dawçu
/dawtʃu/
Definitions
1. claimant, contender, one who lays claim to something
- bir jerge eki dawçu — two claimants for one place
- dawçu quru qalmaz — a claimant does not go away empty-handed
2. plaintiff, the party who brings a suit
- dawçu bolurğa — to become a plaintiff
- işni dawçuğa jarawlu biçerge — to decide the case in the plaintiff's favour
- dawçunu janında söleşirge — to speak on the plaintiff's side
3. the accuser who brings a charge against a person in the world to come
- qıyamat kün dawçu — an accuser on the day of judgement
- dawçula köp bolurla — the accusers will be many
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dawçuthe claimant | dawçulathe claimants | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | dawçunuthe claimant's | dawçulanıthe claimants' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | dawçunuthe claimant (as the object) | dawçulanıthe claimants (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | dawçuğato the claimant | dawçulağato the claimants | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | dawçudaat / in the claimant | dawçuladaat / in the claimants | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | dawçudanfrom the claimant | dawçuladanfrom the claimants | 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 | dawçummy claimant | dawçularımmy claimants |
| your | dawçungyour claimant | dawçularıngyour claimants |
| his / her | dawçusuhis / her claimant | dawçularıhis / her claimants |
| our | dawçubuzour claimant | dawçularıbızour claimants |
| you all's | dawçuğuzyou all's claimant | dawçularığızyou all's claimants |
| their | dawçularıtheir claimant | dawçularıtheir claimants |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: dawçuları can mean "his / her claimants", "their claimant", or "their claimants" — context decides.