alaşa
/alaʃa/
Definitions
1. low, not high; squat, close to the ground
- alaşa üy — a low house
- em alaşa — the lowest
- alaşa adam — a squat man
2. gelding, a castrated horse used for work
- arba alaşa — a cart horse
- jük alaşa — a pack horse
- alaşanı jerledi — he saddled the gelding
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or .As an adjective
Degrees
| base form | alaşalow |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | alaşaraqlower |
| intensifier — very | bek alaşavery low |
| superlative — most | em alaşathe lowest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden alaşadı — "compared to me, he is low."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men alaşamaI am low | biz alaşabızwe are low |
| 2nd person | sen alaşasayou are low | siz alaşasızyou all are low |
| 3rd person | ol alaşadıhe / she / it is low | ala alaşadılathey are low |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu alaşadıthis is low | bıla alaşadılathese are low |
| that / those | ol alaşadıthat / it is low | ala alaşadılathose / they are low |
| mine | meniki alaşadımine is low | menikile alaşadılamine are low |
| yours | seniki alaşadıyours is low | senikile alaşadılayours are low |
| ours | bizniki alaşadıours is low | biznikile alaşadılaours are low |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | alaşathe gelding | alaşalathe geldings | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | alaşanıthe gelding's | alaşalanıthe geldings' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | alaşanıthe gelding (as the object) | alaşalanıthe geldings (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | alaşağato the gelding | alaşalağato the geldings | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | alaşadaat / in the gelding | alaşaladaat / in the geldings | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | alaşadanfrom the gelding | alaşaladanfrom the geldings | 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 | alaşammy gelding | alaşalarımmy geldings |
| your | alaşangyour gelding | alaşalarıngyour geldings |
| his / her | alaşasıhis / her gelding | alaşalarıhis / her geldings |
| our | alaşabızour gelding | alaşalarıbızour geldings |
| you all's | alaşağızyou all's gelding | alaşalarığızyou all's geldings |
| their | alaşalarıtheir gelding | alaşalarıtheir geldings |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: alaşaları can mean "his / her geldings", "their gelding", or "their geldings" — context decides.