beçel
/betʃel/
1. crippled, disabled, paralyzed; unable to walk or move a limb — Also used as a noun for a person who is crippled, as in the plural beçelle "the crippled".
- beçel adam — a crippled person
- beçel qol — a paralyzed hand
- beçel sabiy — a crippled child
- qolu beçeldi — his hand is paralyzed
- sol qolu beçeldi — his left hand is paralyzed
- beçel sanları qaltıradıla — his paralyzed limbs tremble
- qartla bla beçelle qalğan edile — the old and the crippled had remained
2. incapable, inept, unable to do anything
- işge beçel — incapable at work
- qoldan beçel adam — a person useless with their hands
- awuzdan çeçen, qoldan beçel — eloquent in speech, useless with the hands
- qoluŋ beçel ese da — even if your hands are useless
Expressions
- beçel bolub — empty-handed
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | beçelmeI am crippled | beçelseyou are crippled | beçeldihe is crippled | beçelbizwe are crippled | beçelsizyou all are crippled | beçeldilethey are crippled |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden beçeldi — "compared to me, he is crippled."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki beçeldimine is crippled | seniki beçeldiyours is crippled | anıqı beçeldihis is crippled | bizniki beçeldiours is crippled | sizniki beçeldiyours (pl.) is crippled | alanıqı beçelditheirs is crippled |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile beçeldilemine are crippled | senikile beçeldileyours are crippled | anıqıla beçeldilehis are crippled | biznikile beçeldileours are crippled | siznikile beçeldileyours (pl.) are crippled | alanıqıla beçeldiletheirs are crippled |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu beçeldi, bıla beçeldile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".