çuf
/tʃuf/
Definitions
1. ugh! — an expression of disgust, especially at a bad smell — Elbrusoid marks the reading фольк.; it is the cry of the giant who smells a man in the folk tales.
- çuf, adam iyis nedi? — faugh, what is this smell of man?
- çuf, bu ne iyisdi? — faugh, what a smell this is!
- çuf, adam iyis bardı — faugh, there is a smell of man
2. a showily dressed man, a dandy — Rests on the single Elbrusoid citation бир омакъ, бир чуф; the corpus attestation is all of the interjection.
- bir omaq, bir çuf — such a fine fellow, such a dandy
- çuf bolub oramğa çıqdı — he went out into the street dressed to the nines
- çuf kiyimle kiedi — he wears showy clothes
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | çufthe dandy | çuflathe dandies | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | çufnuthe dandy's | çuflanıthe dandies' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | çufnuthe dandy (as the object) | çuflanıthe dandies (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | çufhato the dandy | çuflağato the dandies | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | çufdaat / in the dandy | çufladaat / in the dandies | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | çufdanfrom the dandy | çufladanfrom the dandies | 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 | çufummy dandy | çuflarımmy dandies |
| your | çufungyour dandy | çuflarıngyour dandies |
| his / her | çufuhis / her dandy | çuflarıhis / her dandies |
| our | çufubuzour dandy | çuflarıbızour dandies |
| you all's | çufuğuzyou all's dandy | çuflarığızyou all's dandies |
| their | çuflarıtheir dandy | çuflarıtheir dandies |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: çufları can mean "his / her dandies", "their dandy", or "their dandies" — context decides.