amalsız

/amalsɯz/

1. (adj.) helpless, powerless, without remedy or recourse (Ar.)

amalsız adam — a helpless person
amalsıznı künü qaraŋı — the helpless one's day is dark
amalsızğa kezlik bıçaq sawutluq eter — for the helpless, a pocketknife serves as a weapon
amalsız adamğa qol uzatıb boluş — extend a hand and help a helpless person
amalsız qaldıq taw qabağında — we were left helpless on the mountainside

2. (adj.) hopeless, desperate, with no way out (of a situation) — Used mostly with bolum and hal, as in amalsız bolum "a hopeless situation".

amalsız hal — a hopeless situation
tamam amalsız bolduq — we were left completely without a way out
amalsız bolurğa — to get into a hopeless situation

3. (adv.) inevitably, necessarily, perforce, unavoidably (Ar.)

bu zat menŋe amalsız kerekdi — I absolutely need this thing
alınŋan borçla amalsız tolluqdula — the debts taken on will inevitably be paid
amalsız küz çalqı tutarsa — in autumn you will take up the scythe without fail
amalsız elge qaytırğa tüşdü — we inevitably had to return to the village
amalsız tüzlükge boysunursa — perforce you will submit to justice
amalsız körüşürbüz taŋ bla — we will inevitably meet at dawn

4. (adj.) necessary, essential, indispensable; obligatory, unavoidable

amalsız jarlılığıma jürüyme — I go out only for the bare necessities
amalsız borçun tolturub aylanŋan — going about fulfilling his obligatory duty

5. (adj.) forced, compelled, obliged (to do something); involuntary

amalsız bolub etgenme — I did it because I was forced to
amalsız kün aşırıw — forced idleness

6. (adj.) urgent, pressing, that cannot be put off

amalsız işim bardı — I have urgent business
amalsız iş — an urgent matter

7. (adv.) helplessly, powerlessly

tülkü, amalsız ışara — the fox, smiling helplessly
bizge bir amalsız qarağan edi — he had looked at us somehow helplessly

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1, 3, 4, 7
Guzeev 2000 · School Explanatory Dictionary of the Balkar Language · meaning 6
Guzeev 2003 · Balkar–Russian School Dictionary · meaning 2
Guzeev 2013 · Dictionary of Homonyms of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1, 3, 4, 7
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meaning 1
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meanings 2–6
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meanings 2–6

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Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — amalsız
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	amalsızmaI am helpless	amalsızsayou are helpless	amalsızdıhe is helpless	amalsızbızwe are helpless	amalsızsızyou all are helpless	amalsızdılathey are helpless
comparative — more	amalsızıraqmaI am more helpless	amalsızıraqsayou are more helpless	amalsızıraqdıhe is more helpless	amalsızıraqbızwe are more helpless	amalsızıraqsızyou all are more helpless	amalsızıraqdılathey are more helpless
intensifier — very	bek amalsızmaI am very helpless	bek amalsızsayou are very helpless	bek amalsızdıhe is very helpless	bek amalsızbızwe are very helpless	bek amalsızsızyou all are very helpless	bek amalsızdılathey are very helpless
superlative — most	em amalsızmaI am the most helpless	em amalsızsayou are the most helpless	em amalsızdıhe is the most helpless	em amalsızbızwe are the most helpless	em amalsızsızyou all are the most helpless	em amalsızdılathey are the most helpless

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden amalsızdı — "compared to me, he is helpless."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — amalsız
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki amalsızdımine is helpless	seniki amalsızdıyours is helpless	anıqı amalsızdıhis is helpless	bizniki amalsızdıours is helpless	sizniki amalsızdıyours (pl.) is helpless	alanıqı amalsızdıtheirs is helpless
comparative — more	meniki amalsızıraqdımine is more helpless	seniki amalsızıraqdıyours is more helpless	anıqı amalsızıraqdıhis is more helpless	bizniki amalsızıraqdıours is more helpless	sizniki amalsızıraqdıyours (pl.) is more helpless	alanıqı amalsızıraqdıtheirs is more helpless
intensifier — very	meniki bek amalsızdımine is very helpless	seniki bek amalsızdıyours is very helpless	anıqı bek amalsızdıhis is very helpless	bizniki bek amalsızdıours is very helpless	sizniki bek amalsızdıyours (pl.) is very helpless	alanıqı bek amalsızdıtheirs is very helpless
superlative — most	meniki em amalsızdımine is the most helpless	seniki em amalsızdıyours is the most helpless	anıqı em amalsızdıhis is the most helpless	bizniki em amalsızdıours is the most helpless	sizniki em amalsızdıyours (pl.) is the most helpless	alanıqı em amalsızdıtheirs is the most helpless

Several things

Several things — amalsız
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile amalsızdılamine are helpless	senikile amalsızdılayours are helpless	anıqıla amalsızdılahis are helpless	biznikile amalsızdılaours are helpless	siznikile amalsızdılayours (pl.) are helpless	alanıqıla amalsızdılatheirs are helpless
comparative — more	menikile amalsızıraqdılamine are more helpless	senikile amalsızıraqdılayours are more helpless	anıqıla amalsızıraqdılahis are more helpless	biznikile amalsızıraqdılaours are more helpless	siznikile amalsızıraqdılayours (pl.) are more helpless	alanıqıla amalsızıraqdılatheirs are more helpless
intensifier — very	menikile bek amalsızdılamine are very helpless	senikile bek amalsızdılayours are very helpless	anıqıla bek amalsızdılahis are very helpless	biznikile bek amalsızdılaours are very helpless	siznikile bek amalsızdılayours (pl.) are very helpless	alanıqıla bek amalsızdılatheirs are very helpless
superlative — most	menikile em amalsızdılamine are the most helpless	senikile em amalsızdılayours are the most helpless	anıqıla em amalsızdılahis are the most helpless	biznikile em amalsızdılaours are the most helpless	siznikile em amalsızdılayours (pl.) are the most helpless	alanıqıla em amalsızdılatheirs are the most helpless

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu amalsızdı, bıla amalsızdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".