jigit

/dʒiɡit/ · plural jigitle

1. (adj.) brave, courageous, valiant, dashing

jigit jaş — a brave lad
jigit atlı — a dashing horseman
jigit askerçi — a valiant soldier
jigit adam — a brave person
jigit erkişi — a brave man
jigit jaş uruşdan qorqmaz — a courageous youth fears no battle
Qaraçayda jigit jaşla köbdüle — there are many valiant youths in Karachay
jigit jürekli adam qıyınlıqda tohtar — a brave-hearted person stands firm in adversity

2. (n.) hero, brave man — Also used in honorary titles: Sovet soyuznu jigiti "Hero of the Soviet Union", Sotsialist urunuwnu jigiti "Hero of Socialist Labor".

jigitle elni qorçalarğa çıqdıla — the heroes went out to defend the village
jigit ölse da atı ölmeydi — a hero may die, but his name does not die
jigit qala buzar — a hero will breach a fortress
jigit bolmağan jerde horlam bolmaz — where there is no hero, there is no victory
jigit ölse da jigitlik jaşaydı — a hero may die, but heroism lives on
jigitge ölüm joqdu — there is no death for a hero

3. (n.) young man, lad — Adults use it in addressing a young man, often approvingly; it can also mean a fine fellow.

jigit, sen a qaydan kelese? — young man, where are you coming from?
jigit, bılay kelçi! — young man, come over here!
jigit, beri kel — young man, come here
jigit, atıŋ nedi? — young man, what is your name?
ol jigit bizni eldendi — that young man is from our village
maşalla jigitge! — well done, young man!

4. (n.) protagonist, main character of a literary work (fig.)

romannı jigiti — the protagonist of the novel
bu kitabnı baş jigiti — the main character of this book
romannı jigitleri jarlı işçiledile — the characters of the novel are poor workers
haparnı jigiti jaş adamdı — the protagonist of the story is a young man
jırnı jigiti atlı edi — the hero of the song was a horseman

5. (adv.) bravely, courageously, boldly

jaşla jigit uruşdula — the young men fought bravely
biz jigit sermeşdik — we fought bravely
ol jigit söleşdi — he spoke boldly

As an adjective

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — jigit
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	jigitmeI am brave	jigitseyou are brave	jigitdihe is brave	jigitbizwe are brave	jigitsizyou all are brave	jigitdilethey are brave
comparative — more	jigitirekmeI am braver	jigitirekseyou are braver	jigitirekdihe is braver	jigitirekbizwe are braver	jigitireksizyou all are braver	jigitirekdilethey are braver
intensifier — very	bek jigitmeI am very brave	bek jigitseyou are very brave	bek jigitdihe is very brave	bek jigitbizwe are very brave	bek jigitsizyou all are very brave	bek jigitdilethey are very brave
superlative — most	em jigitmeI am the bravest	em jigitseyou are the bravest	em jigitdihe is the bravest	em jigitbizwe are the bravest	em jigitsizyou all are the bravest	em jigitdilethey are the bravest

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

As a noun

Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of jigit, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	jigitthe hero	jigitimmy hero	jigitiŋyour hero	jigitihis hero	jigitibizour hero	jigitigizyou all's hero	jigitleritheir heroes
Genitive	jigitnithe hero's	jigitimimy hero's	jigitiŋiyour hero's	jigitinihis hero's	jigitibizniour hero's	jigitigizniyou all's hero's	jigitlerinitheir heroes'
Accusative	jigitnithe hero (as the object)	jigitimimy hero (as the object)	jigitiŋiyour hero (as the object)	jigitinhis hero (as the object)	jigitibizniour hero (as the object)	jigitigizniyou all's hero (as the object)	jigitlerintheir heroes (as the object)
Dative	jigitgeto the hero	jigitimeto my hero	jigitiŋeto your hero	jigitineto his hero	jigitibizgeto our hero	jigitigizgeto you all's hero	jigitlerineto their heroes
Locative	jigitdein / at the hero	jigitimdein / at my hero	jigitiŋdein / at your hero	jigitindein / at his hero	jigitibizdein / at our hero	jigitigizdein / at you all's hero	jigitlerindein / at their heroes
Ablative	jigitdenfrom the hero	jigitimdenfrom my hero	jigitiŋdenfrom your hero	jigitindenfrom his hero	jigitibizdenfrom our hero	jigitigizdenfrom you all's hero	jigitlerindenfrom their heroes

Plural

Plural — cases of jigit, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	jigitlethe heroes	jigitlerimmy heroes	jigitleriŋyour heroes	jigitlerihis heroes	jigitleribizour heroes	jigitlerigizyou all's heroes	jigitleritheir heroes
Genitive	jigitlenithe heroes'	jigitlerimimy heroes'	jigitleriŋiyour heroes'	jigitlerinihis heroes'	jigitleribizniour heroes'	jigitlerigizniyou all's heroes'	jigitlerinitheir heroes'
Accusative	jigitlenithe heroes (as the object)	jigitlerimimy heroes (as the object)	jigitleriŋiyour heroes (as the object)	jigitlerinhis heroes (as the object)	jigitleribizniour heroes (as the object)	jigitlerigizniyou all's heroes (as the object)	jigitlerintheir heroes (as the object)
Dative	jigitlegeto the heroes	jigitlerimeto my heroes	jigitleriŋeto your heroes	jigitlerineto his heroes	jigitleribizgeto our heroes	jigitlerigizgeto you all's heroes	jigitlerineto their heroes
Locative	jigitledein / at the heroes	jigitlerimdein / at my heroes	jigitleriŋdein / at your heroes	jigitlerindein / at his heroes	jigitleribizdein / at our heroes	jigitlerigizdein / at you all's heroes	jigitlerindein / at their heroes
Ablative	jigitledenfrom the heroes	jigitlerimdenfrom my heroes	jigitleriŋdenfrom your heroes	jigitlerindenfrom his heroes	jigitleribizdenfrom our heroes	jigitlerigizdenfrom you all's heroes	jigitlerindenfrom their heroes

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: jigitleri can mean "his / her heroes", "their hero", or "their heroes" — context decides.

Whose it is

Belonging to jigit — the hero's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	jigitnikithe hero's one	jigitnikilethe hero's ones	jigitlenikithe heroes' one	jigitlenikilethe heroes' ones
Genitive	jigitnikiniof the hero's one	jigitnikileniof the hero's ones	jigitlenikiniof the heroes' one	jigitlenikileniof the heroes' ones
Accusative	jigitnikinthe hero's one (as the object)	jigitnikilenithe hero's ones (as the object)	jigitlenikinthe heroes' one (as the object)	jigitlenikilenithe heroes' ones (as the object)
Dative	jigitnikineto the hero's one	jigitnikilegeto the hero's ones	jigitlenikineto the heroes' one	jigitlenikilegeto the heroes' ones
Locative	jigitnikindein / at the hero's one	jigitnikiledein / at the hero's ones	jigitlenikindein / at the heroes' one	jigitlenikiledein / at the heroes' ones
Ablative	jigitnikindenfrom the hero's one	jigitnikiledenfrom the hero's ones	jigitlenikindenfrom the heroes' one	jigitlenikiledenfrom the heroes' ones

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.