allı
/allɯ/
1. front, forepart, front side, facade
- üyübüznü allı jılı küŋe qaraydı — the front of our house faces the warm sun
- allı açıq jol tawğa eltedi — the road open in front leads to the mountain
- allı keŋ arbazğa qaraydı — its front looks onto a wide yard
- üynü allı — the front of the house
2. before, prior to
- toy allında ullu hazırlıq boldu — before the feast there was great preparation
- qazawatnı allında — before the war
- qışnı allında ketdile — they left before the winter
- işni allında senŋe söleşeme — before work I speak to you
3. beginning, start of a period or process
- em allından — from the very beginning
- jaşawunu allında — at the beginning of life
- jılnı allında — at the beginning of the year
- allından artına deri — from its beginning to its end
4. in front of, opposite, facing — In this use the word carries a possessive ending and then a case ending, most often the locative or the dative.
- halqnı allında söz aytdı batır — the hero spoke before the people
- batır hannı allına qorqmay kirdi — the hero entered fearlessly before the khan
- institutnu allında — opposite the institute
- allımda terek ösedi — a tree grows in front of me
5. origins, foundations, rudiments
- ilmunu allı terendi — the foundations of learning are deep
- bu adetni allı eskidi — the origins of this custom are old
- munu allın bilmeybiz — we do not know its origins
6. eve, day before a holiday
- bayramnı allı — the eve of the holiday
- bayramnı allı tınçdı — the eve of the holiday is quiet
- jaŋı jılnı allı — the eve of the new year
7. preamble, introductory part of a document
- zakonnu allı oquldu — the preamble of the law was read out
- kelişimni allın oquduq — we read the preamble of the agreement
- kitabnı allı qıshadı — the opening part of the book is short
Expressions
- allı aylanırğa — feel resolved; not let up
- allı aylanŋan — in the mood
- kimni – artı, kimni – allı — fortunes may turn
- allı bla çıpçıq ötmegen — utterly chaste
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | bizniour | sizniyou all's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | allıthe front | allımmy front | allıŋyour front | allıbızour front | allığızyou all's front |
| Genitive | allınıthe front's | allımımy front's | allıŋıyour front's | allıbıznıour front's | allığıznıyou all's front's |
| Accusative | allınthe front (as the object) | allımımy front (as the object) | allıŋıyour front (as the object) | allıbıznıour front (as the object) | allığıznıyou all's front (as the object) |
| Dative | allınato the front | allımato my front | allıŋato your front | allıbızğato our front | allığızğato you all's front |
| Locative | allındain / at the front | allımdain / at my front | allıŋdain / at your front | allıbızdain / at our front | allığızdain / at you all's front |
| Ablative | allındanfrom the front | allımdanfrom my front | allıŋdanfrom your front | allıbızdanfrom our front | allığızdanfrom you all's front |
This word is itself a possessed form, so its endings take a possessive's buffer n — allına, allında. It takes "my", "your" and "our" on its stem — allım, allımda — but not "his / her / their", which it already is, and no plural.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.