it
/it/
Definitions
1. dog
- it bla kiştikça — like cat and dog
- qoşçu it — a watchdog
- it ürür, jel eltir — the dog barks and the wind carries it away
2. cur, scoundrel — abusive; a term of abuse, not the plain animal word
- it adam — a base man, a scoundrel
- itden tuwğan — born of a cur
- itge sanamazğa — not to count someone as a human being
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 53).Found in
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | itthe dog | itlethe dogs | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | itnithe dog's | itlenithe dogs' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | itnithe dog (as the object) | itlenithe dogs (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | itgeto the dog | itlegeto the dogs | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | itdeat / in the dog | itledeat / in the dogs | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | itdenfrom the dog | itledenfrom the dogs | 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 | itimmy dog | itlerimmy dogs |
| your | itingyour dog | itleringyour dogs |
| his / her | itihis / her dog | itlerihis / her dogs |
| our | itibizour dog | itleribizour dogs |
| you all's | itigizyou all's dog | itlerigizyou all's dogs |
| their | itleritheir dog | itleritheir dogs |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: itleri can mean "his / her dogs", "their dog", or "their dogs" — context decides.