gılja
/ɡɯldʒa/
Definitions
1. crooked, curved, bent in an arc
- gılja müyüz — a crooked horn
- gılja tayaq — a bent stick
- gılja jolçuq — a winding little path
2. a cow with crooked horns
- gıljanı sawarğa — to milk the crooked-horned cow
- gıljanı satdıla — they sold the crooked-horned cow
- gılja arbazda turadı — the crooked-horned cow is standing in the yard
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or .As an adjective
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu gıljadıthis is crooked | bıla gıljadılathese are crooked |
| that / those | ol gıljadıthat / it is crooked | ala gıljadılathose / they are crooked |
| mine | meniki gıljadımine is crooked | menikile gıljadılamine are crooked |
| yours | seniki gıljadıyours is crooked | senikile gıljadılayours are crooked |
| ours | bizniki gıljadıours is crooked | biznikile gıljadılaours are crooked |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gıljathe cow with crooked horns | gıljalathe cow with crooked hornses | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | gıljanıthe cow with crooked horns' | gıljalanıthe cow with crooked hornses' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | gıljanıthe cow with crooked horns (as the object) | gıljalanıthe cow with crooked hornses (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | gıljağato the cow with crooked horns | gıljalağato the cow with crooked hornses | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | gıljadaat / in the cow with crooked horns | gıljaladaat / in the cow with crooked hornses | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | gıljadanfrom the cow with crooked horns | gıljaladanfrom the cow with crooked hornses | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | gıljammy cow with crooked horns | gıljalarımmy cow with crooked hornses |
| your | gıljangyour cow with crooked horns | gıljalarıngyour cow with crooked hornses |
| his / her | gıljasıhis / her cow with crooked horns | gıljalarıhis / her cow with crooked hornses |
| our | gıljabızour cow with crooked horns | gıljalarıbızour cow with crooked hornses |
| you all's | gıljağızyou all's cow with crooked horns | gıljalarığızyou all's cow with crooked hornses |
| their | gıljalarıtheir cow with crooked horns | gıljalarıtheir cow with crooked hornses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: gıljaları can mean "his / her cow with crooked hornses", "their cow with crooked horns", or "their cow with crooked hornses" — context decides.