joqluq
/dʒoqluq/
Definitions
1. the fact that a thing or a person is not there, absence
- işde joqluq — absence from work
- kerekli kitablanı joqluğu — the absence of the needed books
- zaman joqluqdan kelalmadım — for want of time I could not come
2. poverty, the condition of having nothing to live on
- joqluq adamnı qolun baylar — want binds a man's hands
- joqluq çomartnı da qızğanç eter — want makes even the generous man mean
- joqluqda jaşarğa — to live in want
3. non-being, the state of not existing at all
- o duniyanı joqluğu — the non-existence of the world to come
- barlıq bla joqluq — being and non-being
- joqluqnu üsünden sağış eterge — to reflect upon non-being
Related
joqbasethere is not, there is none; an absence, the state of not having something
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or .Cases
| Form | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | joqluqthe absence | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | joqluqnuthe absence's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | joqluqnuthe absence (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | joqluqğato the absence | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | joqluqdaat / in the absence | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | joqluqdanfrom the absence | 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
| Owned | |
|---|---|
| my | joqluğummy absence |
| your | joqluğungyour absence |
| his / her | joqluğuhis / her absence |
| our | joqluğubuzour absence |
| you all's | joqluğuğuzyou all's absence |
| their | joqluqlarıtheir absence |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.