bay
/baj/
Definition
rich, wealthy, well-to-do
- bay adam — a wealthy man
- bay üy — a well-to-do household
- bay bolurğa — to grow rich
- bay bayğa bağar — the rich look to the rich
Related
jarlıantonympoor; unfortunate, wretched, poor thing; a poor man, a pauper
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 26).Feedback
or .Degrees
| base form | bayrich |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | bayıraqricher |
| intensifier — very | bek bayvery rich |
| superlative — most | em baythe richest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden baydı — "compared to me, he is rich."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men baymaI am rich | biz baybızwe are rich |
| 2nd person | sen baysayou are rich | siz baysızyou all are rich |
| 3rd person | ol baydıhe / she / it is rich | ala baydılathey are rich |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu baydıthis is rich | bıla baydılathese are rich |
| that / those | ol baydıthat / it is rich | ala baydılathose / they are rich |
| mine | meniki baydımine is rich | menikile baydılamine are rich |
| yours | seniki baydıyours is rich | senikile baydılayours are rich |
| ours | bizniki baydıours is rich | biznikile baydılaours are rich |