dawçu

/dawtʃu/ · plural dawçula

1. (n.) claimant, contender (Ar.)

bir jerge eki dawçu — two claimants for one place
ol jerge dawçu bolğandı — he has become a claimant to that place
dawçu quru qalmaz — a claimant does not go away empty-handed

2. (n.) plaintiff (Ar.; law)

dawçu bolurğa — to become a plaintiff
südge dawçu kesi kelmey qalğandı — the plaintiff himself did not come to court
dawçunu janında söleşirge — to speak on the plaintiff's side
dawçuğa qarşçı söleşirge — to speak against the plaintiff
işni dawçuğa jarawlu biçerge — to decide the case in the plaintiff's favor

3. (n.) accuser, prosecutor — Used both generally, of someone who accuses another, and in law, of the prosecuting party.

ol meni dawçum boldu — he became my accuser
ters dawçula — unjust accusers

4. (n.) accuser in the world to come (Ar.; arch.; relig.) — In religious belief, the one who calls a person to account on the day of judgment for the sins they committed. one source

qıyamat kün aŋa Muhammat dawçudu — on the day of judgment Muhammad is his accuser
ahıratda adamnı birinçi dawçusu — a person's first accuser in the hereafter
qıyamat kün dawçu — an accuser on the day of judgment
ol duniyada dawçu bolur — in the world to come there will be an accuser
dawçula köb bolurla — the accusers will be many

Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of dawçu, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	dawçuthe claimant	dawçummy claimant	dawçuŋyour claimant	dawçusuhis claimant	dawçubuzour claimant	dawçuğuzyou all's claimant	dawçularıtheir claimants
Genitive	dawçunuthe claimant's	dawçumumy claimant's	dawçuŋuyour claimant's	dawçusunuhis claimant's	dawçubuznuour claimant's	dawçuğuznuyou all's claimant's	dawçularınıtheir claimants'
Accusative	dawçunuthe claimant (as the object)	dawçumumy claimant (as the object)	dawçuŋuyour claimant (as the object)	dawçusunhis claimant (as the object)	dawçubuznuour claimant (as the object)	dawçuğuznuyou all's claimant (as the object)	dawçularıntheir claimants (as the object)
Dative	dawçuğato the claimant	dawçumato my claimant	dawçuŋato your claimant	dawçusunato his claimant	dawçubuzğato our claimant	dawçuğuzğato you all's claimant	dawçularınato their claimants
Locative	dawçudain / at the claimant	dawçumdain / at my claimant	dawçuŋdain / at your claimant	dawçusundain / at his claimant	dawçubuzdain / at our claimant	dawçuğuzdain / at you all's claimant	dawçularındain / at their claimants
Ablative	dawçudanfrom the claimant	dawçumdanfrom my claimant	dawçuŋdanfrom your claimant	dawçusundanfrom his claimant	dawçubuzdanfrom our claimant	dawçuğuzdanfrom you all's claimant	dawçularındanfrom their claimants

Plural

Plural — cases of dawçu, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	dawçulathe claimants	dawçularımmy claimants	dawçularıŋyour claimants	dawçularıhis claimants	dawçularıbızour claimants	dawçularığızyou all's claimants	dawçularıtheir claimants
Genitive	dawçulanıthe claimants'	dawçularımımy claimants'	dawçularıŋıyour claimants'	dawçularınıhis claimants'	dawçularıbıznıour claimants'	dawçularığıznıyou all's claimants'	dawçularınıtheir claimants'
Accusative	dawçulanıthe claimants (as the object)	dawçularımımy claimants (as the object)	dawçularıŋıyour claimants (as the object)	dawçularınhis claimants (as the object)	dawçularıbıznıour claimants (as the object)	dawçularığıznıyou all's claimants (as the object)	dawçularıntheir claimants (as the object)
Dative	dawçulağato the claimants	dawçularımato my claimants	dawçularıŋato your claimants	dawçularınato his claimants	dawçularıbızğato our claimants	dawçularığızğato you all's claimants	dawçularınato their claimants
Locative	dawçuladain / at the claimants	dawçularımdain / at my claimants	dawçularıŋdain / at your claimants	dawçularındain / at his claimants	dawçularıbızdain / at our claimants	dawçularığızdain / at you all's claimants	dawçularındain / at their claimants
Ablative	dawçuladanfrom the claimants	dawçularımdanfrom my claimants	dawçularıŋdanfrom your claimants	dawçularındanfrom his claimants	dawçularıbızdanfrom our claimants	dawçularığızdanfrom you all's claimants	dawçularındanfrom their 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.

Whose it is

Belonging to dawçu — the claimant's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	dawçunuquthe claimant's one	dawçunuqulathe claimant's ones	dawçulanıqıthe claimants' one	dawçulanıqılathe claimants' ones
Genitive	dawçunuqunuof the claimant's one	dawçunuqulanıof the claimant's ones	dawçulanıqınıof the claimants' one	dawçulanıqılanıof the claimants' ones
Accusative	dawçunuqunthe claimant's one (as the object)	dawçunuqulanıthe claimant's ones (as the object)	dawçulanıqınthe claimants' one (as the object)	dawçulanıqılanıthe claimants' ones (as the object)
Dative	dawçunuqunato the claimant's one	dawçunuqulağato the claimant's ones	dawçulanıqınato the claimants' one	dawçulanıqılağato the claimants' ones
Locative	dawçunuqundain / at the claimant's one	dawçunuquladain / at the claimant's ones	dawçulanıqındain / at the claimants' one	dawçulanıqıladain / at the claimants' ones
Ablative	dawçunuqundanfrom the claimant's one	dawçunuquladanfrom the claimant's ones	dawçulanıqındanfrom the claimants' one	dawçulanıqıladanfrom the claimants' ones

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.