berne
/berne/ · plural bernele
1. bride's gifts to the groom's relatives, wedding gifts of cloth and clothing — Gifts of cloth, shirts and other items that the bride's family hands out to the husband's relatives, which in a wider sense also covers the gifts the two families exchange at a wedding. A later költürgenlik berne is given to the husband's family after the birth of a child.
- berne kölek — a shirt given as a bride's gift
- kelin bernesin berdi — the bride gave out her gifts
- qayın ananı bernesi — the mother-in-law's gift from the bride
- bernesin hazır eterge — to get her gifts for the groom's family ready
- berneni üleşgen qatın — the woman handing out the bride's gifts
- berne dawsuz işge daw çığarır — bride's gifts make a quarrel out of a matter without quarrel
- berne bergen tüknü tükge jalğar — the one who gives bride's gifts ties hair to hair (barely makes ends meet)
2. dowry, the goods a bride brings
- qıznı bernesi hazırdı — the girl's dowry is ready
- qallay bir berne berligin — how much dowry she will give
- qalın, berne qalğandıla — bride price and dowry have gone out of use
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bernethe bride's gifts | bernemmy bride's gifts | berneŋyour bride's gifts | bernesihis bride's gifts | bernebizour bride's gifts | bernegizyou all's bride's gifts | berneleritheir bride's giftses |
| Genitive | bernenithe bride's gifts' | bernemimy bride's gifts' | berneŋiyour bride's gifts' | bernesinihis bride's gifts' | bernebizniour bride's gifts' | bernegizniyou all's bride's gifts' | bernelerinitheir bride's giftses' |
| Accusative | bernenithe bride's gifts (as the object) | bernemimy bride's gifts (as the object) | berneŋiyour bride's gifts (as the object) | bernesinhis bride's gifts (as the object) | bernebizniour bride's gifts (as the object) | bernegizniyou all's bride's gifts (as the object) | bernelerintheir bride's giftses (as the object) |
| Dative | bernegeto the bride's gifts | bernemeto my bride's gifts | berneŋeto your bride's gifts | bernesineto his bride's gifts | bernebizgeto our bride's gifts | bernegizgeto you all's bride's gifts | bernelerineto their bride's giftses |
| Locative | bernedein / at the bride's gifts | bernemdein / at my bride's gifts | berneŋdein / at your bride's gifts | bernesindein / at his bride's gifts | bernebizdein / at our bride's gifts | bernegizdein / at you all's bride's gifts | bernelerindein / at their bride's giftses |
| Ablative | bernedenfrom the bride's gifts | bernemdenfrom my bride's gifts | berneŋdenfrom your bride's gifts | bernesindenfrom his bride's gifts | bernebizdenfrom our bride's gifts | bernegizdenfrom you all's bride's gifts | bernelerindenfrom their bride's giftses |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bernelethe bride's giftses | bernelerimmy bride's giftses | berneleriŋyour bride's giftses | bernelerihis bride's giftses | berneleribizour bride's giftses | bernelerigizyou all's bride's giftses | berneleritheir bride's giftses |
| Genitive | bernelenithe bride's giftses' | bernelerimimy bride's giftses' | berneleriŋiyour bride's giftses' | bernelerinihis bride's giftses' | berneleribizniour bride's giftses' | bernelerigizniyou all's bride's giftses' | bernelerinitheir bride's giftses' |
| Accusative | bernelenithe bride's giftses (as the object) | bernelerimimy bride's giftses (as the object) | berneleriŋiyour bride's giftses (as the object) | bernelerinhis bride's giftses (as the object) | berneleribizniour bride's giftses (as the object) | bernelerigizniyou all's bride's giftses (as the object) | bernelerintheir bride's giftses (as the object) |
| Dative | bernelegeto the bride's giftses | bernelerimeto my bride's giftses | berneleriŋeto your bride's giftses | bernelerineto his bride's giftses | berneleribizgeto our bride's giftses | bernelerigizgeto you all's bride's giftses | bernelerineto their bride's giftses |
| Locative | berneledein / at the bride's giftses | bernelerimdein / at my bride's giftses | berneleriŋdein / at your bride's giftses | bernelerindein / at his bride's giftses | berneleribizdein / at our bride's giftses | bernelerigizdein / at you all's bride's giftses | bernelerindein / at their bride's giftses |
| Ablative | berneledenfrom the bride's giftses | bernelerimdenfrom my bride's giftses | berneleriŋdenfrom your bride's giftses | bernelerindenfrom his bride's giftses | berneleribizdenfrom our bride's giftses | bernelerigizdenfrom you all's bride's giftses | bernelerindenfrom their bride's giftses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: berneleri can mean "his / her bride's giftses", "their bride's gifts", or "their bride's giftses" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.