bolmağan
/bolmaʁan/
1. that was not, that did not happen, that did not become — The negative past participle of bolurğa, used before a noun or as a noun: bolmağannı bolluq etgen qıyındı "it is hard to make what never was come about".
- bolmağannı boldurğan qıyındı — it is hard to bring about what never was
- bolmağan işni aytma — don't tell of a thing that did not happen
- sabiyi bolmağan üy — a home that had no children
2. absent, not present
- men bolmağan zamanda — at a time when I am not there
- dersde bolmağanla kimdile? — who was absent from the lesson?
- üyde bolmağan sabiyle — the children who were not at home
3. bad, good-for-nothing, useless — This meaning describes a person or a person's character.
- bolmağan adam — a good-for-nothing person
- bolmağan halisi bardı — he has a bad character
- bolmağan adam köreme sen — I see you are a good-for-nothing person
- bolmağan jaş köreme — I see a good-for-nothing boy
4. unprecedented, unheard-of — Usually follows a phrase meaning ever or in the world, as in duniyada bolmağan, ömürde bolmağan.
- duniyada bolmağan iş — an unheard-of event
- ömürde bolmağan zat — something that has never happened before
- bir jılda da bolmağan bitim — a harvest that never was in any year
- endige deri bolmağan hapar — news unheard of until now
5. nonexistent, imaginary
- bolmağan zat — a made-up thing
- bolmağan qorquw — an imaginary danger
- bolmağan zatlanı aytadı — he talks about things that do not exist
- bolmağan haparlağa iynanma — do not believe made-up stories
Expressions
- arısı-berisi bolmağan — mild-tempered
- awuzu-tili bolmağan — speechless, voiceless
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | bolmağanmaI am bad | bolmağansayou are bad | bolmağandıhe is bad | bolmağanbızwe are bad | bolmağansızyou all are bad | bolmağandılathey are bad |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden bolmağandı — "compared to me, he is bad."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki bolmağandımine is bad | seniki bolmağandıyours is bad | anıqı bolmağandıhis is bad | bizniki bolmağandıours is bad | sizniki bolmağandıyours (pl.) is bad | alanıqı bolmağandıtheirs is bad |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile bolmağandılamine are bad | senikile bolmağandılayours are bad | anıqıla bolmağandılahis are bad | biznikile bolmağandılaours are bad | siznikile bolmağandılayours (pl.) are bad | alanıqıla bolmağandılatheirs are bad |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu bolmağandı, bıla bolmağandıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".