at
/at/
Definitions
1. horse
- atnı semirtseng, jayaw jürümezse — fatten your horse and you will not go on foot — a proverb
- aq at — a white horse
- atha minerge — to mount a horse
- at bolsa qamçi bar — if there is a horse there is a whip
2. name
- atıng nedi? — what is your name?
- anı atı İsmaildı — his name is Ismail
- malnı atı — the animal's name
- at atarğa — to give a name, to name
3. fame, reputation, good name
- atıngı aytdırırğa — to make a name for yourself
- atı aytılğan adam — a well-known man
- atın amanga çığarırğa — to give someone a bad name
4. title, rank
- at berirge — to confer a title
- adam atına sanaladı ol da — he too is counted worthy of the name of a man
- jigiti at atalıngandı — the title of hero was conferred on him
Related
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 49).Found in
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | atthe horse | atlathe horses | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | atnıthe horse's | atlanıthe horses' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | atnıthe horse (as the object) | atlanıthe horses (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | athato the horse | atlağato the horses | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | atdaat / in the horse | atladaat / in the horses | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | atdanfrom the horse | atladanfrom the horses | 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 | atımmy horse | atlarımmy horses |
| your | atıngyour horse | atlarıngyour horses |
| his / her | atıhis / her horse | atlarıhis / her horses |
| our | atıbızour horse | atlarıbızour horses |
| you all's | atığızyou all's horse | atlarığızyou all's horses |
| their | atlarıtheir horse | atlarıtheir horses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: atları can mean "his / her horses", "their horse", or "their horses" — context decides.