ağaç
/aʁatʃ/
Definitions
1. tree
- ağaç qabuq — tree bark
- ağaç kömür — charcoal
- ağaçnı başın kesseng, tübü qalır — if you cut the top off a tree, its root remains
2. wood, timber
- ağaç jarırğa — to saw up timber
- ağaç usta — a joiner, a worker in wood
- ağaç qaşıq — a wooden spoon
- qalangan ağaçla — stacked timber
3. forest
- ağaç qıyır — the edge of the forest
- ağaçnı qalını — the thick of the forest
- ağaçha baltasız barma — do not go to the forest without an axe
- ağaç börüsüz bolmaz — there is no forest without wolves
Related
ağaçsızwithouttreeless, bare of woodland; of poor quality, badly made; plain, unprepossessing in appearance
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 69).Found in
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ağaçthe tree | ağaçlathe trees | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | ağaçnıthe tree's | ağaçlanıthe trees' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | ağaçnıthe tree (as the object) | ağaçlanıthe trees (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | ağaçhato the tree | ağaçlağato the trees | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | ağaçdaat / in the tree | ağaçladaat / in the trees | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | ağaçdanfrom the tree | ağaçladanfrom the trees | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | ağaçımmy tree | ağaçlarımmy trees |
| your | ağaçıngyour tree | ağaçlarıngyour trees |
| his / her | ağaçıhis / her tree | ağaçlarıhis / her trees |
| our | ağaçıbızour tree | ağaçlarıbızour trees |
| you all's | ağaçığızyou all's tree | ağaçlarığızyou all's trees |
| their | ağaçlarıtheir tree | ağaçlarıtheir trees |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: ağaçları can mean "his / her trees", "their tree", or "their trees" — context decides.