çerek
/ tʃerek /
Definitions noun river
Definitions noun river- (attributive)
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | çerek the river | çerekle the rivers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | çerekni the river's | çerekleni the rivers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | çerekni the river (as the object) | çerekleni the rivers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | çerekge to the river | çereklege to the rivers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | çerekde at / in the river | çereklede at / in the rivers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | çerekden from the river | çerekleden from the rivers | 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 | çeregim my river | çereklerim my rivers |
| your | çeregiŋ your river | çerekleriŋ your rivers |
| his / her | çeregi his / her river | çerekleri his / her rivers |
| our | çeregibiz our river | çerekleribiz our rivers |
| you all's | çeregigiz you all's river | çereklerigiz you all's rivers |
| their | çerekleri their river | çerekleri their rivers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: çerekleri can mean "his / her rivers", "their river", or "their rivers" — context decides.