elçi
/eltʃi/
Definitions
1. villager, country dweller, one who lives in a village
- elçile — the villagers
- bir elçile — fellow villagers
- elçi qart — a village elder
2. peasant, countryman
- işçile bla elçile — the workers and the peasants
- elçile jerni süredile — the peasants plough the land
- elçini işleri köbdüle — a peasant has a great deal of work
Related
elcognatevillage, settlement, the home place; the people of a place, the community, the folk; country, land, state
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | elçithe villager | elçilethe villagers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | elçinithe villager's | elçilenithe villagers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | elçinithe villager (as the object) | elçilenithe villagers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | elçigeto the villager | elçilegeto the villagers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | elçideat / in the villager | elçiledeat / in the villagers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | elçidenfrom the villager | elçiledenfrom the villagers | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | elçimmy villager | elçilerimmy villagers |
| your | elçingyour villager | elçileringyour villagers |
| his / her | elçisihis / her villager | elçilerihis / her villagers |
| our | elçibizour villager | elçileribizour villagers |
| you all's | elçigizyou all's villager | elçilerigizyou all's villagers |
| their | elçileritheir villager | elçileritheir villagers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: elçileri can mean "his / her villagers", "their villager", or "their villagers" — context decides.