juqa
/dʒuqa/
Definition
thin, fine, delicate, slender, shallow
- juqa kiyim suwuqdan qorçalayalmaz — thin clothing cannot protect against cold
- juqa buz üsünde saq bas — step carefully on thin ice
- juqa jarıq qarangını jarıtır — even a faint light illuminates darkness
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 135).Feedback
or .Degrees
| base form | juqathin |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | juqaraqthinner |
| intensifier — very | bek juqavery thin |
| superlative — most | em juqathe thinnest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden juqadı — "compared to me, he is thin."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men juqamaI am thin | biz juqabızwe are thin |
| 2nd person | sen juqasayou are thin | siz juqasızyou all are thin |
| 3rd person | ol juqadıhe / she / it is thin | ala juqadılathey are thin |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu juqadıthis is thin | bıla juqadılathese are thin |
| that / those | ol juqadıthat / it is thin | ala juqadılathose / they are thin |
| mine | meniki juqadımine is thin | menikile juqadılamine are thin |
| yours | seniki juqadıyours is thin | senikile juqadılayours are thin |
| ours | bizniki juqadıours is thin | biznikile juqadılaours are thin |