hıre
/xɯre/
Definitions
1. soft, flabby, slack, mushy
- hıre almala — soft apples
- hıre topuraq — loose, crumbly earth
- gakkını hıre bişirirge — to boil an egg soft
2. feeble, sickly, lacking stamina
- hıre adam — a feeble person
- hıre bolurğa — to go slack, to grow feeble
- hıre adam jay quruşur — a feeble man shivers even in summer — a proverb
3. slovenly, unkempt
- hıre qatın — a slovenly woman
- hıre adam — a slovenly person
- hıre bolurğa — to let oneself go
4. mamalyga, maize porridge
- hıre bişirirge — to cook maize porridge
- hıre aşarğa — to eat maize porridge
- hıre tuz — a salt lick
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Degrees
| base form | hıresoft |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | hırereksofter |
| intensifier — very | bek hırevery soft |
| superlative — most | em hırethe softest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden hıredi — "compared to me, he is soft."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men hıremeI am soft | biz hırebizwe are soft |
| 2nd person | sen hıreseyou are soft | siz hıresizyou all are soft |
| 3rd person | ol hıredihe / she / it is soft | ala hıredilethey are soft |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu hıredithis is soft | bıla hıredilethese are soft |
| that / those | ol hıredithat / it is soft | ala hıredilethose / they are soft |
| mine | meniki hıredimine is soft | menikile hıredilemine are soft |
| yours | seniki hırediyours is soft | senikile hıredileyours are soft |
| ours | bizniki hırediours is soft | biznikile hıredileours are soft |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hırethe mamalyga | hırelethe mamalygas | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | hırenithe mamalyga's | hırelenithe mamalygas' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | hırenithe mamalyga (as the object) | hırelenithe mamalygas (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | hıregeto the mamalyga | hırelegeto the mamalygas | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | hıredeat / in the mamalyga | hıreledeat / in the mamalygas | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | hıredenfrom the mamalyga | hıreledenfrom the mamalygas | 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 | hıremmy mamalyga | hırelerimmy mamalygas |
| your | hırengyour mamalyga | hıreleringyour mamalygas |
| his / her | hıresihis / her mamalyga | hırelerihis / her mamalygas |
| our | hırebizour mamalyga | hıreleribizour mamalygas |
| you all's | hıregizyou all's mamalyga | hırelerigizyou all's mamalygas |
| their | hıreleritheir mamalyga | hıreleritheir mamalygas |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: hıreleri can mean "his / her mamalygas", "their mamalyga", or "their mamalygas" — context decides.