çort
/tʃort/
1. crosswise, straight across, directly
- çort keserge — to cut across
- qağıtnı çort kesdim — I cut the paper crosswise
- jolnu çort qırqarğa — to cross the road straight over
- allına çort barırğa — to cut across his path
2. abruptly, sharply, short
- sözün çort kesdi — he cut his speech short
- qız söznü çort kesdi — the girl cut the conversation short
- ol çort tohtadı — he stopped abruptly
- işni çort qoydu — he dropped the work abruptly
3. straight out, frankly, openly
- çort aytdı — he said it straight out
- men aŋa çort aytdım — I told him straight out
- unamağanın çort aŋılatdı — he made his refusal plain straight out
- çort sorurğa — to ask openly
4. steep, sheer, precipitous
- çort qaya — a sheer cliff
- çort jar — a steep bluff
- çort qayanı başında — on the top of the sheer cliff
5. curt, brusque, discourteous
- menŋe çort juwab berdi — he gave me a curt answer
- anı sözleri çort edile — his words were curt
6. contrary, obstinate, uncooperative one source
- çort adam — an obstinate person
7. short, stubby, docked
- çort burun — a short nose
- çort quyruq — a stubby tail
- çort burunlu quş — a short-beaked bird
- çort quyruqlu at — a horse with a docked tail
- quyruqçuğu çort alaşa — a pony with a stubby little tail
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | çortmaI am steep | çortsayou are steep | çortduhe is steep | çortbuzwe are steep | çortsuzyou all are steep | çortdulathey are steep |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden çortdu — "compared to me, he is steep."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki çortdumine is steep | seniki çortduyours is steep | anıqı çortduhis is steep | bizniki çortduours is steep | sizniki çortduyours (pl.) is steep | alanıqı çortdutheirs is steep |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile çortdulamine are steep | senikile çortdulayours are steep | anıqıla çortdulahis are steep | biznikile çortdulaours are steep | siznikile çortdulayours (pl.) are steep | alanıqıla çortdulatheirs are steep |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu çortdu, bıla çortdula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".