asıw
/asɯw/
verbal noun of asarğa →
1. benefit, use, advantage, profit
- andan ne asıw? — what use is there in that?
- asıw bolurğa — to be of use, to serve as a support
- janıma asıw boladı awuzuŋu ışarğanı — your smile is a comfort to my soul
- halqğa jumuş etsem, asıwdu — if I do a service for the people, that is a benefit
2. help, support, backing
- asıw eterge — to lend support, to help
- asıw alırğa — to eat one's fill
- qoyla kırdıkdan asıw aldıla — the sheep grazed their fill on the grass
- ol menŋe asıw etdi — they helped me
3. dignity, honor, worth
- kişi jerde özürlükden asıwdu — in a foreign land it is worth more than plenty
4. hanging, hanging up
- qazan asıwnu terk etigiz — be quick about hanging the pot up
- asmaqğa asıw — execution by hanging
- çoyun asıw — the hanging of the cauldron
5. pleasure, delight, comfort — Said of something that gladdens the heart.
- ariw söz — kölge asıw — a kind word is comfort to the heart
- ol da asıwdu! — that too is a pleasure!
- gokka körgen — kölge asıw — seeing a flower is a delight to the heart
Expressions
- kölüne asıw bolurğa — please someone
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | asıwthe benefit | asıwummy benefit | asıwuŋyour benefit | asıwuhis benefit | asıwubuzour benefit | asıwuğuzyou all's benefit | asıwlarıtheir benefits |
| Genitive | asıwnuthe benefit's | asıwumumy benefit's | asıwuŋuyour benefit's | asıwunuhis benefit's | asıwubuznuour benefit's | asıwuğuznuyou all's benefit's | asıwlarınıtheir benefits' |
| Accusative | asıwnuthe benefit (as the object) | asıwumumy benefit (as the object) | asıwuŋuyour benefit (as the object) | asıwunhis benefit (as the object) | asıwubuznuour benefit (as the object) | asıwuğuznuyou all's benefit (as the object) | asıwlarıntheir benefits (as the object) |
| Dative | asıwğato the benefit | asıwumato my benefit | asıwuŋato your benefit | asıwunato his benefit | asıwubuzğato our benefit | asıwuğuzğato you all's benefit | asıwlarınato their benefits |
| Locative | asıwdain / at the benefit | asıwumdain / at my benefit | asıwuŋdain / at your benefit | asıwundain / at his benefit | asıwubuzdain / at our benefit | asıwuğuzdain / at you all's benefit | asıwlarındain / at their benefits |
| Ablative | asıwdanfrom the benefit | asıwumdanfrom my benefit | asıwuŋdanfrom your benefit | asıwundanfrom his benefit | asıwubuzdanfrom our benefit | asıwuğuzdanfrom you all's benefit | asıwlarındanfrom their benefits |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.