Karachay

alas-bulas

/alas-bulas/

(adv.) dimly, vaguely, hazily — Most often used of blurred eyesight, with the verb körürge 'see', as in közleri alas-bulas köredile 'her eyes see dimly'; also used of faint perception or recollection, with eslerge. Guzeev 1996–2005 notes that the second part bulas is not used on its own.
  • közlerim alas-bulas köredile — my eyes see hazily
  • tişirıwnu közleri alas-bulas köredile — the woman's eyes see dimly
  • tawnu alas-bulas kördüm — I saw the mountain dimly
  • anasını sıfatın alas-bulas körgeninde — when he saw his mother's face dimly
  • ol alas-bulas esledi — he perceived vaguely
  • qart anı alas-bulas esledi — the old man perceived it dimly