ielik
/ ielik /
Definitions noun ownership, possession, being the owner
Definitions noun property, what one owns
Definitions noun the genitive case (grammar)
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ielik the ownership | ielikle the ownerships | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | ielikni the ownership's | ielikleni the ownerships' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | ielikni the ownership (as the object) | ielikleni the ownerships (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | ielikge to the ownership | ieliklege to the ownerships | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | ielikde at / in the ownership | ieliklede at / in the ownerships | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | ielikden from the ownership | ielikleden from the ownerships | 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 | ieligim my ownership | ieliklerim my ownerships |
| your | ieligiŋ your ownership | ielikleriŋ your ownerships |
| his / her | ieligi his / her ownership | ielikleri his / her ownerships |
| our | ieligibiz our ownership | ielikleribiz our ownerships |
| you all's | ieligigiz you all's ownership | ieliklerigiz you all's ownerships |
| their | ielikleri their ownership | ielikleri their ownerships |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: ielikleri can mean "his / her ownerships", "their ownership", or "their ownerships" — context decides.