hapar
/xapar/
Definitions
1. news, tidings, or information about something
- ne hapar bardı elden? — what news is there from the village?
- aşhı hapar kelib quwandırdı — good news came and gladdened us
- anı andan haparı joqdu — he has no knowledge of that
2. spoken account of events; the telling of one
- haparığıznı aytığız, tınglaybız — tell us your account, we are listening
- qart ata jıyıb hapar aytadı — the grandfather gathers them and gives an account
- anı haparı uzundu — the telling of that is a long one
3. rumour or hearsay circulating among people
- boş hapar bla zaman ozdurma — do not pass the time with empty rumour
- aman hapar terk jayıladı — bad rumour spreads quickly
- hapar bardı, deb aytadıla — they say there is a rumour going about
4. short story as a work of literature — Elbrusoid glosses this sense '(художественное произведение)'; that is an explanation, not a domain label, so the sense is left unmarked.
- çam hapar jazğandı — he has written a humorous story
- haparnı kemlikleri bardıla — the story has its shortcomings
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| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | haparthe news | haparlathe news | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | haparnıthe news' | haparlanıthe news' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | haparnıthe news (as the object) | haparlanıthe news (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | haparğato the news | haparlağato the news | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | hapardaat / in the news | haparladaat / in the news | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | hapardanfrom the news | haparladanfrom the news | 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 | haparımmy news | haparlarımmy news |
| your | haparıngyour news | haparlarıngyour news |
| his / her | haparıhis / her news | haparlarıhis / her news |
| our | haparıbızour news | haparlarıbızour news |
| you all's | haparığızyou all's news | haparlarığızyou all's news |
| their | haparlarıtheir news | haparlarıtheir news |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: haparları can mean "his / her news", "their news", or "their news" — context decides.