dobrovolets
/dobrovolets/ · plural dobrovoletsle
volunteer — Before another noun it means made up of volunteers: dobrovolets otryad "volunteer detachment". Suyunchev and Urusbiev 1965 also explains it with süyüb barğan "one who goes willingly".
- dobrovolets otryad — volunteer detachment
- ol uruşha dobrovolets bolub barğandı — he went to the war as a volunteer
- bizge dobrovoletsle kerekdile — we need volunteers
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dobrovoletsthe volunteer | dobrovoletsimmy volunteer | dobrovoletsiŋyour volunteer | dobrovoletsihis volunteer | dobrovoletsibizour volunteer | dobrovoletsigizyou all's volunteer | dobrovoletsleritheir volunteers |
| Genitive | dobrovoletsnithe volunteer's | dobrovoletsimimy volunteer's | dobrovoletsiŋiyour volunteer's | dobrovoletsinihis volunteer's | dobrovoletsibizniour volunteer's | dobrovoletsigizniyou all's volunteer's | dobrovoletslerinitheir volunteers' |
| Accusative | dobrovoletsnithe volunteer (as the object) | dobrovoletsimimy volunteer (as the object) | dobrovoletsiŋiyour volunteer (as the object) | dobrovoletsinhis volunteer (as the object) | dobrovoletsibizniour volunteer (as the object) | dobrovoletsigizniyou all's volunteer (as the object) | dobrovoletslerintheir volunteers (as the object) |
| Dative | dobrovoletsgeto the volunteer | dobrovoletsimeto my volunteer | dobrovoletsiŋeto your volunteer | dobrovoletsineto his volunteer | dobrovoletsibizgeto our volunteer | dobrovoletsigizgeto you all's volunteer | dobrovoletslerineto their volunteers |
| Locative | dobrovoletsdein / at the volunteer | dobrovoletsimdein / at my volunteer | dobrovoletsiŋdein / at your volunteer | dobrovoletsindein / at his volunteer | dobrovoletsibizdein / at our volunteer | dobrovoletsigizdein / at you all's volunteer | dobrovoletslerindein / at their volunteers |
| Ablative | dobrovoletsdenfrom the volunteer | dobrovoletsimdenfrom my volunteer | dobrovoletsiŋdenfrom your volunteer | dobrovoletsindenfrom his volunteer | dobrovoletsibizdenfrom our volunteer | dobrovoletsigizdenfrom you all's volunteer | dobrovoletslerindenfrom their volunteers |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dobrovoletslethe volunteers | dobrovoletslerimmy volunteers | dobrovoletsleriŋyour volunteers | dobrovoletslerihis volunteers | dobrovoletsleribizour volunteers | dobrovoletslerigizyou all's volunteers | dobrovoletsleritheir volunteers |
| Genitive | dobrovoletslenithe volunteers' | dobrovoletslerimimy volunteers' | dobrovoletsleriŋiyour volunteers' | dobrovoletslerinihis volunteers' | dobrovoletsleribizniour volunteers' | dobrovoletslerigizniyou all's volunteers' | dobrovoletslerinitheir volunteers' |
| Accusative | dobrovoletslenithe volunteers (as the object) | dobrovoletslerimimy volunteers (as the object) | dobrovoletsleriŋiyour volunteers (as the object) | dobrovoletslerinhis volunteers (as the object) | dobrovoletsleribizniour volunteers (as the object) | dobrovoletslerigizniyou all's volunteers (as the object) | dobrovoletslerintheir volunteers (as the object) |
| Dative | dobrovoletslegeto the volunteers | dobrovoletslerimeto my volunteers | dobrovoletsleriŋeto your volunteers | dobrovoletslerineto his volunteers | dobrovoletsleribizgeto our volunteers | dobrovoletslerigizgeto you all's volunteers | dobrovoletslerineto their volunteers |
| Locative | dobrovoletsledein / at the volunteers | dobrovoletslerimdein / at my volunteers | dobrovoletsleriŋdein / at your volunteers | dobrovoletslerindein / at his volunteers | dobrovoletsleribizdein / at our volunteers | dobrovoletslerigizdein / at you all's volunteers | dobrovoletslerindein / at their volunteers |
| Ablative | dobrovoletsledenfrom the volunteers | dobrovoletslerimdenfrom my volunteers | dobrovoletsleriŋdenfrom your volunteers | dobrovoletslerindenfrom his volunteers | dobrovoletsleribizdenfrom our volunteers | dobrovoletslerigizdenfrom you all's volunteers | dobrovoletslerindenfrom their volunteers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: dobrovoletsleri can mean "his / her volunteers", "their volunteer", or "their volunteers" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.