elli
/elli/ · plural ellile
1. fifty
- elli adam — fifty people
- elli qoy — fifty sheep
- elli jıl — fifty years
- aŋa elli jıl boladı — he is fifty years old
- bıyıl elli jıl boladı — this year it will be fifty years
- elli-elli — fifty each
- elli som — fifty roubles
- elli terek — fifty trees
2. peasant, villager, farmer; a person who lives in a village and works the land — Before another noun it means rural or village, as in elli jaşaw 'village life'.
- işçile bla ellile — workers and peasants
- ellileni işleri — the villagers' work
- bütew ellile — all the villagers
- elli jaşaw — village life
3. fellow villager, a person from the same village
- sizni elligiz aytdı — your fellow villager said
- ala bizni ellileribizdile — they are our fellow villagers
As a numeral
Counting forms
| Number | the number | in order | that many people | as a group | that many each |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nol | nolzero | ||||
| sıfır | sıfırzero | ||||
| bir | birone | birinçithe first | birewthe one of them | birerone each | |
| eki | ekitwo | ekinçithe second | ekewthe two of them | ekewlena group of two | |
| üç | üçthree | üçünçüthe third | üçewthe three of them | üçewlena group of three | üçüşerthree each |
| tört | törtfour | törtünçüthe fourth | törtewthe four of them | törtewlena group of four | törtüşerfour each |
| beş | beşfive | beşinçithe fifth | beşewthe five of them | beşewlena group of five | beşişerfive each |
| altı | altısix | altınçıthe sixth | altawthe six of them | altawlana group of six | altışarsix each |
| jeti | jetiseven | jetinçithe seventh | jetewthe seven of them | jetewlena group of seven | jetişerseven each |
| segiz | segizeight | segizinçithe eighth | segizewlena group of eight | segizişereight each | |
| toğuz | toğuznine | toğuzunçuthe ninth | toğuzawlana group of nine | toğuzuşarnine each | |
| on | onten | onunçuthe tenth | onawlana group of ten | onuşarten each | |
| jıyırma | jıyırmatwenty | jıyırmançıthe twentieth | |||
| otuz | otuzthirty | otuzunçuthe thirtieth | |||
| qırq | qırqforty | qırqınçıthe fortieth | |||
| elli | ellififty | ellinçithe fiftieth | ellişerfifty each | ||
| altmış | altmışsixty | altmışınçıthe sixtieth | altmışışarsixty each | ||
| jetmiş | jetmişseventy | jetmişinçithe seventieth | |||
| seksen | sekseneighty | sekseninçithe eightieth | |||
| tohsan | tohsanninety | tohsanınçıthe ninetieth | tohsanışarninety each | ||
| jüz | jüzone hundred | jüzünçüthe hundredth | jüzüşerone hundred each | ||
| miŋ | miŋone thousand | miŋinçithe thousandth | miŋişerone thousand each | ||
| million | millionmillion | ||||
| milliard | milliardbillion | ||||
| trillion | trilliona trillion |
The books stop the people-counting forms after ten, so the bigger numbers show only the cardinal, ordinal and distributive. The numbers bank shows how these combine into larger numbers.
As a noun
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ellithe villager | ellimmy villager | elliŋyour villager | ellisihis villager | ellibizour villager | elligizyou all's villager | ellileritheir villagers |
| Genitive | ellinithe villager's | ellimimy villager's | elliŋiyour villager's | ellisinihis villager's | ellibizniour villager's | elligizniyou all's villager's | ellilerinitheir villagers' |
| Accusative | ellinithe villager (as the object) | ellimimy villager (as the object) | elliŋiyour villager (as the object) | ellisinhis villager (as the object) | ellibizniour villager (as the object) | elligizniyou all's villager (as the object) | ellilerintheir villagers (as the object) |
| Dative | elligeto the villager | ellimeto my villager | elliŋeto your villager | ellisineto his villager | ellibizgeto our villager | elligizgeto you all's villager | ellilerineto their villagers |
| Locative | ellidein / at the villager | ellimdein / at my villager | elliŋdein / at your villager | ellisindein / at his villager | ellibizdein / at our villager | elligizdein / at you all's villager | ellilerindein / at their villagers |
| Ablative | ellidenfrom the villager | ellimdenfrom my villager | elliŋdenfrom your villager | ellisindenfrom his villager | ellibizdenfrom our villager | elligizdenfrom you all's villager | ellilerindenfrom their villagers |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ellilethe villagers | ellilerimmy villagers | ellileriŋyour villagers | ellilerihis villagers | ellileribizour villagers | ellilerigizyou all's villagers | ellileritheir villagers |
| Genitive | ellilenithe villagers' | ellilerimimy villagers' | ellileriŋiyour villagers' | ellilerinihis villagers' | ellileribizniour villagers' | ellilerigizniyou all's villagers' | ellilerinitheir villagers' |
| Accusative | ellilenithe villagers (as the object) | ellilerimimy villagers (as the object) | ellileriŋiyour villagers (as the object) | ellilerinhis villagers (as the object) | ellileribizniour villagers (as the object) | ellilerigizniyou all's villagers (as the object) | ellilerintheir villagers (as the object) |
| Dative | ellilegeto the villagers | ellilerimeto my villagers | ellileriŋeto your villagers | ellilerineto his villagers | ellileribizgeto our villagers | ellilerigizgeto you all's villagers | ellilerineto their villagers |
| Locative | elliledein / at the villagers | ellilerimdein / at my villagers | ellileriŋdein / at your villagers | ellilerindein / at his villagers | ellileribizdein / at our villagers | ellilerigizdein / at you all's villagers | ellilerindein / at their villagers |
| Ablative | elliledenfrom the villagers | ellilerimdenfrom my villagers | ellileriŋdenfrom your villagers | ellilerindenfrom his villagers | ellileribizdenfrom our villagers | ellilerigizdenfrom you all's villagers | ellilerindenfrom their villagers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: ellileri can mean "his / her villagers", "their villager", or "their villagers" — context decides.
Whose it is
| Case | one thing, one owner | several things, one owner | one thing, several owners | several things, several owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ellinikithe villager's one | ellinikilethe villager's ones | ellilenikithe villagers' one | ellilenikilethe villagers' ones |
| Genitive | ellinikiniof the villager's one | ellinikileniof the villager's ones | ellilenikiniof the villagers' one | ellilenikileniof the villagers' ones |
| Accusative | ellinikinthe villager's one (as the object) | ellinikilenithe villager's ones (as the object) | ellilenikinthe villagers' one (as the object) | ellilenikilenithe villagers' ones (as the object) |
| Dative | ellinikineto the villager's one | ellinikilegeto the villager's ones | ellilenikineto the villagers' one | ellilenikilegeto the villagers' ones |
| Locative | ellinikindein / at the villager's one | ellinikiledein / at the villager's ones | ellilenikindein / at the villagers' one | ellilenikiledein / at the villagers' ones |
| Ablative | ellinikindenfrom the villager's one | ellinikiledenfrom the villager's ones | ellilenikindenfrom the villagers' one | ellilenikiledenfrom the villagers' ones |
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.