aydes

/ajdes/ · plural aydesle

Balkar spelling: aydeş

(n.) wishbone game, in which two people break a wishbone and the loser is the one who later forgets to say 'I remember' when handed something — Used with oyna 'play', as in aydes oynadıla 'they played the wishbone game'. The call that starts the game is aydesim, 'my wishbone!'

jaş bla qız aydes oynadıla — the boy and the girl played the wishbone game
aydesim! — my wishbone!
aydes oynayıqmı? — shall we play the wishbone game?

Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of aydes, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	aydesthe wishbone	aydesimmy wishbone	aydesiŋyour wishbone	aydesihis wishbone	aydesibizour wishbone	aydesigizyou all's wishbone	aydesleritheir wishbones
Genitive	aydesnithe wishbone's	aydesimimy wishbone's	aydesiŋiyour wishbone's	aydesinihis wishbone's	aydesibizniour wishbone's	aydesigizniyou all's wishbone's	aydeslerinitheir wishbones'
Accusative	aydesnithe wishbone (as the object)	aydesimimy wishbone (as the object)	aydesiŋiyour wishbone (as the object)	aydesinhis wishbone (as the object)	aydesibizniour wishbone (as the object)	aydesigizniyou all's wishbone (as the object)	aydeslerintheir wishbones (as the object)
Dative	aydesgeto the wishbone	aydesimeto my wishbone	aydesiŋeto your wishbone	aydesineto his wishbone	aydesibizgeto our wishbone	aydesigizgeto you all's wishbone	aydeslerineto their wishbones
Locative	aydesdein / at the wishbone	aydesimdein / at my wishbone	aydesiŋdein / at your wishbone	aydesindein / at his wishbone	aydesibizdein / at our wishbone	aydesigizdein / at you all's wishbone	aydeslerindein / at their wishbones
Ablative	aydesdenfrom the wishbone	aydesimdenfrom my wishbone	aydesiŋdenfrom your wishbone	aydesindenfrom his wishbone	aydesibizdenfrom our wishbone	aydesigizdenfrom you all's wishbone	aydeslerindenfrom their wishbones

Plural

Plural — cases of aydes, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	aydeslethe wishbones	aydeslerimmy wishbones	aydesleriŋyour wishbones	aydeslerihis wishbones	aydesleribizour wishbones	aydeslerigizyou all's wishbones	aydesleritheir wishbones
Genitive	aydeslenithe wishbones'	aydeslerimimy wishbones'	aydesleriŋiyour wishbones'	aydeslerinihis wishbones'	aydesleribizniour wishbones'	aydeslerigizniyou all's wishbones'	aydeslerinitheir wishbones'
Accusative	aydeslenithe wishbones (as the object)	aydeslerimimy wishbones (as the object)	aydesleriŋiyour wishbones (as the object)	aydeslerinhis wishbones (as the object)	aydesleribizniour wishbones (as the object)	aydeslerigizniyou all's wishbones (as the object)	aydeslerintheir wishbones (as the object)
Dative	aydeslegeto the wishbones	aydeslerimeto my wishbones	aydesleriŋeto your wishbones	aydeslerineto his wishbones	aydesleribizgeto our wishbones	aydeslerigizgeto you all's wishbones	aydeslerineto their wishbones
Locative	aydesledein / at the wishbones	aydeslerimdein / at my wishbones	aydesleriŋdein / at your wishbones	aydeslerindein / at his wishbones	aydesleribizdein / at our wishbones	aydeslerigizdein / at you all's wishbones	aydeslerindein / at their wishbones
Ablative	aydesledenfrom the wishbones	aydeslerimdenfrom my wishbones	aydesleriŋdenfrom your wishbones	aydeslerindenfrom his wishbones	aydesleribizdenfrom our wishbones	aydeslerigizdenfrom you all's wishbones	aydeslerindenfrom their wishbones

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: aydesleri can mean "his / her wishbones", "their wishbone", or "their wishbones" — context decides.

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.