jeŋil

/dʒeŋil/

1. (adj.) light, not heavy — Also in compounds like jeŋil promışlennost "light industry" and jeŋil artilleriya "light artillery"; in sport it renders "lightweight".

jeŋil jük — a light load
jeŋil çemodan — a light suitcase
bu taş jeŋildi — this stone is light
meni jügüm jeŋildi — my load is light
arbanı jügü jeŋildi — the cart's load is light
jeŋil jük költürdü — he lifted a light load

2. (adj.) thin, not warm enough — Said of clothing.

jeŋil kiyim — thin clothing
bu kölek jeŋildi — this shirt is thin
jeŋil kiyim kiygendi — he has put on thin clothes

3. (adj.) easily digested, light — Said of food.

jeŋil aş — easily digested food
bu aş jeŋildi — this food is light
jeŋil aş aşadı — he ate light food

4. (adj.) fast, quick, swift, agile, nimble (fig.)

jeŋil jürüw — quick walking
jeŋil jaş — a nimble young man
jeŋil ayaqlı jaş — a fleet-footed boy
jeŋil sanla — nimble limbs
sanlarım jeŋildile — my limbs are nimble
bu jaşçıq jeŋildi — this little boy is agile
qolları bek jeŋildile — his hands are very nimble
jeŋil ayaq kir basar — a hasty foot steps in mud

5. (adj.) easy, simple, uncomplicated (fig.)

jeŋil iş — easy work
bu iş jeŋildi — this work is easy
jeŋil soruw — an easy question
menŋe bir jeŋil işçik tab — find me some easy little job
jeŋil işge barma — do not go after easy work

6. (adj.) quick-tempered, hot-tempered, irritable (fig.)

jeŋil adam — a quick-tempered man
ol bek jeŋildi — he is very quick-tempered
jeŋil qılıqlı adam — a person of quick temper
ol da, tüz atasıça, jeŋildi — he too, just like his father, is quick-tempered

7. (adj.) minor, slight — Said of a wound or injury that heals easily.

jeŋil jara — a minor wound
jarası jeŋildi — his wound is a slight one
meni jaram jeŋildi — my wound is minor
jeŋil jaralıla — the lightly wounded
oq jeŋil jara saldı — the bullet made a minor wound

8. (adj.) gentle, weak — Said of wind.

jeŋil jel — a gentle wind
jeŋil jelçik — a gentle little breeze
jeŋil jel uradı — a gentle wind is blowing
bügün jel jeŋildi — today the wind is weak

9. (adj.) urgent, pressing

jeŋil boluşluq — urgent assistance
bizge jeŋil boluşluq kerekdi — we need urgent assistance
jeŋil boluşluq çaqırdı — he called for urgent assistance

10. (adj.) near, coming soon — Of time, as in jeŋil zamanda "in the near future".

jeŋil zamanda — in the near future
jeŋil zamanda kellikbiz — we will come in the near future

11. (adv.) quickly, rapidly

jeŋil kel — come quickly
maşinala jeŋil jürüydüle — cars go fast
jeŋil jürügen at — a fast-going horse
bek jeŋil barırğa — to go very quickly
jeŋil qızğan jeŋil suwur — he who flares up quickly cools down quickly

12. (adv.) soon, before long

jeŋil kellikme — I will come soon
jeŋil qayt — come back soon
ol jeŋil qaytırıqdı — he will return soon
jeŋil qaytırıqma — I will return soon
jeŋil zamanda kellikdi — he will come before long

13. (adv.) lightly, easily

jeŋil atlaydı — he steps lightly
taşnı jeŋil költürdü — he lifted the stone easily
işni jeŋil tamamladı — he finished the work easily

14. (adv.) superficially, cursorily

kitabha jeŋil qaradı — he glanced at the book cursorily
işge jeŋil qaraydı — he looks at the work superficially
men jeŋil oqudum — I read it cursorily

Expressions

awurnu üsü bla, jeŋilni tübü bla — by cunning (Idiom)
jeŋil adam — hot-tempered person (Idiom)
jeŋil ayaqlı bolurğa — move fast (Idiom)

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — jeŋil
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	jeŋilmeI am light	jeŋilseyou are light	jeŋildihe is light	jeŋilbizwe are light	jeŋilsizyou all are light	jeŋildilethey are light
comparative — more	jeŋilirekmeI am lighter	jeŋilirekseyou are lighter	jeŋilirekdihe is lighter	jeŋilirekbizwe are lighter	jeŋilireksizyou all are lighter	jeŋilirekdilethey are lighter
intensifier — very	bek jeŋilmeI am very light	bek jeŋilseyou are very light	bek jeŋildihe is very light	bek jeŋilbizwe are very light	bek jeŋilsizyou all are very light	bek jeŋildilethey are very light
superlative — most	em jeŋilmeI am the lightest	em jeŋilseyou are the lightest	em jeŋildihe is the lightest	em jeŋilbizwe are the lightest	em jeŋilsizyou all are the lightest	em jeŋildilethey are the lightest

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden jeŋildi — "compared to me, he is light."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — jeŋil
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki jeŋildimine is light	seniki jeŋildiyours is light	anıqı jeŋildihis is light	bizniki jeŋildiours is light	sizniki jeŋildiyours (pl.) is light	alanıqı jeŋilditheirs is light
comparative — more	meniki jeŋilirekdimine is lighter	seniki jeŋilirekdiyours is lighter	anıqı jeŋilirekdihis is lighter	bizniki jeŋilirekdiours is lighter	sizniki jeŋilirekdiyours (pl.) is lighter	alanıqı jeŋilirekditheirs is lighter
intensifier — very	meniki bek jeŋildimine is very light	seniki bek jeŋildiyours is very light	anıqı bek jeŋildihis is very light	bizniki bek jeŋildiours is very light	sizniki bek jeŋildiyours (pl.) is very light	alanıqı bek jeŋilditheirs is very light
superlative — most	meniki em jeŋildimine is the lightest	seniki em jeŋildiyours is the lightest	anıqı em jeŋildihis is the lightest	bizniki em jeŋildiours is the lightest	sizniki em jeŋildiyours (pl.) is the lightest	alanıqı em jeŋilditheirs is the lightest

Several things

Several things — jeŋil
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile jeŋildilemine are light	senikile jeŋildileyours are light	anıqıla jeŋildilehis are light	biznikile jeŋildileours are light	siznikile jeŋildileyours (pl.) are light	alanıqıla jeŋildiletheirs are light
comparative — more	menikile jeŋilirekdilemine are lighter	senikile jeŋilirekdileyours are lighter	anıqıla jeŋilirekdilehis are lighter	biznikile jeŋilirekdileours are lighter	siznikile jeŋilirekdileyours (pl.) are lighter	alanıqıla jeŋilirekdiletheirs are lighter
intensifier — very	menikile bek jeŋildilemine are very light	senikile bek jeŋildileyours are very light	anıqıla bek jeŋildilehis are very light	biznikile bek jeŋildileours are very light	siznikile bek jeŋildileyours (pl.) are very light	alanıqıla bek jeŋildiletheirs are very light
superlative — most	menikile em jeŋildilemine are the lightest	senikile em jeŋildileyours are the lightest	anıqıla em jeŋildilehis are the lightest	biznikile em jeŋildileours are the lightest	siznikile em jeŋildileyours (pl.) are the lightest	alanıqıla em jeŋildiletheirs are the lightest

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu jeŋildi, bıla jeŋildile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".