iyne
/ijne/ · plural iynele
1. needle (for sewing) — Before another noun it means of a needle, as in iyne teşik "eye of a needle". çınday iyne is a knitting needle and har iyne a crochet hook.
- iyne duppuqlanŋandı — the needle has gone blunt
- iyneni közü — the eye of the needle
- iynege halı suwururğa — to thread a needle
- iyne bla çançarğa — to prick with a needle
- çınday iyne — knitting needle
- iyne ötgen jer — the place a needle has passed
- iyneni salamda izlegença — like looking for a needle in straw
2. needle (leaf of a conifer)
- naratnı iynesi — the pine needle
- nızını iyneleri — the needles of the fir
- iynelerin tüşürdü — it dropped its needles
3. spine, quill (of a hedgehog or porcupine)
- kirpini iyneleri — the hedgehog's quills
- iyneleri itidile — its spines are sharp
- kirpi iynelerin körgüzdü — the hedgehog showed its spines
- kirpini iyneleriça — like the hedgehog's quills
Expressions
- iyne burunu bla kör qazğan kibik — excruciatingly slow work
- iyne közünden çığarırğa — torment endlessly
- iyne qaphan it kibik — skin and bones
- iyne teŋli — tiny bit
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | iynethe needle | iynemmy needle | iyneŋyour needle | iynesihis needle | iynebizour needle | iynegizyou all's needle | iyneleritheir needles |
| Genitive | iynenithe needle's | iynemimy needle's | iyneŋiyour needle's | iynesinihis needle's | iynebizniour needle's | iynegizniyou all's needle's | iynelerinitheir needles' |
| Accusative | iynenithe needle (as the object) | iynemimy needle (as the object) | iyneŋiyour needle (as the object) | iynesinhis needle (as the object) | iynebizniour needle (as the object) | iynegizniyou all's needle (as the object) | iynelerintheir needles (as the object) |
| Dative | iynegeto the needle | iynemeto my needle | iyneŋeto your needle | iynesineto his needle | iynebizgeto our needle | iynegizgeto you all's needle | iynelerineto their needles |
| Locative | iynedein / at the needle | iynemdein / at my needle | iyneŋdein / at your needle | iynesindein / at his needle | iynebizdein / at our needle | iynegizdein / at you all's needle | iynelerindein / at their needles |
| Ablative | iynedenfrom the needle | iynemdenfrom my needle | iyneŋdenfrom your needle | iynesindenfrom his needle | iynebizdenfrom our needle | iynegizdenfrom you all's needle | iynelerindenfrom their needles |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | iynelethe needles | iynelerimmy needles | iyneleriŋyour needles | iynelerihis needles | iyneleribizour needles | iynelerigizyou all's needles | iyneleritheir needles |
| Genitive | iynelenithe needles' | iynelerimimy needles' | iyneleriŋiyour needles' | iynelerinihis needles' | iyneleribizniour needles' | iynelerigizniyou all's needles' | iynelerinitheir needles' |
| Accusative | iynelenithe needles (as the object) | iynelerimimy needles (as the object) | iyneleriŋiyour needles (as the object) | iynelerinhis needles (as the object) | iyneleribizniour needles (as the object) | iynelerigizniyou all's needles (as the object) | iynelerintheir needles (as the object) |
| Dative | iynelegeto the needles | iynelerimeto my needles | iyneleriŋeto your needles | iynelerineto his needles | iyneleribizgeto our needles | iynelerigizgeto you all's needles | iynelerineto their needles |
| Locative | iyneledein / at the needles | iynelerimdein / at my needles | iyneleriŋdein / at your needles | iynelerindein / at his needles | iyneleribizdein / at our needles | iynelerigizdein / at you all's needles | iynelerindein / at their needles |
| Ablative | iyneledenfrom the needles | iynelerimdenfrom my needles | iyneleriŋdenfrom your needles | iynelerindenfrom his needles | iyneleribizdenfrom our needles | iynelerigizdenfrom you all's needles | iynelerindenfrom their needles |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: iyneleri can mean "his / her needles", "their needle", or "their needles" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.