amalçı
/amaltʃɯ/
Definitions
1. resourceful; skilled at finding a way out of any difficulty
- amalçı adam — a resourceful man
- amalçı tülkü — a wily fox
- amalçı qatın — a resourceful woman
2. contriver; a person quick to devise a means of getting what he wants
- usta amalçı — a consummate contriver
- amalçını amalı — the contriver's device
- amalçıla köbdüle — there are many contrivers
Related
amalbaseway, means, method of doing something; possibility, the room a person has to act
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or .As an adjective
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men amalçımaI am resourceful | biz amalçıbızwe are resourceful |
| 2nd person | sen amalçısayou are resourceful | siz amalçısızyou all are resourceful |
| 3rd person | ol amalçıdıhe / she / it is resourceful | ala amalçıdılathey are resourceful |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | amalçıthe contriver | amalçılathe contrivers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | amalçınıthe contriver's | amalçılanıthe contrivers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | amalçınıthe contriver (as the object) | amalçılanıthe contrivers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | amalçığato the contriver | amalçılağato the contrivers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | amalçıdaat / in the contriver | amalçıladaat / in the contrivers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | amalçıdanfrom the contriver | amalçıladanfrom the contrivers | 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 | amalçımmy contriver | amalçılarımmy contrivers |
| your | amalçıngyour contriver | amalçılarıngyour contrivers |
| his / her | amalçısıhis / her contriver | amalçılarıhis / her contrivers |
| our | amalçıbızour contriver | amalçılarıbızour contrivers |
| you all's | amalçığızyou all's contriver | amalçılarığızyou all's contrivers |
| their | amalçılarıtheir contriver | amalçılarıtheir contrivers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: amalçıları can mean "his / her contrivers", "their contriver", or "their contrivers" — context decides.