joqluq
/dʒoqluq/
1. absence, lack, shortage
- işde joqluq — absence from work
- kerekli kitablanı joqluğu — the absence of the needed books
- zaman joqluqdan kelalmadım — for lack of time I could not come
- iş joqluq — lack of work, unemployment
2. poverty, destitution, want
- joqluq adamnı qolun baylar — want binds a man's hands
- joqluq çomartnı da qızğanç eter — want makes even the generous man mean
- joqluq talaşdırır, barlıq jaraşdırır — want causes quarrels, plenty reconciles
- joqluqda jaşarğa — to live in poverty
3. non-being, nonexistence, unreality
- o duniyanı joqluğu — the unreality of the life to come
- barlıq bla joqluq — being and non-being
- joqluqnu üsünden sağış eterge — to reflect on non-being
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | joqluqthe absence | joqluğummy absence | joqluğuŋyour absence | joqluğuhis absence | joqluğubuzour absence | joqluğuğuzyou all's absence | joqluqlarıtheir absences |
| Genitive | joqluqnuthe absence's | joqluğumumy absence's | joqluğuŋuyour absence's | joqluğunuhis absence's | joqluğubuznuour absence's | joqluğuğuznuyou all's absence's | joqluqlarınıtheir absences' |
| Accusative | joqluqnuthe absence (as the object) | joqluğumumy absence (as the object) | joqluğuŋuyour absence (as the object) | joqluğunhis absence (as the object) | joqluğubuznuour absence (as the object) | joqluğuğuznuyou all's absence (as the object) | joqluqlarıntheir absences (as the object) |
| Dative | joqluqğato the absence | joqluğumato my absence | joqluğuŋato your absence | joqluğunato his absence | joqluğubuzğato our absence | joqluğuğuzğato you all's absence | joqluqlarınato their absences |
| Locative | joqluqdain / at the absence | joqluğumdain / at my absence | joqluğuŋdain / at your absence | joqluğundain / at his absence | joqluğubuzdain / at our absence | joqluğuğuzdain / at you all's absence | joqluqlarındain / at their absences |
| Ablative | joqluqdanfrom the absence | joqluğumdanfrom my absence | joqluğuŋdanfrom your absence | joqluğundanfrom his absence | joqluğubuzdanfrom our absence | joqluğuğuzdanfrom you all's absence | joqluqlarındanfrom their absences |
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.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.