aş
/aʃ/ · plural aşla
1. food, meal, dish
- aş hazırdı — the food is ready
- aş hazırlayma — I am preparing food
- aş bişedi — the meal is cooking
- ertden aş — breakfast
- aş üy — kitchen, dining room
- ol aşha uzalmadı — he did not touch the food
- aç aş ayırmaydı — a hungry person is not picky about food
2. fodder, feed
- mal aş — cattle fodder
- tawuq aş — chicken feed
- aş salırğa — to put out feed
- malğa aş salırma — I will put out feed for the cattle
- tawuq fermağa aş tüşürülgendi — feed has been delivered to the poultry farm
- qarmaq aş — fishing bait
- aş bermeseŋ süt bermez — if you don't give it feed, it won't give milk
3. funeral meal, memorial feast — The meal given for the dead on the appointed days of mourning and on the anniversary of the death.
- jıl aş — the memorial meal on the anniversary of a death
- jıl aş etdile — they held the anniversary memorial meal
- qayğı aş — the food brought by neighbors to a house of mourning
4. flesh, pulp — Used of the edible inside of a melon, watermelon, cucumber or other gourd.
- harbıznı aşı bek tatlıdı — the flesh of the watermelon is very sweet
- huwannı aşı sarı boladı — the flesh of a melon is yellow
- qabaqnı aşı qalındı — the flesh of the pumpkin is thick
5. diet, nourishment — Used of what someone eats habitually, rather than of a single meal.
- aşığız igimidi? — is your diet good?
- anı aşı bek igidi — his diet is very good
- sabiyni aşı tüz bolurğa kerekdi — a child's diet has to be right
6. source, sustenance, nourishment — Said of whatever feeds or gives rise to something, as a proverb feeds the mind. one source
- nart söz aqılnı aşı — a proverb is nourishment for the mind
- bilim adamnı aqılına aşdı — knowledge is nourishment for a person's mind
- igi kitab aqılğa aşdı — a good book is nourishment for the mind
7. game, quarry — Of an animal taken in hunting. one source
- igi aş tüşgendi — good game has been caught
- uwçulağa igi aş tüşgendi — the hunters have taken good game
- bügün bizge aş tüşmedi — today no game came our way
Expressions
- Allah berdi bişgen aş — unexpected windfall
- aş da, suw da berme — utterly absorbed
- aşar aşı, içer suwu tawusulurğa — die; time is up
- aşha batmazğa — have no appetite
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aşthe food | aşımmy food | aşıŋyour food | aşıhis food | aşıbızour food | aşığızyou all's food | aşlarıtheir food |
| Genitive | aşnıthe food's | aşımımy food's | aşıŋıyour food's | aşınıhis food's | aşıbıznıour food's | aşığıznıyou all's food's | aşlarınıtheir food's |
| Accusative | aşnıthe food (as the object) | aşımımy food (as the object) | aşıŋıyour food (as the object) | aşınhis food (as the object) | aşıbıznıour food (as the object) | aşığıznıyou all's food (as the object) | aşlarıntheir food (as the object) |
| Dative | aşhato the food | aşımato my food | aşıŋato your food | aşınato his food | aşıbızğato our food | aşığızğato you all's food | aşlarınato their food |
| Locative | aşdain / at the food | aşımdain / at my food | aşıŋdain / at your food | aşındain / at his food | aşıbızdain / at our food | aşığızdain / at you all's food | aşlarındain / at their food |
| Ablative | aşdanfrom the food | aşımdanfrom my food | aşıŋdanfrom your food | aşındanfrom his food | aşıbızdanfrom our food | aşığızdanfrom you all's food | aşlarındanfrom their food |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aşlathe food | aşlarımmy food | aşlarıŋyour food | aşlarıhis food | aşlarıbızour food | aşlarığızyou all's food | aşlarıtheir food |
| Genitive | aşlanıthe food's | aşlarımımy food's | aşlarıŋıyour food's | aşlarınıhis food's | aşlarıbıznıour food's | aşlarığıznıyou all's food's | aşlarınıtheir food's |
| Accusative | aşlanıthe food (as the object) | aşlarımımy food (as the object) | aşlarıŋıyour food (as the object) | aşlarınhis food (as the object) | aşlarıbıznıour food (as the object) | aşlarığıznıyou all's food (as the object) | aşlarıntheir food (as the object) |
| Dative | aşlağato the food | aşlarımato my food | aşlarıŋato your food | aşlarınato his food | aşlarıbızğato our food | aşlarığızğato you all's food | aşlarınato their food |
| Locative | aşladain / at the food | aşlarımdain / at my food | aşlarıŋdain / at your food | aşlarındain / at his food | aşlarıbızdain / at our food | aşlarığızdain / at you all's food | aşlarındain / at their food |
| Ablative | aşladanfrom the food | aşlarımdanfrom my food | aşlarıŋdanfrom your food | aşlarındanfrom his food | aşlarıbızdanfrom our food | aşlarığızdanfrom you all's food | aşlarındanfrom their food |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: aşları can mean "his / her food", "their food", or "their food" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.