eniş

/eniʃ/ · plural enişle

1. (n.) descent, slope, incline — The opposite of ör "ascent". Before another noun it means sloping or gently inclined (eniş jer sloping ground). In Balkar it also translates "gently sloping".

tawnu enişi — the mountain's slope
tawnu enişi tikdi — the mountain's slope is steep
tik eniş — a steep descent
eniş sürem jer — a sloping place
enişni tübüne jetdik — we reached the bottom of the slope

2. (adv.) downhill, downward one source

suw eniş baradı — the water runs downhill
miyikden eniş qarayma — I look downward from a height
jolubuz eniş barmaz — our road will not go downhill
atlıla eniş tüşdüle — the riders went downhill

3. (n.) humbling, fall in status or dignity (Balkar; fig.) one source

ol bizni eniş köredi — he looks down on us
birewnü kesiŋden eniş körme — don't look down on anyone as beneath yourself

Expressions

eniş sürem — downward (Collocation)
başı eniş bolurğa — be shamed (Idiom)

Sources

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1, 2
Guzeev 2013 · Dictionary of Homonyms of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1, 3
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meaning 1
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meaning 1
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meaning 1
Tolgurova and Tolgurov n.d. · Abridged Hapax Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meaning 1

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Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of eniş, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	enişthe descent	enişimmy descent	enişiŋyour descent	enişihis descent	enişibizour descent	enişigizyou all's descent	enişleritheir descents
Genitive	enişnithe descent's	enişimimy descent's	enişiŋiyour descent's	enişinihis descent's	enişibizniour descent's	enişigizniyou all's descent's	enişlerinitheir descents'
Accusative	enişnithe descent (as the object)	enişimimy descent (as the object)	enişiŋiyour descent (as the object)	enişinhis descent (as the object)	enişibizniour descent (as the object)	enişigizniyou all's descent (as the object)	enişlerintheir descents (as the object)
Dative	enişgeto the descent	enişimeto my descent	enişiŋeto your descent	enişineto his descent	enişibizgeto our descent	enişigizgeto you all's descent	enişlerineto their descents
Locative	enişdein / at the descent	enişimdein / at my descent	enişiŋdein / at your descent	enişindein / at his descent	enişibizdein / at our descent	enişigizdein / at you all's descent	enişlerindein / at their descents
Ablative	enişdenfrom the descent	enişimdenfrom my descent	enişiŋdenfrom your descent	enişindenfrom his descent	enişibizdenfrom our descent	enişigizdenfrom you all's descent	enişlerindenfrom their descents

Plural

Plural — cases of eniş, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	enişlethe descents	enişlerimmy descents	enişleriŋyour descents	enişlerihis descents	enişleribizour descents	enişlerigizyou all's descents	enişleritheir descents
Genitive	enişlenithe descents'	enişlerimimy descents'	enişleriŋiyour descents'	enişlerinihis descents'	enişleribizniour descents'	enişlerigizniyou all's descents'	enişlerinitheir descents'
Accusative	enişlenithe descents (as the object)	enişlerimimy descents (as the object)	enişleriŋiyour descents (as the object)	enişlerinhis descents (as the object)	enişleribizniour descents (as the object)	enişlerigizniyou all's descents (as the object)	enişlerintheir descents (as the object)
Dative	enişlegeto the descents	enişlerimeto my descents	enişleriŋeto your descents	enişlerineto his descents	enişleribizgeto our descents	enişlerigizgeto you all's descents	enişlerineto their descents
Locative	enişledein / at the descents	enişlerimdein / at my descents	enişleriŋdein / at your descents	enişlerindein / at his descents	enişleribizdein / at our descents	enişlerigizdein / at you all's descents	enişlerindein / at their descents
Ablative	enişledenfrom the descents	enişlerimdenfrom my descents	enişleriŋdenfrom your descents	enişlerindenfrom his descents	enişleribizdenfrom our descents	enişlerigizdenfrom you all's descents	enişlerindenfrom their descents

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: enişleri can mean "his / her descents", "their descent", or "their descents" — context decides.

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.