hılew / qılew

/xɯlew/, /qɯlew/

1. (adj.) flimsy, rickety, unsound, shaky

hılew köpür — a rickety bridge
hılew orunduq — a rickety bed
üy hılew bolğandı — the house has become unsound
hılew şindik — a shaky chair

2. (adj.) frail, sickly, weak, puny

hılew adam — a frail person
hılew sanla — a frail body
qartlıq meni hılew etdi — old age has left me frail
hılew at — a feeble horse
ol awruwdan hılew bolğandı — he has grown weak from illness

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — hılew
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	hılewmeI am flimsy	hılewseyou are flimsy	hılewdühe is flimsy	hılewbüzwe are flimsy	hılewsüzyou all are flimsy	hılewdülethey are flimsy
comparative — more	hılewrekmeI am flimsier	hılewrekseyou are flimsier	hılewrekdihe is flimsier	hılewrekbizwe are flimsier	hılewreksizyou all are flimsier	hılewrekdilethey are flimsier
intensifier — very	bek hılewmeI am very flimsy	bek hılewseyou are very flimsy	bek hılewdühe is very flimsy	bek hılewbüzwe are very flimsy	bek hılewsüzyou all are very flimsy	bek hılewdülethey are very flimsy
superlative — most	em hılewmeI am the flimsiest	em hılewseyou are the flimsiest	em hılewdühe is the flimsiest	em hılewbüzwe are the flimsiest	em hılewsüzyou all are the flimsiest	em hılewdülethey are the flimsiest

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden hılewdü — "compared to me, he is flimsy."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — hılew
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki hılewdümine is flimsy	seniki hılewdüyours is flimsy	anıqı hılewdühis is flimsy	bizniki hılewdüours is flimsy	sizniki hılewdüyours (pl.) is flimsy	alanıqı hılewdütheirs is flimsy
comparative — more	meniki hılewrekdimine is flimsier	seniki hılewrekdiyours is flimsier	anıqı hılewrekdihis is flimsier	bizniki hılewrekdiours is flimsier	sizniki hılewrekdiyours (pl.) is flimsier	alanıqı hılewrekditheirs is flimsier
intensifier — very	meniki bek hılewdümine is very flimsy	seniki bek hılewdüyours is very flimsy	anıqı bek hılewdühis is very flimsy	bizniki bek hılewdüours is very flimsy	sizniki bek hılewdüyours (pl.) is very flimsy	alanıqı bek hılewdütheirs is very flimsy
superlative — most	meniki em hılewdümine is the flimsiest	seniki em hılewdüyours is the flimsiest	anıqı em hılewdühis is the flimsiest	bizniki em hılewdüours is the flimsiest	sizniki em hılewdüyours (pl.) is the flimsiest	alanıqı em hılewdütheirs is the flimsiest

Several things

Several things — hılew
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile hılewdülemine are flimsy	senikile hılewdüleyours are flimsy	anıqıla hılewdülehis are flimsy	biznikile hılewdüleours are flimsy	siznikile hılewdüleyours (pl.) are flimsy	alanıqıla hılewdületheirs are flimsy
comparative — more	menikile hılewrekdilemine are flimsier	senikile hılewrekdileyours are flimsier	anıqıla hılewrekdilehis are flimsier	biznikile hılewrekdileours are flimsier	siznikile hılewrekdileyours (pl.) are flimsier	alanıqıla hılewrekdiletheirs are flimsier
intensifier — very	menikile bek hılewdülemine are very flimsy	senikile bek hılewdüleyours are very flimsy	anıqıla bek hılewdülehis are very flimsy	biznikile bek hılewdüleours are very flimsy	siznikile bek hılewdüleyours (pl.) are very flimsy	alanıqıla bek hılewdületheirs are very flimsy
superlative — most	menikile em hılewdülemine are the flimsiest	senikile em hılewdüleyours are the flimsiest	anıqıla em hılewdülehis are the flimsiest	biznikile em hılewdüleours are the flimsiest	siznikile em hılewdüleyours (pl.) are the flimsiest	alanıqıla em hılewdületheirs are the flimsiest

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu hılewdü, bıla hılewdüle. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".