igi
/iɡi/
Definitions
1. good
- igi adam — a good person
- igi kitab — a good book
- igi at jolnu tüzetir — a good horse will not stray from the road
2. well, properly, thoroughly
- igi angılatırğa — to explain properly
- igi sağış et — think it over properly
- igi jaşarğa — to live well
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Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 146).Feedback
or .Degrees
| base form | igigood |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | igirekbetter |
| intensifier — very | bek igivery good |
| superlative — most | em igithe best |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden igidi — "compared to me, he is good."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men igimeI am good | biz igibizwe are good |
| 2nd person | sen igiseyou are good | siz igisizyou all are good |
| 3rd person | ol igidihe / she / it is good | ala igidilethey are good |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu igidithis is good | bıla igidilethese are good |
| that / those | ol igidithat / it is good | ala igidilethose / they are good |
| mine | meniki igidimine is good | menikile igidilemine are good |
| yours | seniki igidiyours is good | senikile igidileyours are good |
| ours | bizniki igidiours is good | biznikile igidileours are good |