimy silks (as the object) | çilleleriŋiyour silks (as the object) | çillelerinhis silks (as the object) | çilleleribizniour silks (as the object) | çillelerigizniyou all's silks (as the object) | çillelerintheir silks (as the object) |
| Dative | çillelegeto the silks | çillelerimeto my silks | çilleleriŋeto your silks | çillelerineto his silks | çilleleribizgeto our silks | çillelerigizgeto you all's silks | çillelerineto their silks |
| Locative | çilleledein / at the silks | çillelerimdein / at my silks | çilleleriŋdein / at your silks | çillelerindein / at his silks | çilleleribizdein / at our silks | çillelerigizdein / at you all's silks | çillelerindein / at their silks |
| Ablative | çilleledenfrom the silks | çillelerimdenfrom my silks | çilleleriŋdenfrom your silks | çillelerindenfrom his silks | çilleleribizdenfrom our silks | çillelerigizdenfrom you all's silks | çillelerindenfrom their silks |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: çilleleri can mean "his / her silks", "their silk", or "their silks" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.