emizik
/emizik/
Definitions
1. a teat or feeding bottle given to an infant
- sabiyge emizik berirge — to give the baby its teat
- emizik bla süt içerge — to drink milk from a bottle
- sabiy emizigin izleydi — the baby is looking for its bottle
2. still taking its mother's milk, unweaned
- emizik qozu — an unweaned lamb
- emizik buzow — an unweaned calf
- emizik ulaq — an unweaned kid
3. meadow clover
- sarı emizik — yellow clover
- kökbaş emizik — blue-headed clover
- qızıl emizik — red clover
4. fresh and tender, newly come up (of grass)
- emizik kırdık — tender young grass
- taw jaylıqda emizik kırdık — tender young grass on the mountain pasture
- emizik kırdıknı otlarğa — to graze on the tender young grass
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or .As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | emizikthe teat | emiziklethe teats | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | emiziknithe teat's | emiziklenithe teats' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | emiziknithe teat (as the object) | emiziklenithe teats (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | emizikgeto the teat | emiziklegeto the teats | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | emizikdeat / in the teat | emizikledeat / in the teats | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | emizikdenfrom the teat | emizikledenfrom the teats | 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 | emizigimmy teat | emiziklerimmy teats |
| your | emizigingyour teat | emizikleringyour teats |
| his / her | emizigihis / her teat | emiziklerihis / her teats |
| our | emizigibizour teat | emizikleribizour teats |
| you all's | emizigigizyou all's teat | emiziklerigizyou all's teats |
| their | emizikleritheir teat | emizikleritheir teats |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: emizikleri can mean "his / her teats", "their teat", or "their teats" — context decides.
As an adjective
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu emizikdithis is unweaned | bıla emizikdilethese are unweaned |
| that / those | ol emizikdithat / it is unweaned | ala emizikdilethose / they are unweaned |
| mine | meniki emizikdimine is unweaned | menikile emizikdilemine are unweaned |
| yours | seniki emizikdiyours is unweaned | senikile emizikdileyours are unweaned |
| ours | bizniki emizikdiours is unweaned | biznikile emizikdileours are unweaned |