halek
/xalek/
1. ruin, destruction, harm, undoing
- jaŋur sabanlanı halek etgendi — the rain has ruined the crops
- qoyla biçenni tebleb halek etdile — the sheep trampled the hay to ruin
- kitabnı halek eterge — to ruin a book
- halek eterge — to ruin something
- halek bolurğa — to fall into ruin
2. ruined, spoiled, useless, wretched; shabby, soiled — Common with bolurğa (become spoiled, fall into disrepair) and eterge (spoil, ruin).
- halek zat — a spoiled thing
- anı bıstırları halekdile — his clothes are shabby
- kiyimleribiz halek boldula — our clothes got soiled
- halek bolğan — one that has been spoiled
- tamam halek bolub boşarğa — to fall into utter ruin
3. corrupt, depraved, of bad character (of a person)
- halek adam — a depraved person
- halek sabiyle — bad-mannered children
- halek jaş — a depraved young man
4. ugly, foul, vile
- halek sıfat — an ugly appearance
- halek söleşirge — to speak foully
- kesiŋi halek jürütürge — to behave vilely
5. excessive, dreadful, terrific
- jaynı halek issiligini hatasından — because of the dreadful heat of summer
6. excessively, terribly, very strongly — as an intensifier
- kün halek qızdıra edi — the sun was blazing terribly
- halek çamlandı bizge — he got terribly angry at us
- halek junçuğandıla — they were terribly distressed
- halek köb — terribly many
- halek küçlü — terribly strong
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | halekthe ruin | halegimmy ruin | halegiŋyour ruin | halegihis ruin | halegibizour ruin | halegigizyou all's ruin | halekleritheir ruins |
| Genitive | haleknithe ruin's | halegimimy ruin's | halegiŋiyour ruin's | haleginihis ruin's | halegibizniour ruin's | halegigizniyou all's ruin's | haleklerinitheir ruins' |
| Accusative | haleknithe ruin (as the object) | halegimimy ruin (as the object) | halegiŋiyour ruin (as the object) | haleginhis ruin (as the object) | halegibizniour ruin (as the object) | halegigizniyou all's ruin (as the object) | haleklerintheir ruins (as the object) |
| Dative | halekgeto the ruin | halegimeto my ruin | halegiŋeto your ruin | halegineto his ruin | halegibizgeto our ruin | halegigizgeto you all's ruin | haleklerineto their ruins |
| Locative | halekdein / at the ruin | halegimdein / at my ruin | halegiŋdein / at your ruin | halegindein / at his ruin | halegibizdein / at our ruin | halegigizdein / at you all's ruin | haleklerindein / at their ruins |
| Ablative | halekdenfrom the ruin | halegimdenfrom my ruin | halegiŋdenfrom your ruin | halegindenfrom his ruin | halegibizdenfrom our ruin | halegigizdenfrom you all's ruin | haleklerindenfrom their ruins |
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.