juwab
/dʒuwab/ · plural juwabla
1. answer, reply to a question or communication
- açı sözge açı juwab izleme — do not seek a bitter answer to bitter words
- soruwma tüz juwab berdi — he gave a correct answer to my question
- çaqırğanŋa juwab berirge — to answer a call
- ol juwab tabmay qalmaz — he never fails to find an answer
- aşhı juwab kölnü jılıtır — a good answer warms the heart
- bu hatnı juwabsız qaldırma — do not leave this letter without an answer
- açı sözge tatlı juwab izleme — do not seek a sweet reply to bitter words
2. responsibility, accountability, answerability
- birewnü juwabha tartarğa — to hold someone accountable
- juwabha tartılğan adam — a person held to account
- juwabıŋı berir kün kelir — the day will come to give your account
3. reaction, response — This is a response shown by what someone does, not by what they say.
- halqnı juwabı açıq boldu — the people's response was clear
- juwabıbız alanı tüb etergedi — our response is to destroy them
- bu işge juwabıbız qatı bolur — our response to this deed will be harsh
- tıŋılaw da bir juwabdı — silence too is a response
4. solution to a problem or riddle
- jomaqnı juwabın tabarğa — to find the answer to the riddle
- jomaqnı juwabın tabdım — I found the answer to the riddle
- bu jomaqnı juwabı tınçdı — the answer to this riddle is easy
- juwabın bilmey qaldıŋ — you were left not knowing the answer
5. in response to — Follows a noun in the dative case and itself takes the dative ending.
- sözüme juwabha ışardı — in response to my words he smiled
- ışanıwlarına juwabha alağa boluşadı — in response to their trust, he helps them
- işlerine juwabha qatı sermedile — in response to their deeds they struck hard
Expressions
- boyunun burub juwab etmegen — meek and gentle
- jılı juwab — kind reply
- juwabha tartırğa — bring to justice
- ol hanŋa juwab tüldü — not a proper answer
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | juwabthe answer | juwabımmy answer | juwabıŋyour answer | juwabıhis answer | juwabıbızour answer | juwabığızyou all's answer | juwablarıtheir answers |
| Genitive | juwabnıthe answer's | juwabımımy answer's | juwabıŋıyour answer's | juwabınıhis answer's | juwabıbıznıour answer's | juwabığıznıyou all's answer's | juwablarınıtheir answers' |
| Accusative | juwabnıthe answer (as the object) | juwabımımy answer (as the object) | juwabıŋıyour answer (as the object) | juwabınhis answer (as the object) | juwabıbıznıour answer (as the object) | juwabığıznıyou all's answer (as the object) | juwablarıntheir answers (as the object) |
| Dative | juwabhato the answer | juwabımato my answer | juwabıŋato your answer | juwabınato his answer | juwabıbızğato our answer | juwabığızğato you all's answer | juwablarınato their answers |
| Locative | juwabdain / at the answer | juwabımdain / at my answer | juwabıŋdain / at your answer | juwabındain / at his answer | juwabıbızdain / at our answer | juwabığızdain / at you all's answer | juwablarındain / at their answers |
| Ablative | juwabdanfrom the answer | juwabımdanfrom my answer | juwabıŋdanfrom your answer | juwabındanfrom his answer | juwabıbızdanfrom our answer | juwabığızdanfrom you all's answer | juwablarındanfrom their answers |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | juwablathe answers | juwablarımmy answers | juwablarıŋyour answers | juwablarıhis answers | juwablarıbızour answers | juwablarığızyou all's answers | juwablarıtheir answers |
| Genitive | juwablanıthe answers' | juwablarımımy answers' | juwablarıŋıyour answers' | juwablarınıhis answers' | juwablarıbıznıour answers' | juwablarığıznıyou all's answers' | juwablarınıtheir answers' |
| Accusative | juwablanıthe answers (as the object) | juwablarımımy answers (as the object) | juwablarıŋıyour answers (as the object) | juwablarınhis answers (as the object) | juwablarıbıznıour answers (as the object) | juwablarığıznıyou all's answers (as the object) | juwablarıntheir answers (as the object) |
| Dative | juwablağato the answers | juwablarımato my answers | juwablarıŋato your answers | juwablarınato his answers | juwablarıbızğato our answers | juwablarığızğato you all's answers | juwablarınato their answers |
| Locative | juwabladain / at the answers | juwablarımdain / at my answers | juwablarıŋdain / at your answers | juwablarındain / at his answers | juwablarıbızdain / at our answers | juwablarığızdain / at you all's answers | juwablarındain / at their answers |
| Ablative | juwabladanfrom the answers | juwablarımdanfrom my answers | juwablarıŋdanfrom your answers | juwablarındanfrom his answers | juwablarıbızdanfrom our answers | juwablarığızdanfrom you all's answers | juwablarındanfrom their answers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: juwabları can mean "his / her answers", "their answer", or "their answers" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.