gagaybaş

/ɡaɡajbaʃ/

(adj.) flighty, frivolous, empty-headed, foolish (colloq.) — A colloquial word, close in meaning to jelbaş and tuthuçsuz: gagaybaş adam "a scatterbrained person". It can also be used as an adverb, "frivolously". Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks it as Karachay usage.

gagaybaş adam — a flighty person
men gagaybaş quruyum — I am a real scatterbrain
ol bek gagaybaşdı — he is very empty-headed
gagaybaş qız — a frivolous girl

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — gagaybaş
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	gagaybaşmaI am flighty	gagaybaşsayou are flighty	gagaybaşdıhe is flighty	gagaybaşbızwe are flighty	gagaybaşsızyou all are flighty	gagaybaşdılathey are flighty
comparative — more	gagaybaşıraqmaI am flightier	gagaybaşıraqsayou are flightier	gagaybaşıraqdıhe is flightier	gagaybaşıraqbızwe are flightier	gagaybaşıraqsızyou all are flightier	gagaybaşıraqdılathey are flightier
intensifier — very	bek gagaybaşmaI am very flighty	bek gagaybaşsayou are very flighty	bek gagaybaşdıhe is very flighty	bek gagaybaşbızwe are very flighty	bek gagaybaşsızyou all are very flighty	bek gagaybaşdılathey are very flighty
superlative — most	em gagaybaşmaI am the flightiest	em gagaybaşsayou are the flightiest	em gagaybaşdıhe is the flightiest	em gagaybaşbızwe are the flightiest	em gagaybaşsızyou all are the flightiest	em gagaybaşdılathey are the flightiest

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden gagaybaşdı — "compared to me, he is flighty."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — gagaybaş
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki gagaybaşdımine is flighty	seniki gagaybaşdıyours is flighty	anıqı gagaybaşdıhis is flighty	bizniki gagaybaşdıours is flighty	sizniki gagaybaşdıyours (pl.) is flighty	alanıqı gagaybaşdıtheirs is flighty
comparative — more	meniki gagaybaşıraqdımine is flightier	seniki gagaybaşıraqdıyours is flightier	anıqı gagaybaşıraqdıhis is flightier	bizniki gagaybaşıraqdıours is flightier	sizniki gagaybaşıraqdıyours (pl.) is flightier	alanıqı gagaybaşıraqdıtheirs is flightier
intensifier — very	meniki bek gagaybaşdımine is very flighty	seniki bek gagaybaşdıyours is very flighty	anıqı bek gagaybaşdıhis is very flighty	bizniki bek gagaybaşdıours is very flighty	sizniki bek gagaybaşdıyours (pl.) is very flighty	alanıqı bek gagaybaşdıtheirs is very flighty
superlative — most	meniki em gagaybaşdımine is the flightiest	seniki em gagaybaşdıyours is the flightiest	anıqı em gagaybaşdıhis is the flightiest	bizniki em gagaybaşdıours is the flightiest	sizniki em gagaybaşdıyours (pl.) is the flightiest	alanıqı em gagaybaşdıtheirs is the flightiest

Several things

Several things — gagaybaş
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile gagaybaşdılamine are flighty	senikile gagaybaşdılayours are flighty	anıqıla gagaybaşdılahis are flighty	biznikile gagaybaşdılaours are flighty	siznikile gagaybaşdılayours (pl.) are flighty	alanıqıla gagaybaşdılatheirs are flighty
comparative — more	menikile gagaybaşıraqdılamine are flightier	senikile gagaybaşıraqdılayours are flightier	anıqıla gagaybaşıraqdılahis are flightier	biznikile gagaybaşıraqdılaours are flightier	siznikile gagaybaşıraqdılayours (pl.) are flightier	alanıqıla gagaybaşıraqdılatheirs are flightier
intensifier — very	menikile bek gagaybaşdılamine are very flighty	senikile bek gagaybaşdılayours are very flighty	anıqıla bek gagaybaşdılahis are very flighty	biznikile bek gagaybaşdılaours are very flighty	siznikile bek gagaybaşdılayours (pl.) are very flighty	alanıqıla bek gagaybaşdılatheirs are very flighty
superlative — most	menikile em gagaybaşdılamine are the flightiest	senikile em gagaybaşdılayours are the flightiest	anıqıla em gagaybaşdılahis are the flightiest	biznikile em gagaybaşdılaours are the flightiest	siznikile em gagaybaşdılayours (pl.) are the flightiest	alanıqıla em gagaybaşdılatheirs are the flightiest

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu gagaybaşdı, bıla gagaybaşdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".