bağırbaş
/baʁɯrbaʃ/
1. copper-headed, copper-topped — Used of a thing whose head or top is made of copper or is copper-colored, as in bağırbaş kilisa and bağırbaş qalam. Snake and insect names are built on it too, such as bağırbaş jılan and bağırbaş çibin.
- bağırbaş qalam — a copper-topped pen
- bağırbaş kilisa — a copper-topped church
- bağırbaş tayaq — a copper-headed staff
- bağırbaş jılan — a copper-headed snake
2. ill-natured, spiteful, sharp-tongued — Said of a woman.
- bağırbaş tişirıw — a spiteful, sharp-tongued woman
- ol bağırbaşdı — she is ill-natured and sharp-tongued
- bağırbaş qatın — an ill-natured woman
- bağırbaş tişirıwnu söz bla jeŋerge — to beat a spiteful woman with words
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | bağırbaşmaI am copper-headed | bağırbaşsayou are copper-headed | bağırbaşdıhe is copper-headed | bağırbaşbızwe are copper-headed | bağırbaşsızyou all are copper-headed | bağırbaşdılathey are copper-headed |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden bağırbaşdı — "compared to me, he is copper-headed."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki bağırbaşdımine is copper-headed | seniki bağırbaşdıyours is copper-headed | anıqı bağırbaşdıhis is copper-headed | bizniki bağırbaşdıours is copper-headed | sizniki bağırbaşdıyours (pl.) is copper-headed | alanıqı bağırbaşdıtheirs is copper-headed |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile bağırbaşdılamine are copper-headed | senikile bağırbaşdılayours are copper-headed | anıqıla bağırbaşdılahis are copper-headed | biznikile bağırbaşdılaours are copper-headed | siznikile bağırbaşdılayours (pl.) are copper-headed | alanıqıla bağırbaşdılatheirs are copper-headed |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu bağırbaşdı, bıla bağırbaşdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".