gözet
/ɡøzet/
Definitions
1. a night watch, guard kept while others sleep
- keçegi gözet — the night watch
- gözet eterge — to keep watch
- gözetge qadalırğa — to set about keeping watch
2. the taking out of horses to graze at night
- jılqı gözet — the horse herd's night pasture watch
- gözet bolurğa — to be out with the herd at night
- gözetge çığarğa — to go out to the night pasture
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gözetthe watch | gözetlethe watches | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | gözetnithe watch's | gözetlenithe watches' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | gözetnithe watch (as the object) | gözetlenithe watches (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | gözetgeto the watch | gözetlegeto the watches | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | gözetdeat / in the watch | gözetledeat / in the watches | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | gözetdenfrom the watch | gözetledenfrom the watches | 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 | gözetimmy watch | gözetlerimmy watches |
| your | gözetingyour watch | gözetleringyour watches |
| his / her | gözetihis / her watch | gözetlerihis / her watches |
| our | gözetibizour watch | gözetleribizour watches |
| you all's | gözetigizyou all's watch | gözetlerigizyou all's watches |
| their | gözetleritheir watch | gözetleritheir watches |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: gözetleri can mean "his / her watches", "their watch", or "their watches" — context decides.