ıyıq kün
/ɯjɯq kyn/
Definition
Sunday
- ıyıq kün kellikme — I shall come on Sunday
- ıyıq kün soluw kündü — Sunday is a day of rest
- ötgen ıyıq kün — last Sunday
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 105).Found in
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ıyıq künthe Sunday | ıyıq künlethe Sundays | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | ıyıq künnüthe Sunday's | ıyıq künlenithe Sundays' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | ıyıq künnüthe Sunday (as the object) | ıyıq künlenithe Sundays (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | ıyıq küngeto the Sunday | ıyıq künlegeto the Sundays | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | ıyıq kündeat / in the Sunday | ıyıq künledeat / in the Sundays | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | ıyıq kündenfrom the Sunday | ıyıq künledenfrom the Sundays | 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 | ıyıq künümmy Sunday | ıyıq künlerimmy Sundays |
| your | ıyıq kününgyour Sunday | ıyıq künleringyour Sundays |
| his / her | ıyıq künühis / her Sunday | ıyıq künlerihis / her Sundays |
| our | ıyıq künübüzour Sunday | ıyıq künleribizour Sundays |
| you all's | ıyıq künügüzyou all's Sunday | ıyıq künlerigizyou all's Sundays |
| their | ıyıq künleritheir Sunday | ıyıq künleritheir Sundays |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: ıyıq künleri can mean "his / her Sundays", "their Sunday", or "their Sundays" — context decides.