ballı
/ballɯ/
1. honeyed, sweet, tasty, made with honey, full of honey, containing honey, nutritious
- batmanla ballı bolsunla — may the hives be full of honey
- sabiyiŋe ballı hantnı tatdırma — don't let your child taste sweet food
- ballı hantdan toydurğandı — fed her full on tasty food
- ballı-jawlu hantla — dishes made with honey and butter
- bu batman ballıdı — this hive is full of honey
- ballı batman — a hive full of honey
- ballı gırjın — bread with honey
- ballı suw — honeyed water
- ballı hant — tasty food
- ballı qazan — a pot containing honey
2. honey-bearing, nectar-producing (of plants)
- ballı hans — a nectar-bearing plant
- ballı terekleni tübü bla — under the nectar-bearing trees
- ballı gokka — a nectar-bearing flower
- ballı terek — a nectar-bearing tree
3. joyful, glad one source
- ballı kün — a joyful day
- ballı jaşaw — a joyful life
- qarnaş ballı künde da qarnaş — a brother is a brother on a joyful day too
Degrees
| Degree | —form |
|---|---|
| base form | ballıhoneyed |
| comparative — more | ballıraqmore honeyed |
| intensifier — very | bek ballıvery honeyed |
| superlative — most | em ballıthe most honeyed |
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki ballıdımine is honeyed | seniki ballıdıyours is honeyed | anıqı ballıdıhis is honeyed | bizniki ballıdıours is honeyed | sizniki ballıdıyours (pl.) is honeyed | alanıqı ballıdıtheirs is honeyed |
| comparative — more | meniki ballıraqdımine is more honeyed | seniki ballıraqdıyours is more honeyed | anıqı ballıraqdıhis is more honeyed | bizniki ballıraqdıours is more honeyed | sizniki ballıraqdıyours (pl.) is more honeyed | alanıqı ballıraqdıtheirs is more honeyed |
| intensifier — very | meniki bek ballıdımine is very honeyed | seniki bek ballıdıyours is very honeyed | anıqı bek ballıdıhis is very honeyed | bizniki bek ballıdıours is very honeyed | sizniki bek ballıdıyours (pl.) is very honeyed | alanıqı bek ballıdıtheirs is very honeyed |
| superlative — most | meniki em ballıdımine is the most honeyed | seniki em ballıdıyours is the most honeyed | anıqı em ballıdıhis is the most honeyed | bizniki em ballıdıours is the most honeyed | sizniki em ballıdıyours (pl.) is the most honeyed | alanıqı em ballıdıtheirs is the most honeyed |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile ballıdılamine are honeyed | senikile ballıdılayours are honeyed | anıqıla ballıdılahis are honeyed | biznikile ballıdılaours are honeyed | siznikile ballıdılayours (pl.) are honeyed | alanıqıla ballıdılatheirs are honeyed |
| comparative — more | menikile ballıraqdılamine are more honeyed | senikile ballıraqdılayours are more honeyed | anıqıla ballıraqdılahis are more honeyed | biznikile ballıraqdılaours are more honeyed | siznikile ballıraqdılayours (pl.) are more honeyed | alanıqıla ballıraqdılatheirs are more honeyed |
| intensifier — very | menikile bek ballıdılamine are very honeyed | senikile bek ballıdılayours are very honeyed | anıqıla bek ballıdılahis are very honeyed | biznikile bek ballıdılaours are very honeyed | siznikile bek ballıdılayours (pl.) are very honeyed | alanıqıla bek ballıdılatheirs are very honeyed |
| superlative — most | menikile em ballıdılamine are the most honeyed | senikile em ballıdılayours are the most honeyed | anıqıla em ballıdılahis are the most honeyed | biznikile em ballıdılaours are the most honeyed | siznikile em ballıdılayours (pl.) are the most honeyed | alanıqıla em ballıdılatheirs are the most honeyed |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu ballıdı, bıla ballıdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".