Karachay

dorqun

/dorqun/

(adj.) strong, robust, powerful — Used of the body and of people: dorqun sanla "a mighty body, strong limbs", dorqun adam "a strong man". Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks it as figurative.
  • dorqun adam — a strong man
  • dorqun sanla — a mighty body
  • ol dorqun jaşdı — he is a strong young man

Degrees and persons

DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base formdorqunmaI am strongdorqunsayou are strongdorqunduhe is strongdorqunbuzwe are strongdorqunsuzyou all are strongdorqundulathey are strong
comparative — moredorqunuraqmaI am strongerdorqunuraqsayou are strongerdorqunuraqdıhe is strongerdorqunuraqbızwe are strongerdorqunuraqsızyou all are strongerdorqunuraqdılathey are stronger
intensifier — verybek dorqunmaI am very strongbek dorqunsayou are very strongbek dorqunduhe is very strongbek dorqunbuzwe are very strongbek dorqunsuzyou all are very strongbek dorqundulathey are very strong
superlative — mostem dorqunmaI am the strongestem dorqunsayou are the strongestem dorqunduhe is the strongestem dorqunbuzwe are the strongestem dorqunsuzyou all are the strongestem dorqundulathey are the strongest

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden dorqundu — "compared to me, he is strong."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki dorqundumine is strongseniki dorqunduyours is stronganıqı dorqunduhis is strongbizniki dorqunduours is strongsizniki dorqunduyours (pl.) is strongalanıqı dorqundutheirs is strong
comparative — moremeniki dorqunuraqdımine is strongerseniki dorqunuraqdıyours is strongeranıqı dorqunuraqdıhis is strongerbizniki dorqunuraqdıours is strongersizniki dorqunuraqdıyours (pl.) is strongeralanıqı dorqunuraqdıtheirs is stronger
intensifier — verymeniki bek dorqundumine is very strongseniki bek dorqunduyours is very stronganıqı bek dorqunduhis is very strongbizniki bek dorqunduours is very strongsizniki bek dorqunduyours (pl.) is very strongalanıqı bek dorqundutheirs is very strong
superlative — mostmeniki em dorqundumine is the strongestseniki em dorqunduyours is the strongestanıqı em dorqunduhis is the strongestbizniki em dorqunduours is the strongestsizniki em dorqunduyours (pl.) is the strongestalanıqı em dorqundutheirs is the strongest

Several things

Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile dorqundulamine are strongsenikile dorqundulayours are stronganıqıla dorqundulahis are strongbiznikile dorqundulaours are strongsiznikile dorqundulayours (pl.) are strongalanıqıla dorqundulatheirs are strong
comparative — moremenikile dorqunuraqdılamine are strongersenikile dorqunuraqdılayours are strongeranıqıla dorqunuraqdılahis are strongerbiznikile dorqunuraqdılaours are strongersiznikile dorqunuraqdılayours (pl.) are strongeralanıqıla dorqunuraqdılatheirs are stronger
intensifier — verymenikile bek dorqundulamine are very strongsenikile bek dorqundulayours are very stronganıqıla bek dorqundulahis are very strongbiznikile bek dorqundulaours are very strongsiznikile bek dorqundulayours (pl.) are very strongalanıqıla bek dorqundulatheirs are very strong
superlative — mostmenikile em dorqundulamine are the strongestsenikile em dorqundulayours are the strongestanıqıla em dorqundulahis are the strongestbiznikile em dorqundulaours are the strongestsiznikile em dorqundulayours (pl.) are the strongestalanıqıla em dorqundulatheirs are the strongest

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu dorqundu, bıla dorqundula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".