dam
/dam/
Definitions
1. savour, relish, the taste of a food
- tuzsuz hantnı damı joqdu — unsalted food has no savour
- damın çığarırğa — to savour a thing
2. pleasure, enjoyment, satisfaction
- bütew damı mındadı — the whole pleasure of it is in this
Related
damsızwithouttasteless, poor in nourishment (of food); giving no enjoyment, joyless; of a person: of little use, bringing nothing of value
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or .Cases
| Form | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | damthe savour | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | damnıthe savour's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | damnıthe savour (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | damğato the savour | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | damdaat / in the savour | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | damdanfrom the savour | 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
| Owned | |
|---|---|
| my | damımmy savour |
| your | damıngyour savour |
| his / her | damıhis / her savour |
| our | damıbızour savour |
| you all's | damığızyou all's savour |
| their | damlarıtheir savour |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.