çıdam
/ tʃɯdam /
Definitions noun patience, endurance, forbearance
Definitions noun staying power, hardiness, the ability to hold out
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | çıdam the patience | çıdamla the patiences | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | çıdamnı the patience's | çıdamlanı the patiences' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | çıdamnı the patience (as the object) | çıdamlanı the patiences (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | çıdamğa to the patience | çıdamlağa to the patiences | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | çıdamda at / in the patience | çıdamlada at / in the patiences | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | çıdamdan from the patience | çıdamladan from the patiences | 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 | çıdamım my patience | çıdamlarım my patiences |
| your | çıdamıŋ your patience | çıdamlarıŋ your patiences |
| his / her | çıdamı his / her patience | çıdamları his / her patiences |
| our | çıdamıbız our patience | çıdamlarıbız our patiences |
| you all's | çıdamığız you all's patience | çıdamlarığız you all's patiences |
| their | çıdamları their patience | çıdamları their patiences |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: çıdamları can mean "his / her patiences", "their patience", or "their patiences" — context decides.