asırağan
/asɯraʁan/
past participle of asırarğa →
1. one who rears, feeds and provides for
- üydegi asırağan — the breadwinner of the family
- alanı atasız asırağanın — that she reared them without a father
- seni asırağanım, baqğanım — you whom I reared and looked after
2. foster-, adoptive
- asırağan ata — a foster father
- asırağan ana — a foster mother
- asırağan jaşı — his adopted son
- asırağan anası keldi — his foster mother came
3. one who keeps, stores or preserves
- asırağan asıw alır — the thrifty one profits by what he has put by
- asırağanım — what I have put by
- açhanı asırağan — the one who keeps the money
4. thrifty, sparing
- asırağan adam — a thrifty person
- asırağan üydegi — a thrifty household
- asırağan bolurğa — to be thrifty
5. funeral, having to do with burial
- asırağan adetle — funeral customs
- asırağan zamanda aytılğan söz — the words spoken at the burial
- asırağan kün — the day of the burial
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base formam/is/are foster- | menasırağanma | senasırağansa | olasırağandı | bizasırağanbız | sizasırağansız | alaasırağandıla |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden asırağandı — "compared to me, he is foster-."
Which reading? Look at what follows.
| asırağan + noun | the one who keeps (the noun is the doer) |
|---|---|
| asırağan + noun with an owner ending | the thing someone keeps |
| asırağanı, nothing after | what someone keeps |
| asırağanı under bilirge, körürge | that someone keeps |
With an owner
| my | asırağanımmy having kept |
|---|---|
| your | asırağanıngyour having kept |
| his / her | asırağanıhis / her having kept |
| our | asırağanıbızour having kept |
| you all's | asırağanığızyou all's having kept |
| their | asırağanlarıtheir having kept |
Cases with an owner
The endings on asırağanı, the form with a third-person owner. Every other owner takes the same six.
| nominative | asırağanıhis / her having kept |
|---|---|
| genitive | asırağanınıhis / her having kept's |
| accusative | asırağanınhis / her having kept |
| dative | asırağanınato his / her having kept |
| locative | asırağanındawhen he / she kept |
| ablative | asırağanındanafter he / she kept |
Negative
| the negative | asıramağanthe one that didn't keep |
|---|---|
| his / her | asıramağanıhis / her not having kept |