işsiz
/iʃsiz/
1. unemployed, out of work, jobless
- işsiz adam — an unemployed person
- işsiz bolurğa — to become unemployed
- işsiz qalırğa — to be left without work
- işsizleni sanı öse baradı — the number of the unemployed keeps growing
- işsizni qıyın jaşawu — the hard life of the unemployed
- işsiz quruluşçulanı sanı azayıb baradı — the number of unemployed builders is decreasing
- işsizleni sanı ösedi — the number of the unemployed is growing
2. idle, unoccupied, having nothing to do
- işsiz tururğa — to sit idle
- işsiz olturub tururğa — to sit about doing nothing
- işsiz erigib tururğa — to be bored with nothing to do
- işsiz jürürge — to go about with nothing to do
- işsiz kün — an idle day
- işsiz biy ulula — idle sons of princes
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | işsizmeI am unemployed | işsizseyou are unemployed | işsizdihe is unemployed | işsizbizwe are unemployed | işsizsizyou all are unemployed | işsizdilethey are unemployed |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden işsizdi — "compared to me, he is unemployed."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki işsizdimine is unemployed | seniki işsizdiyours is unemployed | anıqı işsizdihis is unemployed | bizniki işsizdiours is unemployed | sizniki işsizdiyours (pl.) is unemployed | alanıqı işsizditheirs is unemployed |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile işsizdilemine are unemployed | senikile işsizdileyours are unemployed | anıqıla işsizdilehis are unemployed | biznikile işsizdileours are unemployed | siznikile işsizdileyours (pl.) are unemployed | alanıqıla işsizdiletheirs are unemployed |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu işsizdi, bıla işsizdile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".