jumuşçu
/dʒumuʃtʃu/
Definitions
1. a servant, a person employed in another's household
- üy jumuşçu — a domestic servant
- jumuşçu tişirıw — a maidservant
- jumuşçula işge kirişdile — the servants set to work
2. an orderly, one sent on errands for another
- jumuşçunu jiberdi — he sent the errand-man
- jumuşçu bolub işleydi — he works as an errand-man
- jumuşçu keldi — the errand-man came
Related
jumuşbasework, a job, service; an errand, a task, an assignment; a service, a good turn
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jumuşçuthe servant | jumuşçulathe servants | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | jumuşçunuthe servant's | jumuşçulanıthe servants' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | jumuşçunuthe servant (as the object) | jumuşçulanıthe servants (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | jumuşçuğato the servant | jumuşçulağato the servants | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | jumuşçudaat / in the servant | jumuşçuladaat / in the servants | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | jumuşçudanfrom the servant | jumuşçuladanfrom the servants | 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 | jumuşçummy servant | jumuşçularımmy servants |
| your | jumuşçungyour servant | jumuşçularıngyour servants |
| his / her | jumuşçusuhis / her servant | jumuşçularıhis / her servants |
| our | jumuşçubuzour servant | jumuşçularıbızour servants |
| you all's | jumuşçuğuzyou all's servant | jumuşçularığızyou all's servants |
| their | jumuşçularıtheir servant | jumuşçularıtheir servants |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: jumuşçuları can mean "his / her servants", "their servant", or "their servants" — context decides.