köse
/køse/
1. beardless, with a scanty beard and mustache — In folk tales Köse is the name of a character known for cunning and greed.
- köse adam — a beardless man
- köse kişi — a man with hardly any beard
- köse kişiçik — a beardless little man
- köse saqal — a scanty beard
- köse saqalın sılay — stroking his scanty beard
2. sly, crafty, wily
- köse jaş — a crafty young man
- ol bek kösedi — he is very sly
- ol köseni omaq sözlerine — to that sly one's fine words
Expressions
- köseni şayıça — unrecoverable debt
Degrees and persons
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | kösemeI am beardless | köseseyou are beardless | kösedihe is beardless | kösebizwe are beardless | kösesizyou all are beardless | kösedilethey are beardless |
| comparative — more | köserekmeI am more beardless | köserekseyou are more beardless | köserekdihe is more beardless | köserekbizwe are more beardless | kösereksizyou all are more beardless | köserekdilethey are more beardless |
| intensifier — very | bek kösemeI am very beardless | bek köseseyou are very beardless | bek kösedihe is very beardless | bek kösebizwe are very beardless | bek kösesizyou all are very beardless | bek kösedilethey are very beardless |
| superlative — most | em kösemeI am the most beardless | em köseseyou are the most beardless | em kösedihe is the most beardless | em kösebizwe are the most beardless | em kösesizyou all are the most beardless | em kösedilethey are the most beardless |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden kösedi — "compared to me, he is beardless."