artıqlıq
/artɯqlɯq/
Definitions
1. excess, the state of being more than is needed
- sürüwçünü artıqlıqğa tutama — I keep the herdsman as a luxury
- aşda artıqlıq igilikge eltmez — excess in food leads to no good
2. superiority, the quality of standing above others in worth
- menden artıqlığıng nedi? — in what are you better than I?
3. violence done to a person, outrage, oppression exercised without right
- artıqlıq eterge — to do violence to someone
- artıqlıq jürekden ketmez — violence is never forgotten
- eski jaşawnu artıqlıqları — the cruelties of the old life
Related
artıqbaseextra, spare, surplus, superfluous; too, excessively, overly; more than, over, in excess of; surplus, excess, what is left over
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | artıqlıqthe excess | artıqlıqlathe excesses | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | artıqlıqnıthe excess' | artıqlıqlanıthe excesses' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | artıqlıqnıthe excess (as the object) | artıqlıqlanıthe excesses (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | artıqlıqğato the excess | artıqlıqlağato the excesses | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | artıqlıqdaat / in the excess | artıqlıqladaat / in the excesses | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | artıqlıqdanfrom the excess | artıqlıqladanfrom the excesses | 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 | artıqlığımmy excess | artıqlıqlarımmy excesses |
| your | artıqlığıngyour excess | artıqlıqlarıngyour excesses |
| his / her | artıqlığıhis / her excess | artıqlıqlarıhis / her excesses |
| our | artıqlığıbızour excess | artıqlıqlarıbızour excesses |
| you all's | artıqlığığızyou all's excess | artıqlıqlarığızyou all's excesses |
| their | artıqlıqlarıtheir excess | artıqlıqlarıtheir excesses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: artıqlıqları can mean "his / her excesses", "their excess", or "their excesses" — context decides.