cıl
/ dʒɯl /
Definition noun year
Found in Time words
Examples
- ozğan cıl — last year
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cıl the year | cılla the years | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | cılnı the year's | cıllanı the years' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | cılnı the year (as the object) | cıllanı the years (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | cılğa to the year | cıllağa to the years | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | cılda at / in the year | cıllada at / in the years | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | cıldan from the year | cılladan from the years | 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 | cılım my year | cıllarım my years |
| your | cılıng your year | cıllarıng your years |
| his / her | cılı his / her year | cılları his / her years |
| our | cılıbız our year | cıllarıbız our years |
| you all's | cılığız you all's year | cıllarığız you all's years |
| their | cılları their year | cılları their years |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: cılları can mean "his / her years", "their year", or "their years" — context decides.