şeker
/ʃeker/
sugar — Before another noun it means made of or relating to sugar: şeker çügündür is sugar beet and şeker orun is a sugar bowl. After a word that describes it, it names a kind of sugar: gırt şeker is lump sugar and qum şeker is granulated sugar.
- qum şeker — granulated sugar
- şeker çügündür — sugar beet
- çayğa şeker at — put sugar in the tea
- şekerni çayğa saldım — I put the sugar in the tea
- şekersiz çay içeme — I drink tea without sugar
- şeker suwda eriydi — sugar dissolves in water
- şeker bla tatlıdı — it is sweet with sugar
- qonaqlağa şeker bla çay berdile — they gave the guests tea with sugar
- bu köget şeker kibikdi — this fruit is like sugar
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | şekerthe sugar | şekerimmy sugar | şekeriŋyour sugar | şekerihis sugar | şekeribizour sugar | şekerigizyou all's sugar | şekerleritheir sugar |
| Genitive | şekernithe sugar's | şekerimimy sugar's | şekeriŋiyour sugar's | şekerinihis sugar's | şekeribizniour sugar's | şekerigizniyou all's sugar's | şekerlerinitheir sugar's |
| Accusative | şekernithe sugar (as the object) | şekerimimy sugar (as the object) | şekeriŋiyour sugar (as the object) | şekerinhis sugar (as the object) | şekeribizniour sugar (as the object) | şekerigizniyou all's sugar (as the object) | şekerlerintheir sugar (as the object) |
| Dative | şekergeto the sugar | şekerimeto my sugar | şekeriŋeto your sugar | şekerineto his sugar | şekeribizgeto our sugar | şekerigizgeto you all's sugar | şekerlerineto their sugar |
| Locative | şekerdein / at the sugar | şekerimdein / at my sugar | şekeriŋdein / at your sugar | şekerindein / at his sugar | şekeribizdein / at our sugar | şekerigizdein / at you all's sugar | şekerlerindein / at their sugar |
| Ablative | şekerdenfrom the sugar | şekerimdenfrom my sugar | şekeriŋdenfrom your sugar | şekerindenfrom his sugar | şekeribizdenfrom our sugar | şekerigizdenfrom you all's sugar | şekerlerindenfrom their sugar |
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.