gamizh
/ɡamiʒ/ · plural gamizhle
nonentity, worthless person, weakling; a puny, contemptible person — Used as a scornful insult, typically in ket sen gamizh, "go away, you nobody!" Before another noun it means worthless, pathetic. Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 marks it Karachay and disparaging; Nevruz 1991 stresses the sense of a puny, frail weakling.
- ket, sen gamizh! — go away, you nobody!
- ol gamizh adamdı — he is a worthless person
- gamizh bolma — don't be a weakling
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gamizhthe nonentity | gamizhimmy nonentity | gamizhiŋyour nonentity | gamizhihis nonentity | gamizhibizour nonentity | gamizhigizyou all's nonentity | gamizhleritheir nonentities |
| Genitive | gamizhnithe nonentity's | gamizhimimy nonentity's | gamizhiŋiyour nonentity's | gamizhinihis nonentity's | gamizhibizniour nonentity's | gamizhigizniyou all's nonentity's | gamizhlerinitheir nonentities' |
| Accusative | gamizhnithe nonentity (as the object) | gamizhimimy nonentity (as the object) | gamizhiŋiyour nonentity (as the object) | gamizhinhis nonentity (as the object) | gamizhibizniour nonentity (as the object) | gamizhigizniyou all's nonentity (as the object) | gamizhlerintheir nonentities (as the object) |
| Dative | gamizhgeto the nonentity | gamizhimeto my nonentity | gamizhiŋeto your nonentity | gamizhineto his nonentity | gamizhibizgeto our nonentity | gamizhigizgeto you all's nonentity | gamizhlerineto their nonentities |
| Locative | gamizhdein / at the nonentity | gamizhimdein / at my nonentity | gamizhiŋdein / at your nonentity | gamizhindein / at his nonentity | gamizhibizdein / at our nonentity | gamizhigizdein / at you all's nonentity | gamizhlerindein / at their nonentities |
| Ablative | gamizhdenfrom the nonentity | gamizhimdenfrom my nonentity | gamizhiŋdenfrom your nonentity | gamizhindenfrom his nonentity | gamizhibizdenfrom our nonentity | gamizhigizdenfrom you all's nonentity | gamizhlerindenfrom their nonentities |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gamizhlethe nonentities | gamizhlerimmy nonentities | gamizhleriŋyour nonentities | gamizhlerihis nonentities | gamizhleribizour nonentities | gamizhlerigizyou all's nonentities | gamizhleritheir nonentities |
| Genitive | gamizhlenithe nonentities' | gamizhlerimimy nonentities' | gamizhleriŋiyour nonentities' | gamizhlerinihis nonentities' | gamizhleribizniour nonentities' | gamizhlerigizniyou all's nonentities' | gamizhlerinitheir nonentities' |
| Accusative | gamizhlenithe nonentities (as the object) | gamizhlerimimy nonentities (as the object) | gamizhleriŋiyour nonentities (as the object) | gamizhlerinhis nonentities (as the object) | gamizhleribizniour nonentities (as the object) | gamizhlerigizniyou all's nonentities (as the object) | gamizhlerintheir nonentities (as the object) |
| Dative | gamizhlegeto the nonentities | gamizhlerimeto my nonentities | gamizhleriŋeto your nonentities | gamizhlerineto his nonentities | gamizhleribizgeto our nonentities | gamizhlerigizgeto you all's nonentities | gamizhlerineto their nonentities |
| Locative | gamizhledein / at the nonentities | gamizhlerimdein / at my nonentities | gamizhleriŋdein / at your nonentities | gamizhlerindein / at his nonentities | gamizhleribizdein / at our nonentities | gamizhlerigizdein / at you all's nonentities | gamizhlerindein / at their nonentities |
| Ablative | gamizhledenfrom the nonentities | gamizhlerimdenfrom my nonentities | gamizhleriŋdenfrom your nonentities | gamizhlerindenfrom his nonentities | gamizhleribizdenfrom our nonentities | gamizhlerigizdenfrom you all's nonentities | gamizhlerindenfrom their nonentities |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: gamizhleri can mean "his / her nonentities", "their nonentity", or "their nonentities" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.