janıwar
/dʒanɯwar/
Definitions
1. animal, living creature, beast, wildlife
- tawda köb türlü janıwar jaşaydı — many kinds of wild animals live in the mountain
- janıwarnı da janı bardı — an animal has a soul too
- janıwar ızın bilgen awçu adaşmaz — a hunter knowing animal tracks will not get lost
2. brute, a cruel and merciless person — TSKBYA marks the reading эриши сёз ('a harsh word'), which maps to no register or connotation value and is recorded here as prose
- allay janıwarğa adam deb aytılmaz — such a brute cannot be called a human being
- janıwar jürekli adamğa iynanma — do not trust a person with the heart of a brute
- uruşda janıwar bolğanlanı halq unutmaz — the people will not forget those who turned into brutes in the war
Related
janıwarlıqqualitybrutality, savage cruelty of conductjanıwarçıqdiminutivea small animal, a little beast; an insect, a tiny crawling creature
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | janıwarthe animal | janıwarlathe animals | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | janıwarnıthe animal's | janıwarlanıthe animals' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | janıwarnıthe animal (as the object) | janıwarlanıthe animals (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | janıwarğato the animal | janıwarlağato the animals | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | janıwardaat / in the animal | janıwarladaat / in the animals | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | janıwardanfrom the animal | janıwarladanfrom the animals | 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 | janıwarımmy animal | janıwarlarımmy animals |
| your | janıwarıngyour animal | janıwarlarıngyour animals |
| his / her | janıwarıhis / her animal | janıwarlarıhis / her animals |
| our | janıwarıbızour animal | janıwarlarıbızour animals |
| you all's | janıwarığızyou all's animal | janıwarlarığızyou all's animals |
| their | janıwarlarıtheir animal | janıwarlarıtheir animals |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: janıwarları can mean "his / her animals", "their animal", or "their animals" — context decides.