jilik
/dʒilik/
Definitions
1. the soft fatty tissue inside a bone; marrow
- omuraw jilik — the spinal marrow
- jiligin üzerge — to wear someone out utterly
- süekni jiligi — the marrow of the bone
2. a long bone of a limb, taken as a portion of meat
- qazandan jilikni çığarğandı — he took the shank bone out of the cauldron
- jilik et — meat on the shank bone
- jilikni qonaqğa berirge — to give the shank bone to the guest
Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jilikthe marrow | jiliklethe marrows | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | jiliknithe marrow's | jiliklenithe marrows' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | jiliknithe marrow (as the object) | jiliklenithe marrows (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | jilikgeto the marrow | jiliklegeto the marrows | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | jilikdeat / in the marrow | jilikledeat / in the marrows | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | jilikdenfrom the marrow | jilikledenfrom the marrows | 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 | jiligimmy marrow | jiliklerimmy marrows |
| your | jiligingyour marrow | jilikleringyour marrows |
| his / her | jiligihis / her marrow | jiliklerihis / her marrows |
| our | jiligibizour marrow | jilikleribizour marrows |
| you all's | jiligigizyou all's marrow | jiliklerigizyou all's marrows |
| their | jilikleritheir marrow | jilikleritheir marrows |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: jilikleri can mean "his / her marrows", "their marrow", or "their marrows" — context decides.