frontçu
/fronttʃu/ · plural frontçula
front-line soldier, a person who fought or is fighting at the front — Before another noun it means front-line, of the front: frontçu teŋle "front-line comrades".
- frontçu teŋle — front-line comrades
- frontçula keldile — the front-line soldiers came
- frontçu qart — an old front-line soldier
- endi saw qalğan frontçula nasıblıdıla — now the surviving front-line soldiers are happy
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frontçuthe front-line soldier | frontçummy front-line soldier | frontçuŋyour front-line soldier | frontçusuhis front-line soldier | frontçubuzour front-line soldier | frontçuğuzyou all's front-line soldier | frontçularıtheir front-line soldiers |
| Genitive | frontçunuthe front-line soldier's | frontçumumy front-line soldier's | frontçuŋuyour front-line soldier's | frontçusunuhis front-line soldier's | frontçubuznuour front-line soldier's | frontçuğuznuyou all's front-line soldier's | frontçularınıtheir front-line soldiers' |
| Accusative | frontçunuthe front-line soldier (as the object) | frontçumumy front-line soldier (as the object) | frontçuŋuyour front-line soldier (as the object) | frontçusunhis front-line soldier (as the object) | frontçubuznuour front-line soldier (as the object) | frontçuğuznuyou all's front-line soldier (as the object) | frontçularıntheir front-line soldiers (as the object) |
| Dative | frontçuğato the front-line soldier | frontçumato my front-line soldier | frontçuŋato your front-line soldier | frontçusunato his front-line soldier | frontçubuzğato our front-line soldier | frontçuğuzğato you all's front-line soldier | frontçularınato their front-line soldiers |
| Locative | frontçudain / at the front-line soldier | frontçumdain / at my front-line soldier | frontçuŋdain / at your front-line soldier | frontçusundain / at his front-line soldier | frontçubuzdain / at our front-line soldier | frontçuğuzdain / at you all's front-line soldier | frontçularındain / at their front-line soldiers |
| Ablative | frontçudanfrom the front-line soldier | frontçumdanfrom my front-line soldier | frontçuŋdanfrom your front-line soldier | frontçusundanfrom his front-line soldier | frontçubuzdanfrom our front-line soldier | frontçuğuzdanfrom you all's front-line soldier | frontçularındanfrom their front-line soldiers |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frontçulathe front-line soldiers | frontçularımmy front-line soldiers | frontçularıŋyour front-line soldiers | frontçularıhis front-line soldiers | frontçularıbızour front-line soldiers | frontçularığızyou all's front-line soldiers | frontçularıtheir front-line soldiers |
| Genitive | frontçulanıthe front-line soldiers' | frontçularımımy front-line soldiers' | frontçularıŋıyour front-line soldiers' | frontçularınıhis front-line soldiers' | frontçularıbıznıour front-line soldiers' | frontçularığıznıyou all's front-line soldiers' | frontçularınıtheir front-line soldiers' |
| Accusative | frontçulanıthe front-line soldiers (as the object) | frontçularımımy front-line soldiers (as the object) | frontçularıŋıyour front-line soldiers (as the object) | frontçularınhis front-line soldiers (as the object) | frontçularıbıznıour front-line soldiers (as the object) | frontçularığıznıyou all's front-line soldiers (as the object) | frontçularıntheir front-line soldiers (as the object) |
| Dative | frontçulağato the front-line soldiers | frontçularımato my front-line soldiers | frontçularıŋato your front-line soldiers | frontçularınato his front-line soldiers | frontçularıbızğato our front-line soldiers | frontçularığızğato you all's front-line soldiers | frontçularınato their front-line soldiers |
| Locative | frontçuladain / at the front-line soldiers | frontçularımdain / at my front-line soldiers | frontçularıŋdain / at your front-line soldiers | frontçularındain / at his front-line soldiers | frontçularıbızdain / at our front-line soldiers | frontçularığızdain / at you all's front-line soldiers | frontçularındain / at their front-line soldiers |
| Ablative | frontçuladanfrom the front-line soldiers | frontçularımdanfrom my front-line soldiers | frontçularıŋdanfrom your front-line soldiers | frontçularındanfrom his front-line soldiers | frontçularıbızdanfrom our front-line soldiers | frontçularığızdanfrom you all's front-line soldiers | frontçularındanfrom their front-line soldiers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: frontçuları can mean "his / her front-line soldiers", "their front-line soldier", or "their front-line soldiers" — context decides.
Whose it is
| Case | one thing, one owner | several things, one owner | one thing, several owners | several things, several owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frontçunuquthe front-line soldier's one | frontçunuqulathe front-line soldier's ones | frontçulanıqıthe front-line soldiers' one | frontçulanıqılathe front-line soldiers' ones |
| Genitive | frontçunuqunuof the front-line soldier's one | frontçunuqulanıof the front-line soldier's ones | frontçulanıqınıof the front-line soldiers' one | frontçulanıqılanıof the front-line soldiers' ones |
| Accusative | frontçunuqunthe front-line soldier's one (as the object) | frontçunuqulanıthe front-line soldier's ones (as the object) | frontçulanıqınthe front-line soldiers' one (as the object) | frontçulanıqılanıthe front-line soldiers' ones (as the object) |
| Dative | frontçunuqunato the front-line soldier's one | frontçunuqulağato the front-line soldier's ones | frontçulanıqınato the front-line soldiers' one | frontçulanıqılağato the front-line soldiers' ones |
| Locative | frontçunuqundain / at the front-line soldier's one | frontçunuquladain / at the front-line soldier's ones | frontçulanıqındain / at the front-line soldiers' one | frontçulanıqıladain / at the front-line soldiers' ones |
| Ablative | frontçunuqundanfrom the front-line soldier's one | frontçunuquladanfrom the front-line soldier's ones | frontçulanıqındanfrom the front-line soldiers' one | frontçulanıqıladanfrom the front-line soldiers' ones |
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.