ırğay
/ɯrʁaj/
Definitions
1. pike, the freshwater predatory fish
- ırğay çabaq — a pike
- ırğayla tutarğa — to catch pike
- ırğaynı tutdum — I caught the pike
2. shark
- tengiz ırğay — a sea shark
- tengiz ırğayla — sea sharks
- ırğaynı tişleri — the shark's teeth
3. smoked fat tail of a sheep — tskbya files this on a separate page and it may be a homonym rather than a sense
- ırğay et — smoked fat-tail meat
- ırğaynı keserge — to cut the smoked fat-tail
- ırğay tatlıdı — the smoked fat-tail is tasty
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ırğaythe pike | ırğaylathe pikes | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | ırğaynıthe pike's | ırğaylanıthe pikes' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | ırğaynıthe pike (as the object) | ırğaylanıthe pikes (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | ırğayğato the pike | ırğaylağato the pikes | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | ırğaydaat / in the pike | ırğayladaat / in the pikes | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | ırğaydanfrom the pike | ırğayladanfrom the pikes | 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 | ırğayımmy pike | ırğaylarımmy pikes |
| your | ırğayıngyour pike | ırğaylarıngyour pikes |
| his / her | ırğayıhis / her pike | ırğaylarıhis / her pikes |
| our | ırğayıbızour pike | ırğaylarıbızour pikes |
| you all's | ırğayığızyou all's pike | ırğaylarığızyou all's pikes |
| their | ırğaylarıtheir pike | ırğaylarıtheir pikes |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: ırğayları can mean "his / her pikes", "their pike", or "their pikes" — context decides.