alamat
/alamat/
Definitions
1. wonderful, excellent, marvelous, splendid, magnificent
- alamat kün tawlarğa bardıq — on a wonderful day we went to the mountains
- alamat jır jırlandı toyda — a splendid song was sung at the feast
- işing alamat boldu, sawbol! — your work turned out wonderfully, thank you!
2. sign, omen, wonder, marvel
- kökde bir alamat köründü — a wonder / omen appeared in the sky
- jaz alamatları elge jayıldı — signs of spring spread through the village
- alamat körüb tang qaldıq — seeing the marvel, we stood amazed
Related
alamatlıqqualitysplendour, magnificence, the quality of being wonderful
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or .As an adjective
Degrees
| base form | alamatwonderful |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | alamatıraqmore wonderful |
| intensifier — very | bek alamatvery wonderful |
| superlative — most | em alamatthe most wonderful |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden alamatdı — "compared to me, he is wonderful."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men alamatmaI am wonderful | biz alamatbızwe are wonderful |
| 2nd person | sen alamatsayou are wonderful | siz alamatsızyou all are wonderful |
| 3rd person | ol alamatdıhe / she / it is wonderful | ala alamatdılathey are wonderful |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu alamatdıthis is wonderful | bıla alamatdılathese are wonderful |
| that / those | ol alamatdıthat / it is wonderful | ala alamatdılathose / they are wonderful |
| mine | meniki alamatdımine is wonderful | menikile alamatdılamine are wonderful |
| yours | seniki alamatdıyours is wonderful | senikile alamatdılayours are wonderful |
| ours | bizniki alamatdıours is wonderful | biznikile alamatdılaours are wonderful |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | alamatthe sign | alamatlathe signs | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | alamatnıthe sign's | alamatlanıthe signs' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | alamatnıthe sign (as the object) | alamatlanıthe signs (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | alamathato the sign | alamatlağato the signs | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | alamatdaat / in the sign | alamatladaat / in the signs | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | alamatdanfrom the sign | alamatladanfrom the signs | 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 | alamatımmy sign | alamatlarımmy signs |
| your | alamatıngyour sign | alamatlarıngyour signs |
| his / her | alamatıhis / her sign | alamatlarıhis / her signs |
| our | alamatıbızour sign | alamatlarıbızour signs |
| you all's | alamatığızyou all's sign | alamatlarığızyou all's signs |
| their | alamatlarıtheir sign | alamatlarıtheir signs |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: alamatları can mean "his / her signs", "their sign", or "their signs" — context decides.