angılaw
/aŋɯlaw/
Definitions
1. understanding, comprehension, the grasping of something
- duniyanı angılaw — the understanding of the world
- meni angılawum bla — to my understanding
- angılawu bolğan adam — a person of understanding
2. a notion, a concept
- jangı angılaw — a new concept
- tarih angılawdu — it is a historical concept
- angılawnu açıqlarğa — to explain the concept
3. a reading, an interpretation placed on something
- başha türlü angılaw — a different interpretation
- ters angılaw — a mistaken interpretation
- anı angılawu başhadı — its reading is different
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | angılawthe understanding | angılawlathe understandings | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | angılawnuthe understanding's | angılawlanıthe understandings' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | angılawnuthe understanding (as the object) | angılawlanıthe understandings (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | angılawğato the understanding | angılawlağato the understandings | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | angılawdaat / in the understanding | angılawladaat / in the understandings | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | angılawdanfrom the understanding | angılawladanfrom the understandings | 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 | angılawummy understanding | angılawlarımmy understandings |
| your | angılawungyour understanding | angılawlarıngyour understandings |
| his / her | angılawuhis / her understanding | angılawlarıhis / her understandings |
| our | angılawubuzour understanding | angılawlarıbızour understandings |
| you all's | angılawuğuzyou all's understanding | angılawlarığızyou all's understandings |
| their | angılawlarıtheir understanding | angılawlarıtheir understandings |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: angılawları can mean "his / her understandings", "their understanding", or "their understandings" — context decides.