çibin
/tʃibin/
Definitions
1. fly
- çibin aw — a cobweb
- çibin qoruwlarğa — to drive the flies away
- çibin uçhanı eşitiledi — you can hear a fly go by
2. bee
- bal çibin — a bee
- çibinni balı — the bee's honey
- çibini barnı balı bar — he who keeps bees has honey
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 61).Found in
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | çibinthe fly | çibinlethe flies | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | çibinnithe fly's | çibinlenithe flies' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | çibinnithe fly (as the object) | çibinlenithe flies (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | çibingeto the fly | çibinlegeto the flies | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | çibindeat / in the fly | çibinledeat / in the flies | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | çibindenfrom the fly | çibinledenfrom the flies | 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 | çibinimmy fly | çibinlerimmy flies |
| your | çibiningyour fly | çibinleringyour flies |
| his / her | çibinihis / her fly | çibinlerihis / her flies |
| our | çibinibizour fly | çibinleribizour flies |
| you all's | çibinigizyou all's fly | çibinlerigizyou all's flies |
| their | çibinleritheir fly | çibinleritheir flies |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: çibinleri can mean "his / her flies", "their fly", or "their flies" — context decides.