bet
/bet/
Definitions
1. face
- aq bet — a fair face
- beti qızardı — he went red in the face
- betden aytırğa — to say it to someone's face
2. conscience, sense of shame, honour
- beting barmıdı? — have you no conscience?
- beti bolmağan — one with no conscience
- bet kerekdi! — one must have a conscience!
3. colour, shade
- qalay ariw beti bardı! — what a beautiful colour it has!
- qumaçnı beti qızıldı — the cloth is red in colour
- jer jaşil bet alğandı — the ground has taken on a green colour
4. page, a page of a book
- kitabnı betleri — the pages of the book
- birinçi bet — the first page
- betni açarğa — to open the page
5. right side, the face of a cloth
- qumaçnı beti — the right side of the cloth
- kiyimni beti — the right side of the garment
- beti ariwdu — its right side is handsome
6. person, the grammatical person of a verb
- etimni betleri — the persons of the verb
- üçünçü betde — in the third person
- ekinçi betde — in the second person
Related
uyatcollocationa sense of shame, modesty; conscience; disgrace, dishonour; a thing that brings reproach upon a person
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 33).Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | betthe face | betlethe faces | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | betnithe face's | betlenithe faces' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | betnithe face (as the object) | betlenithe faces (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | betgeto the face | betlegeto the faces | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | betdeat / in the face | betledeat / in the faces | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | betdenfrom the face | betledenfrom the faces | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | betimmy face | betlerimmy faces |
| your | betingyour face | betleringyour faces |
| his / her | betihis / her face | betlerihis / her faces |
| our | betibizour face | betleribizour faces |
| you all's | betigizyou all's face | betlerigizyou all's faces |
| their | betleritheir face | betleritheir faces |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: betleri can mean "his / her faces", "their face", or "their faces" — context decides.