baytamal

/bajtamal/

1. (adj.) wretched, luckless, forlorn, forsaken, accursed — Used in curses such as baytamal qallıq "may you be accursed, may you be left forsaken".

baytamal bolluq! — may you be cursed!
baytamal adam — a luckless man
anı atları baytamal qaldıla — his horses were left forsaken
baytamal qalğandı — he has been left forlorn

2. (adj.) very easy, easy, trifling, yielding readily — Elbrusoid marks this meaning as Balkar and also gives the adverbial use "very easily". TSKBYa does not mark a variety, so no dialect label is set.

baytamal iş — a very easy piece of work
baytamal zatdı — it is an easy thing
iş baytamaldı — the work is easy
alay baytamaldı qarağanda — it is so easy at first glance
baytamal soruw — a trifling question

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — baytamal
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	baytamalmaI am wretched	baytamalsayou are wretched	baytamaldıhe is wretched	baytamalbızwe are wretched	baytamalsızyou all are wretched	baytamaldılathey are wretched
comparative — more	baytamalıraqmaI am more wretched	baytamalıraqsayou are more wretched	baytamalıraqdıhe is more wretched	baytamalıraqbızwe are more wretched	baytamalıraqsızyou all are more wretched	baytamalıraqdılathey are more wretched
intensifier — very	bek baytamalmaI am very wretched	bek baytamalsayou are very wretched	bek baytamaldıhe is very wretched	bek baytamalbızwe are very wretched	bek baytamalsızyou all are very wretched	bek baytamaldılathey are very wretched
superlative — most	em baytamalmaI am the most wretched	em baytamalsayou are the most wretched	em baytamaldıhe is the most wretched	em baytamalbızwe are the most wretched	em baytamalsızyou all are the most wretched	em baytamaldılathey are the most wretched

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden baytamaldı — "compared to me, he is wretched."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — baytamal
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki baytamaldımine is wretched	seniki baytamaldıyours is wretched	anıqı baytamaldıhis is wretched	bizniki baytamaldıours is wretched	sizniki baytamaldıyours (pl.) is wretched	alanıqı baytamaldıtheirs is wretched
comparative — more	meniki baytamalıraqdımine is more wretched	seniki baytamalıraqdıyours is more wretched	anıqı baytamalıraqdıhis is more wretched	bizniki baytamalıraqdıours is more wretched	sizniki baytamalıraqdıyours (pl.) is more wretched	alanıqı baytamalıraqdıtheirs is more wretched
intensifier — very	meniki bek baytamaldımine is very wretched	seniki bek baytamaldıyours is very wretched	anıqı bek baytamaldıhis is very wretched	bizniki bek baytamaldıours is very wretched	sizniki bek baytamaldıyours (pl.) is very wretched	alanıqı bek baytamaldıtheirs is very wretched
superlative — most	meniki em baytamaldımine is the most wretched	seniki em baytamaldıyours is the most wretched	anıqı em baytamaldıhis is the most wretched	bizniki em baytamaldıours is the most wretched	sizniki em baytamaldıyours (pl.) is the most wretched	alanıqı em baytamaldıtheirs is the most wretched

Several things

Several things — baytamal
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile baytamaldılamine are wretched	senikile baytamaldılayours are wretched	anıqıla baytamaldılahis are wretched	biznikile baytamaldılaours are wretched	siznikile baytamaldılayours (pl.) are wretched	alanıqıla baytamaldılatheirs are wretched
comparative — more	menikile baytamalıraqdılamine are more wretched	senikile baytamalıraqdılayours are more wretched	anıqıla baytamalıraqdılahis are more wretched	biznikile baytamalıraqdılaours are more wretched	siznikile baytamalıraqdılayours (pl.) are more wretched	alanıqıla baytamalıraqdılatheirs are more wretched
intensifier — very	menikile bek baytamaldılamine are very wretched	senikile bek baytamaldılayours are very wretched	anıqıla bek baytamaldılahis are very wretched	biznikile bek baytamaldılaours are very wretched	siznikile bek baytamaldılayours (pl.) are very wretched	alanıqıla bek baytamaldılatheirs are very wretched
superlative — most	menikile em baytamaldılamine are the most wretched	senikile em baytamaldılayours are the most wretched	anıqıla em baytamaldılahis are the most wretched	biznikile em baytamaldılaours are the most wretched	siznikile em baytamaldılayours (pl.) are the most wretched	alanıqıla em baytamaldılatheirs are the most wretched

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu baytamaldı, bıla baytamaldıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".