gırjın
/ɡɯrdʒɯn/
Definitions
1. bread, flatbread baked in the ashes
- buday gırjın — wheat bread
- nartüh gırjın — maize bread
- ayran bla gırjın — bread with ayran
- gırjın eterge — to bake bread
2. daily bread, livelihood, means of subsistence
- ol üyürüne gırjın tabadı — he earns bread for his family
- gırjın tepsini tamadasıdı — bread is the head of the table
- gırjınnı köb çaynasang çiy körünür — if you chew bread too long it seems raw to you — a proverb
Related
gırjınlıqqualityflour for one baking, the quantity of flour needed for one baking of bread; the food a person needs to live on; a livelihood
Found in
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gırjınthe bread | gırjınlathe bread | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | gırjınnıthe bread's | gırjınlanıthe bread's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | gırjınnıthe bread (as the object) | gırjınlanıthe bread (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | gırjıngato the bread | gırjınlağato the bread | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | gırjındaat / in the bread | gırjınladaat / in the bread | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | gırjındanfrom the bread | gırjınladanfrom the bread | 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 | gırjınımmy bread | gırjınlarımmy bread |
| your | gırjınıngyour bread | gırjınlarıngyour bread |
| his / her | gırjınıhis / her bread | gırjınlarıhis / her bread |
| our | gırjınıbızour bread | gırjınlarıbızour bread |
| you all's | gırjınığızyou all's bread | gırjınlarığızyou all's bread |
| their | gırjınlarıtheir bread | gırjınlarıtheir bread |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: gırjınları can mean "his / her bread", "their bread", or "their bread" — context decides.