balçıq
/baltʃɯq/
1. mud, sticky mud, slush, mire — Before another noun it means muddy, dirty or swampy, as in balçıq suw muddy water. It also covers the silt at the bottom of water.
- balçıqğa batarğa — to get stuck in the mud
- maşina balçıqğa bathandı — the car has got stuck in the mud
- balçıq suw — muddy water
- teren balçıq — deep mud
- balçıq quruğandı — the mud has dried up
- balçıq jol — a muddy road
- balçıqğa taş atsaŋ, kesiŋe çaçılır — if you throw a stone into the mud, it will splash on you
- balçıq ayaq — a muddy foot
2. clay
- balçıq jağarğa — to daub with clay
- balçıqdan işlerge — to make something of clay
- balçıqnı iyle — knead the clay
- balçıq üy — a house of clay
- balçıqdan saman etiledi — adobe is made from clay
3. medicinal mud, therapeutic mud — Mud taken from the bottom of a sea or lake and used for treatment, as in balçıq bla bağıw mud treatment.
- balçıq bla bağıw — treatment with mud
- awruğanlanı balçıq bla bağadıla — they treat the sick with mud
- ayaqlarına darman balçıq jaqdıla — they applied medicinal mud to his legs
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | balçıqthe mud | balçığımmy mud | balçığıŋyour mud | balçığıhis mud | balçığıbızour mud | balçığığızyou all's mud | balçıqlarıtheir muds |
| Genitive | balçıqnıthe mud's | balçığımımy mud's | balçığıŋıyour mud's | balçığınıhis mud's | balçığıbıznıour mud's | balçığığıznıyou all's mud's | balçıqlarınıtheir muds' |
| Accusative | balçıqnıthe mud (as the object) | balçığımımy mud (as the object) | balçığıŋıyour mud (as the object) | balçığınhis mud (as the object) | balçığıbıznıour mud (as the object) | balçığığıznıyou all's mud (as the object) | balçıqlarıntheir muds (as the object) |
| Dative | balçıqğato the mud | balçığımato my mud | balçığıŋato your mud | balçığınato his mud | balçığıbızğato our mud | balçığığızğato you all's mud | balçıqlarınato their muds |
| Locative | balçıqdain / at the mud | balçığımdain / at my mud | balçığıŋdain / at your mud | balçığındain / at his mud | balçığıbızdain / at our mud | balçığığızdain / at you all's mud | balçıqlarındain / at their muds |
| Ablative | balçıqdanfrom the mud | balçığımdanfrom my mud | balçığıŋdanfrom your mud | balçığındanfrom his mud | balçığıbızdanfrom our mud | balçığığızdanfrom you all's mud | balçıqlarındanfrom their muds |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.