emçek
/emtʃek/ · plural emçekle
1. breast
- emçek içerge — to suck at the breast
- emçek salırğa — to feed at the breast
- emçek içgen sabiy — a babe at the breast
- emçek sabiy — a nursing infant
- sabiylerine emçek bere turğan tişirıwla — women nursing their babies
- Haniy qızçığın emçekden ayırdı — Haniy weaned her little daughter from the breast
2. teat, nipple
- iynekni emçekleri — the cow's teats
- eçkini emçekleri — the goat's teats
- qozu emçekni emedi — the lamb sucks at the teat
- emçekden awuzun aldı — it took its mouth off the teat
3. milk kinship, foster kinship through nursing — Used before a kinship term to name a relative by nursing rather than by birth: emçek ana 'foster mother by nursing', emçek qarındaş 'foster brother by nursing'.
- emçek ana — a milk mother
- emçek qarnaş — a milk brother
- emçek egeç — a milk sister
- emçek qız — a milk daughter
Expressions
- emçek ana — wet nurse
- emçek qarnaşla — milk brothers
- emçek ulan — foster child
- emçek ata — foster father
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | emçekthe breast | emçegimmy breast | emçegiŋyour breast | emçegihis breast | emçegibizour breast | emçegigizyou all's breast | emçekleritheir breasts |
| Genitive | emçeknithe breast's | emçegimimy breast's | emçegiŋiyour breast's | emçeginihis breast's | emçegibizniour breast's | emçegigizniyou all's breast's | emçeklerinitheir breasts' |
| Accusative | emçeknithe breast (as the object) | emçegimimy breast (as the object) | emçegiŋiyour breast (as the object) | emçeginhis breast (as the object) | emçegibizniour breast (as the object) | emçegigizniyou all's breast (as the object) | emçeklerintheir breasts (as the object) |
| Dative | emçekgeto the breast | emçegimeto my breast | emçegiŋeto your breast | emçegineto his breast | emçegibizgeto our breast | emçegigizgeto you all's breast | emçeklerineto their breasts |
| Locative | emçekdein / at the breast | emçegimdein / at my breast | emçegiŋdein / at your breast | emçegindein / at his breast | emçegibizdein / at our breast | emçegigizdein / at you all's breast | emçeklerindein / at their breasts |
| Ablative | emçekdenfrom the breast | emçegimdenfrom my breast | emçegiŋdenfrom your breast | emçegindenfrom his breast | emçegibizdenfrom our breast | emçegigizdenfrom you all's breast | emçeklerindenfrom their breasts |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | emçeklethe breasts | emçeklerimmy breasts | emçekleriŋyour breasts | emçeklerihis breasts | emçekleribizour breasts | emçeklerigizyou all's breasts | emçekleritheir breasts |
| Genitive | emçeklenithe breasts' | emçeklerimimy breasts' | emçekleriŋiyour breasts' | emçeklerinihis breasts' | emçekleribizniour breasts' | emçeklerigizniyou all's breasts' | emçeklerinitheir breasts' |
| Accusative | emçeklenithe breasts (as the object) | emçeklerimimy breasts (as the object) | emçekleriŋiyour breasts (as the object) | emçeklerinhis breasts (as the object) | emçekleribizniour breasts (as the object) | emçeklerigizniyou all's breasts (as the object) | emçeklerintheir breasts (as the object) |
| Dative | emçeklegeto the breasts | emçeklerimeto my breasts | emçekleriŋeto your breasts | emçeklerineto his breasts | emçekleribizgeto our breasts | emçeklerigizgeto you all's breasts | emçeklerineto their breasts |
| Locative | emçekledein / at the breasts | emçeklerimdein / at my breasts | emçekleriŋdein / at your breasts | emçeklerindein / at his breasts | emçekleribizdein / at our breasts | emçeklerigizdein / at you all's breasts | emçeklerindein / at their breasts |
| Ablative | emçekledenfrom the breasts | emçeklerimdenfrom my breasts | emçekleriŋdenfrom your breasts | emçeklerindenfrom his breasts | emçekleribizdenfrom our breasts | emçeklerigizdenfrom you all's breasts | emçeklerindenfrom their breasts |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: emçekleri can mean "his / her breasts", "their breast", or "their breasts" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.