ashaq / aqsaq / ahsaq
/asxaq/, /aqsaq/, /axsaq/
1. lame, limping (of a person or animal)
- ashaq at — a lame horse
- ayağı ashaq — lame in the leg
- ashaq adamğa boluşuğuz — help the lame man
- ashaq bolub qaythandı — he came back lame
- ashaq kiyikge joluqdum — I came across a lame deer
- ashaq eçki tekege tınç — a lame goat is easier for the billy goat
2. lame, shorter (of a leg): shorter than the other leg or injured, so that one limps — Used of the leg itself, as in ashaq ayaq "a lame leg" and oŋ butu ashaqdı "his right leg is lame".
- ashaq ayaq — a lame leg
- oŋ ayağı ashaqdı — his right leg is lame
- ashaq ayağı awruydu — his lame leg hurts
3. a lame person; lame people, cripples — The adjective used as a noun, often collectively.
- bir ashaq keldi qoşha — a lame man came to the shepherds' hut
- ashaqla da keldile — the lame came too
- ashaq da, soqur da çığarla — both the lame and the blind will come out
- ashaq deseŋ, ashaqma — if you call me lame, then lame I am
Expressions
- soquru, aqsağı bolmağan — able-bodied
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | ashaqdıhe is lame | ashaqdılathey are lame |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden ashaqdı — "compared to me, he is lame."