ginasuw
/ɡinasuw/
Definitions
1. mercury, quicksilver
- ginasuw termometr — a mercury thermometer
- ginasuwça jıltıraydı — it glitters like quicksilver
2. a spirit level, the instrument used to test a level surface
- ginasuw bla tartılğança — as though drawn with a spirit level
Feedback
or .Cases
| Form | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ginasuwthe mercury | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | ginasuwnuthe mercury's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | ginasuwnuthe mercury (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | ginasuwğato the mercury | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | ginasuwdaat / in the mercury | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | ginasuwdanfrom the mercury | 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
| Owned | |
|---|---|
| my | ginasuwummy mercury |
| your | ginasuwungyour mercury |
| his / her | ginasuwuhis / her mercury |
| our | ginasuwubuzour mercury |
| you all's | ginasuwuğuzyou all's mercury |
| their | ginasuwlarıtheir mercury |
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.