şohluq
/ʃoxluq/
friendship, amity, comradeship, friendly relations — Also used before another noun to mean friendly. The Balkar form is şuyohluq.
- halqlanı şohluqları — the friendship of peoples
- şohluğuŋu tanıt — prove your friendship
- şohluq jürütürge — to keep up a friendship
- şohluq halda — out of friendship, as a friend
- jandan janŋa şohluq — heartfelt friendship (lit. friendship from soul to soul)
- şohluqnu tüzlük begitir — faithfulness strengthens friendship
- şohluq hater — a friendly favor
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | şohluqthe friendship | şohluğummy friendship | şohluğuŋyour friendship | şohluğuhis friendship | şohluğubuzour friendship | şohluğuğuzyou all's friendship | şohluqlarıtheir friendships |
| Genitive | şohluqnuthe friendship's | şohluğumumy friendship's | şohluğuŋuyour friendship's | şohluğunuhis friendship's | şohluğubuznuour friendship's | şohluğuğuznuyou all's friendship's | şohluqlarınıtheir friendships' |
| Accusative | şohluqnuthe friendship (as the object) | şohluğumumy friendship (as the object) | şohluğuŋuyour friendship (as the object) | şohluğunhis friendship (as the object) | şohluğubuznuour friendship (as the object) | şohluğuğuznuyou all's friendship (as the object) | şohluqlarıntheir friendships (as the object) |
| Dative | şohluqğato the friendship | şohluğumato my friendship | şohluğuŋato your friendship | şohluğunato his friendship | şohluğubuzğato our friendship | şohluğuğuzğato you all's friendship | şohluqlarınato their friendships |
| Locative | şohluqdain / at the friendship | şohluğumdain / at my friendship | şohluğuŋdain / at your friendship | şohluğundain / at his friendship | şohluğubuzdain / at our friendship | şohluğuğuzdain / at you all's friendship | şohluqlarındain / at their friendships |
| Ablative | şohluqdanfrom the friendship | şohluğumdanfrom my friendship | şohluğuŋdanfrom your friendship | şohluğundanfrom his friendship | şohluğubuzdanfrom our friendship | şohluğuğuzdanfrom you all's friendship | şohluqlarındanfrom their friendships |
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.