geben
/ɡeben/ · plural gebenle
1. haystack, rick, haycock — In Karachay usage it is mainly a large stack; in Balkar usage, a smaller haycock.
- salam geben — a straw rick
- geben qalarğa — to build a rick
- ullu geben — a big haycock
- geben awğandı — the haystack has fallen over
- gebenlege qıraw urğandı — frost has struck the haystacks
- jüz gebenni aşab qoyğandı — it ate up a hundred haystacks
- gebenni gırmık bla tartırğa — to bind the rick with a withe
2. heap, pile, especially a pile of hay
- antaw geben — a small haycock
- ögüz geben — a stack of ten or more haycocks
- gebenle köbdüle — there are many piles of hay
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gebenthe haystack | gebenimmy haystack | gebeniŋyour haystack | gebenihis haystack | gebenibizour haystack | gebenigizyou all's haystack | gebenleritheir haystacks |
| Genitive | gebennithe haystack's | gebenimimy haystack's | gebeniŋiyour haystack's | gebeninihis haystack's | gebenibizniour haystack's | gebenigizniyou all's haystack's | gebenlerinitheir haystacks' |
| Accusative | gebennithe haystack (as the object) | gebenimimy haystack (as the object) | gebeniŋiyour haystack (as the object) | gebeninhis haystack (as the object) | gebenibizniour haystack (as the object) | gebenigizniyou all's haystack (as the object) | gebenlerintheir haystacks (as the object) |
| Dative | gebenŋeto the haystack | gebenimeto my haystack | gebeniŋeto your haystack | gebenineto his haystack | gebenibizgeto our haystack | gebenigizgeto you all's haystack | gebenlerineto their haystacks |
| Locative | gebendein / at the haystack | gebenimdein / at my haystack | gebeniŋdein / at your haystack | gebenindein / at his haystack | gebenibizdein / at our haystack | gebenigizdein / at you all's haystack | gebenlerindein / at their haystacks |
| Ablative | gebendenfrom the haystack | gebenimdenfrom my haystack | gebeniŋdenfrom your haystack | gebenindenfrom his haystack | gebenibizdenfrom our haystack | gebenigizdenfrom you all's haystack | gebenlerindenfrom their haystacks |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gebenlethe haystacks | gebenlerimmy haystacks | gebenleriŋyour haystacks | gebenlerihis haystacks | gebenleribizour haystacks | gebenlerigizyou all's haystacks | gebenleritheir haystacks |
| Genitive | gebenlenithe haystacks' | gebenlerimimy haystacks' | gebenleriŋiyour haystacks' | gebenlerinihis haystacks' | gebenleribizniour haystacks' | gebenlerigizniyou all's haystacks' | gebenlerinitheir haystacks' |
| Accusative | gebenlenithe haystacks (as the object) | gebenlerimimy haystacks (as the object) | gebenleriŋiyour haystacks (as the object) | gebenlerinhis haystacks (as the object) | gebenleribizniour haystacks (as the object) | gebenlerigizniyou all's haystacks (as the object) | gebenlerintheir haystacks (as the object) |
| Dative | gebenlegeto the haystacks | gebenlerimeto my haystacks | gebenleriŋeto your haystacks | gebenlerineto his haystacks | gebenleribizgeto our haystacks | gebenlerigizgeto you all's haystacks | gebenlerineto their haystacks |
| Locative | gebenledein / at the haystacks | gebenlerimdein / at my haystacks | gebenleriŋdein / at your haystacks | gebenlerindein / at his haystacks | gebenleribizdein / at our haystacks | gebenlerigizdein / at you all's haystacks | gebenlerindein / at their haystacks |
| Ablative | gebenledenfrom the haystacks | gebenlerimdenfrom my haystacks | gebenleriŋdenfrom your haystacks | gebenlerindenfrom his haystacks | gebenleribizdenfrom our haystacks | gebenlerigizdenfrom you all's haystacks | gebenlerindenfrom their haystacks |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: gebenleri can mean "his / her haystacks", "their haystack", or "their haystacks" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.