egeç

/eɡetʃ/ · plural egeçle

(n.) sister — A parent's egeç is one's aunt. egeçim (my sister) is also used to address a woman, including an aunt.

Expressions

egeçden tuwğan — affectionate address (Idiom · Formula)
eki egeçden tuwğanla tana tuluq alışmazla — maternal kin are generous (Idiom · Proverb or saying)
qarnaşnı kirpiginde da bardı egeçni ülüşü — sister's rightful share (Idiom · Proverb or saying)
süt egeç — foster sister (Collocation)

Show 7 sources

Gochiyaeva et al. 1993 · Russian–Karachay Learner's Dictionary
Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language
Khabichev (ed.) 1990 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Phrasebook
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary
Otarov and Gabaeva 2000 · Russian–Balkar Explanatory Dictionary of Sectoral Vocabulary
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary

Singular — cases of egeç, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	egeçthe sister	egeçimmy sister	egeçiŋyour sister	egeçihis sister	egeçibizour sister	egeçigizyou all's sister	egeçleritheir sisters
Genitive	egeçnithe sister's	egeçimimy sister's	egeçiŋiyour sister's	egeçinihis sister's	egeçibizniour sister's	egeçigizniyou all's sister's	egeçlerinitheir sisters'
Accusative	egeçnithe sister (as the object)	egeçimimy sister (as the object)	egeçiŋiyour sister (as the object)	egeçinhis sister (as the object)	egeçibizniour sister (as the object)	egeçigizniyou all's sister (as the object)	egeçlerintheir sisters (as the object)
Dative	egeçgeto the sister	egeçimeto my sister	egeçiŋeto your sister	egeçineto his sister	egeçibizgeto our sister	egeçigizgeto you all's sister	egeçlerineto their sisters
Locative	egeçdein / at the sister	egeçimdein / at my sister	egeçiŋdein / at your sister	egeçindein / at his sister	egeçibizdein / at our sister	egeçigizdein / at you all's sister	egeçlerindein / at their sisters
Ablative	egeçdenfrom the sister	egeçimdenfrom my sister	egeçiŋdenfrom your sister	egeçindenfrom his sister	egeçibizdenfrom our sister	egeçigizdenfrom you all's sister	egeçlerindenfrom their sisters

Plural — cases of egeç, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	egeçlethe sisters	egeçlerimmy sisters	egeçleriŋyour sisters	egeçlerihis sisters	egeçleribizour sisters	egeçlerigizyou all's sisters	egeçleritheir sisters
Genitive	egeçlenithe sisters'	egeçlerimimy sisters'	egeçleriŋiyour sisters'	egeçlerinihis sisters'	egeçleribizniour sisters'	egeçlerigizniyou all's sisters'	egeçlerinitheir sisters'
Accusative	egeçlenithe sisters (as the object)	egeçlerimimy sisters (as the object)	egeçleriŋiyour sisters (as the object)	egeçlerinhis sisters (as the object)	egeçleribizniour sisters (as the object)	egeçlerigizniyou all's sisters (as the object)	egeçlerintheir sisters (as the object)
Dative	egeçlegeto the sisters	egeçlerimeto my sisters	egeçleriŋeto your sisters	egeçlerineto his sisters	egeçleribizgeto our sisters	egeçlerigizgeto you all's sisters	egeçlerineto their sisters
Locative	egeçledein / at the sisters	egeçlerimdein / at my sisters	egeçleriŋdein / at your sisters	egeçlerindein / at his sisters	egeçleribizdein / at our sisters	egeçlerigizdein / at you all's sisters	egeçlerindein / at their sisters
Ablative	egeçledenfrom the sisters	egeçlerimdenfrom my sisters	egeçleriŋdenfrom your sisters	egeçlerindenfrom his sisters	egeçleribizdenfrom our sisters	egeçlerigizdenfrom you all's sisters	egeçlerindenfrom their sisters

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: egeçleri can mean "his / her sisters", "their sister", or "their sisters" — context decides.

Belonging to egeç — the sister's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	egeçnikithe sister's one	egeçnikilethe sister's ones	egeçlenikithe sisters' one	egeçlenikilethe sisters' ones
Genitive	egeçnikiniof the sister's one	egeçnikileniof the sister's ones	egeçlenikiniof the sisters' one	egeçlenikileniof the sisters' ones
Accusative	egeçnikinthe sister's one (as the object)	egeçnikilenithe sister's ones (as the object)	egeçlenikinthe sisters' one (as the object)	egeçlenikilenithe sisters' ones (as the object)
Dative	egeçnikineto the sister's one	egeçnikilegeto the sister's ones	egeçlenikineto the sisters' one	egeçlenikilegeto the sisters' ones
Locative	egeçnikindein / at the sister's one	egeçnikiledein / at the sister's ones	egeçlenikindein / at the sisters' one	egeçlenikiledein / at the sisters' ones
Ablative	egeçnikindenfrom the sister's one	egeçnikiledenfrom the sister's ones	egeçlenikindenfrom the sisters' one	egeçlenikiledenfrom the sisters' ones

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