ginasuw
/ɡinasuw/
1. mercury, quicksilver — Used unchanged before a noun to mean 'mercury, of mercury', as in ginasuw termometr 'mercury thermometer'.
- ginasuw termometr — a mercury thermometer
- ginasuw metalldı — mercury is a metal
- ginasuw awur zatdı — mercury is a heavy substance
- ginasuw kibik taza — as pure as quicksilver
- ginasuwça jıltıraydı — it glitters like quicksilver
2. spirit level, builder's level
- eşikleni ginasuw bla ornatıw — installing the doors with a spirit level
- hunanı ginasuw bla qalaw — laying the wall with a spirit level
- ginasuw bla tartılğança — as though drawn with a spirit level
- ustağa ginasuw kerekdi — the craftsman needs a spirit level
- ginasuwnu menŋe ber — give me the spirit level
- jaŋı ginasuw aldım — I got a new spirit level
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ginasuwthe mercury | ginasuwummy mercury | ginasuwuŋyour mercury | ginasuwuhis mercury | ginasuwubuzour mercury | ginasuwuğuzyou all's mercury | ginasuwlarıtheir mercuries |
| Genitive | ginasuwnuthe mercury's | ginasuwumumy mercury's | ginasuwuŋuyour mercury's | ginasuwunuhis mercury's | ginasuwubuznuour mercury's | ginasuwuğuznuyou all's mercury's | ginasuwlarınıtheir mercuries' |
| Accusative | ginasuwnuthe mercury (as the object) | ginasuwumumy mercury (as the object) | ginasuwuŋuyour mercury (as the object) | ginasuwunhis mercury (as the object) | ginasuwubuznuour mercury (as the object) | ginasuwuğuznuyou all's mercury (as the object) | ginasuwlarıntheir mercuries (as the object) |
| Dative | ginasuwğato the mercury | ginasuwumato my mercury | ginasuwuŋato your mercury | ginasuwunato his mercury | ginasuwubuzğato our mercury | ginasuwuğuzğato you all's mercury | ginasuwlarınato their mercuries |
| Locative | ginasuwdain / at the mercury | ginasuwumdain / at my mercury | ginasuwuŋdain / at your mercury | ginasuwundain / at his mercury | ginasuwubuzdain / at our mercury | ginasuwuğuzdain / at you all's mercury | ginasuwlarındain / at their mercuries |
| Ablative | ginasuwdanfrom the mercury | ginasuwumdanfrom my mercury | ginasuwuŋdanfrom your mercury | ginasuwundanfrom his mercury | ginasuwubuzdanfrom our mercury | ginasuwuğuzdanfrom you all's mercury | ginasuwlarındanfrom their mercuries |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.