bulğawuq
/bulʁawuq/ · plural bulğawuqla
1. bungling, sloppy, spineless (of a person) — Used mostly with adam: bulğawuq adam "a bungling, spineless person". Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks it Karachay and disparaging.
- bulğawuq adam — a bungling, spineless person
- ol bulğawuq adamdı — he is a bungling person
- Bulğawuq bolma! — Don't be sloppy!
2. bungler, spineless person
- ol bir bulğawuqdu — he is a bungler
- bulğawuqğa iş berme — don't give work to a bungler
As an adjective
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | bulğawuqmaI am bungling | bulğawuqsayou are bungling | bulğawuqduhe is bungling | bulğawuqbuzwe are bungling | bulğawuqsuzyou all are bungling | bulğawuqdulathey are bungling |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden bulğawuqdu — "compared to me, he is bungling."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki bulğawuqdumine is bungling | seniki bulğawuqduyours is bungling | anıqı bulğawuqduhis is bungling | bizniki bulğawuqduours is bungling | sizniki bulğawuqduyours (pl.) is bungling | alanıqı bulğawuqdutheirs is bungling |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile bulğawuqdulamine are bungling | senikile bulğawuqdulayours are bungling | anıqıla bulğawuqdulahis are bungling | biznikile bulğawuqdulaours are bungling | siznikile bulğawuqdulayours (pl.) are bungling | alanıqıla bulğawuqdulatheirs are bungling |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu bulğawuqdu, bıla bulğawuqdula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".
As a noun
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bulğawuqthe bungler | bulğawuğummy bungler | bulğawuğuŋyour bungler | bulğawuğuhis bungler | bulğawuğubuzour bungler | bulğawuğuğuzyou all's bungler | bulğawuqlarıtheir bunglers |
| Genitive | bulğawuqnuthe bungler's | bulğawuğumumy bungler's | bulğawuğuŋuyour bungler's | bulğawuğunuhis bungler's | bulğawuğubuznuour bungler's | bulğawuğuğuznuyou all's bungler's | bulğawuqlarınıtheir bunglers' |
| Accusative | bulğawuqnuthe bungler (as the object) | bulğawuğumumy bungler (as the object) | bulğawuğuŋuyour bungler (as the object) | bulğawuğunhis bungler (as the object) | bulğawuğubuznuour bungler (as the object) | bulğawuğuğuznuyou all's bungler (as the object) | bulğawuqlarıntheir bunglers (as the object) |
| Dative | bulğawuqğato the bungler | bulğawuğumato my bungler | bulğawuğuŋato your bungler | bulğawuğunato his bungler | bulğawuğubuzğato our bungler | bulğawuğuğuzğato you all's bungler | bulğawuqlarınato their bunglers |
| Locative | bulğawuqdain / at the bungler | bulğawuğumdain / at my bungler | bulğawuğuŋdain / at your bungler | bulğawuğundain / at his bungler | bulğawuğubuzdain / at our bungler | bulğawuğuğuzdain / at you all's bungler | bulğawuqlarındain / at their bunglers |
| Ablative | bulğawuqdanfrom the bungler | bulğawuğumdanfrom my bungler | bulğawuğuŋdanfrom your bungler | bulğawuğundanfrom his bungler | bulğawuğubuzdanfrom our bungler | bulğawuğuğuzdanfrom you all's bungler | bulğawuqlarındanfrom their bunglers |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bulğawuqlathe bunglers | bulğawuqlarımmy bunglers | bulğawuqlarıŋyour bunglers | bulğawuqlarıhis bunglers | bulğawuqlarıbızour bunglers | bulğawuqlarığızyou all's bunglers | bulğawuqlarıtheir bunglers |
| Genitive | bulğawuqlanıthe bunglers' | bulğawuqlarımımy bunglers' | bulğawuqlarıŋıyour bunglers' | bulğawuqlarınıhis bunglers' | bulğawuqlarıbıznıour bunglers' | bulğawuqlarığıznıyou all's bunglers' | bulğawuqlarınıtheir bunglers' |
| Accusative | bulğawuqlanıthe bunglers (as the object) | bulğawuqlarımımy bunglers (as the object) | bulğawuqlarıŋıyour bunglers (as the object) | bulğawuqlarınhis bunglers (as the object) | bulğawuqlarıbıznıour bunglers (as the object) | bulğawuqlarığıznıyou all's bunglers (as the object) | bulğawuqlarıntheir bunglers (as the object) |
| Dative | bulğawuqlağato the bunglers | bulğawuqlarımato my bunglers | bulğawuqlarıŋato your bunglers | bulğawuqlarınato his bunglers | bulğawuqlarıbızğato our bunglers | bulğawuqlarığızğato you all's bunglers | bulğawuqlarınato their bunglers |
| Locative | bulğawuqladain / at the bunglers | bulğawuqlarımdain / at my bunglers | bulğawuqlarıŋdain / at your bunglers | bulğawuqlarındain / at his bunglers | bulğawuqlarıbızdain / at our bunglers | bulğawuqlarığızdain / at you all's bunglers | bulğawuqlarındain / at their bunglers |
| Ablative | bulğawuqladanfrom the bunglers | bulğawuqlarımdanfrom my bunglers | bulğawuqlarıŋdanfrom your bunglers | bulğawuqlarındanfrom his bunglers | bulğawuqlarıbızdanfrom our bunglers | bulğawuqlarığızdanfrom you all's bunglers | bulğawuqlarındanfrom their bunglers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: bulğawuqları can mean "his / her bunglers", "their bungler", or "their bunglers" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.