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gelpegey

/ɡelpeɡej/

(adj.) shaggy, bushy (especially of eyebrows) — Guzeev 1996–2005 gives it as said of eyebrows.
  • qalın qaşı gelpegey — his thick eyebrows are bushy
  • atamı qaşları gelpegeydi — my father's eyebrows are bushy
  • gelpegey qaşlı qart — an old man with bushy eyebrows

Degrees and persons

DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base formgelpegeymeI am shaggygelpegeyseyou are shaggygelpegeydihe is shaggygelpegeybizwe are shaggygelpegeysizyou all are shaggygelpegeydilethey are shaggy
comparative — moregelpegeyirekmeI am shaggiergelpegeyirekseyou are shaggiergelpegeyirekdihe is shaggiergelpegeyirekbizwe are shaggiergelpegeyireksizyou all are shaggiergelpegeyirekdilethey are shaggier
intensifier — verybek gelpegeymeI am very shaggybek gelpegeyseyou are very shaggybek gelpegeydihe is very shaggybek gelpegeybizwe are very shaggybek gelpegeysizyou all are very shaggybek gelpegeydilethey are very shaggy
superlative — mostem gelpegeymeI am the shaggiestem gelpegeyseyou are the shaggiestem gelpegeydihe is the shaggiestem gelpegeybizwe are the shaggiestem gelpegeysizyou all are the shaggiestem gelpegeydilethey are the shaggiest

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki gelpegeydimine is shaggyseniki gelpegeydiyours is shaggyanıqı gelpegeydihis is shaggybizniki gelpegeydiours is shaggysizniki gelpegeydiyours (pl.) is shaggyalanıqı gelpegeyditheirs is shaggy
comparative — moremeniki gelpegeyirekdimine is shaggierseniki gelpegeyirekdiyours is shaggieranıqı gelpegeyirekdihis is shaggierbizniki gelpegeyirekdiours is shaggiersizniki gelpegeyirekdiyours (pl.) is shaggieralanıqı gelpegeyirekditheirs is shaggier
intensifier — verymeniki bek gelpegeydimine is very shaggyseniki bek gelpegeydiyours is very shaggyanıqı bek gelpegeydihis is very shaggybizniki bek gelpegeydiours is very shaggysizniki bek gelpegeydiyours (pl.) is very shaggyalanıqı bek gelpegeyditheirs is very shaggy
superlative — mostmeniki em gelpegeydimine is the shaggiestseniki em gelpegeydiyours is the shaggiestanıqı em gelpegeydihis is the shaggiestbizniki em gelpegeydiours is the shaggiestsizniki em gelpegeydiyours (pl.) is the shaggiestalanıqı em gelpegeyditheirs is the shaggiest

Several things

Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile gelpegeydilemine are shaggysenikile gelpegeydileyours are shaggyanıqıla gelpegeydilehis are shaggybiznikile gelpegeydileours are shaggysiznikile gelpegeydileyours (pl.) are shaggyalanıqıla gelpegeydiletheirs are shaggy
comparative — moremenikile gelpegeyirekdilemine are shaggiersenikile gelpegeyirekdileyours are shaggieranıqıla gelpegeyirekdilehis are shaggierbiznikile gelpegeyirekdileours are shaggiersiznikile gelpegeyirekdileyours (pl.) are shaggieralanıqıla gelpegeyirekdiletheirs are shaggier
intensifier — verymenikile bek gelpegeydilemine are very shaggysenikile bek gelpegeydileyours are very shaggyanıqıla bek gelpegeydilehis are very shaggybiznikile bek gelpegeydileours are very shaggysiznikile bek gelpegeydileyours (pl.) are very shaggyalanıqıla bek gelpegeydiletheirs are very shaggy
superlative — mostmenikile em gelpegeydilemine are the shaggiestsenikile em gelpegeydileyours are the shaggiestanıqıla em gelpegeydilehis are the shaggiestbiznikile em gelpegeydileours are the shaggiestsiznikile em gelpegeydileyours (pl.) are the shaggiestalanıqıla em gelpegeydiletheirs are the shaggiest

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