çınlı
/tʃɯnlɯ/
Definitions
1. ranked, holding a military rank, wearing epaulettes
- leytenant çınlı — holding the rank of lieutenant
- ullu çınlı adam — a man of high rank
- çınlı askerçi — a soldier holding a rank
2. ranking officer, a serviceman holding a rank
- çınlıla jıyıldıla — the ranking officers gathered
- asker çınlıla — officers holding military rank
- çınlıla bla birge — together with the ranking officers
Related
çınbaserank, grade in the service; epaulette, the stripe worn on the shoulder; porcelain, china; faience; a drinking bowl
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or .As an adjective
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men çınlımaI am ranked | biz çınlıbızwe are ranked |
| 2nd person | sen çınlısayou are ranked | siz çınlısızyou all are ranked |
| 3rd person | ol çınlıdıhe / she / it is ranked | ala çınlıdılathey are ranked |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | çınlıthe ranking officer | çınlılathe ranking officers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | çınlınıthe ranking officer's | çınlılanıthe ranking officers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | çınlınıthe ranking officer (as the object) | çınlılanıthe ranking officers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | çınlığato the ranking officer | çınlılağato the ranking officers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | çınlıdaat / in the ranking officer | çınlıladaat / in the ranking officers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | çınlıdanfrom the ranking officer | çınlıladanfrom the ranking officers | 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 | çınlımmy ranking officer | çınlılarımmy ranking officers |
| your | çınlıngyour ranking officer | çınlılarıngyour ranking officers |
| his / her | çınlısıhis / her ranking officer | çınlılarıhis / her ranking officers |
| our | çınlıbızour ranking officer | çınlılarıbızour ranking officers |
| you all's | çınlığızyou all's ranking officer | çınlılarığızyou all's ranking officers |
| their | çınlılarıtheir ranking officer | çınlılarıtheir ranking officers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: çınlıları can mean "his / her ranking officers", "their ranking officer", or "their ranking officers" — context decides.