egew
/eɡew/ · plural egewle
1. file, rasp — A metal tool with ridged teeth, used to smooth or sharpen metal tools such as knives, hoes and sickles. A coarse file for working wood (ağaç egew, literally "wood file") is a rasp. Before another noun it means "of a file" or "file" (as in file teeth).
- uwaq tişli egew — a fine-toothed file
- bazıq tişli egew — a coarse-toothed file
- tögerek egew — a round file
- üçmüyüş egew — a triangular file
- ağaç egew — a rasp
- çaganı egew bla jiti etdim — I sharpened the hoe with a file
- bıçağı ua egewden işlenŋen edi — and his knife was made from a file
2. filing, whetting, grinding down — Verbal noun of egerge: the act of working something with a file, as in sharpening a sickle's edge or the teeth of a saw.
- oraqnı awuzun egew — filing the edge of a sickle
- egewden sora bıçaq jiti boldu — after the filing the knife became sharp
- egew köb zaman aladı — the filing takes a long time
- egew başlandı — the filing has begun
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | egewthe file | egewümmy file | egewüŋyour file | egewühis file | egewübüzour file | egewügüzyou all's file | egewleritheir files |
| Genitive | egewnüthe file's | egewümümy file's | egewüŋüyour file's | egewünühis file's | egewübüznüour file's | egewügüznüyou all's file's | egewlerinitheir files' |
| Accusative | egewnüthe file (as the object) | egewümümy file (as the object) | egewüŋüyour file (as the object) | egewünhis file (as the object) | egewübüznüour file (as the object) | egewügüznüyou all's file (as the object) | egewlerintheir files (as the object) |
| Dative | egewgeto the file | egewümeto my file | egewüŋeto your file | egewüneto his file | egewübüzgeto our file | egewügüzgeto you all's file | egewlerineto their files |
| Locative | egewdein / at the file | egewümdein / at my file | egewüŋdein / at your file | egewündein / at his file | egewübüzdein / at our file | egewügüzdein / at you all's file | egewlerindein / at their files |
| Ablative | egewdenfrom the file | egewümdenfrom my file | egewüŋdenfrom your file | egewündenfrom his file | egewübüzdenfrom our file | egewügüzdenfrom you all's file | egewlerindenfrom their files |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | egewlethe files | egewlerimmy files | egewleriŋyour files | egewlerihis files | egewleribizour files | egewlerigizyou all's files | egewleritheir files |
| Genitive | egewlenithe files' | egewlerimimy files' | egewleriŋiyour files' | egewlerinihis files' | egewleribizniour files' | egewlerigizniyou all's files' | egewlerinitheir files' |
| Accusative | egewlenithe files (as the object) | egewlerimimy files (as the object) | egewleriŋiyour files (as the object) | egewlerinhis files (as the object) | egewleribizniour files (as the object) | egewlerigizniyou all's files (as the object) | egewlerintheir files (as the object) |
| Dative | egewlegeto the files | egewlerimeto my files | egewleriŋeto your files | egewlerineto his files | egewleribizgeto our files | egewlerigizgeto you all's files | egewlerineto their files |
| Locative | egewledein / at the files | egewlerimdein / at my files | egewleriŋdein / at your files | egewlerindein / at his files | egewleribizdein / at our files | egewlerigizdein / at you all's files | egewlerindein / at their files |
| Ablative | egewledenfrom the files | egewlerimdenfrom my files | egewleriŋdenfrom your files | egewlerindenfrom his files | egewleribizdenfrom our files | egewlerigizdenfrom you all's files | egewlerindenfrom their files |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: egewleri can mean "his / her files", "their file", or "their files" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.