kanikulla
/kanikulla/
school holidays, vacation; the period when teaching is suspended so that pupils can rest
- jay kanikulla — the summer holidays
- qış kanikulla — the winter holidays
- kanikulla başlandıla — the holidays have begun
- kanikulla boşaldıla — the holidays have ended
- sabiyle kanikullağa çaçılğandıla — the children have dispersed for the holidays
- Muhtar da jay kanikullağa çıqğandı — Mukhtar too has gone off on summer holidays
- kanikullanı zawuqlu ötdürdük — we spent the holidays enjoyably
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | kanikullathe school holidays | kanikullammy school holidays | kanikullaŋyour school holidays | kanikullasıhis school holidays | kanikullabızour school holidays | kanikullağızyou all's school holidays | kanikullalarıtheir school holidays |
| Genitive | kanikullanıthe school holidays' | kanikullamımy school holidays' | kanikullaŋıyour school holidays' | kanikullasınıhis school holidays' | kanikullabıznıour school holidays' | kanikullağıznıyou all's school holidays' | kanikullalarınıtheir school holidays' |
| Accusative | kanikullanıthe school holidays (as the object) | kanikullamımy school holidays (as the object) | kanikullaŋıyour school holidays (as the object) | kanikullasınhis school holidays (as the object) | kanikullabıznıour school holidays (as the object) | kanikullağıznıyou all's school holidays (as the object) | kanikullalarıntheir school holidays (as the object) |
| Dative | kanikullağato the school holidays | kanikullamato my school holidays | kanikullaŋato your school holidays | kanikullasınato his school holidays | kanikullabızğato our school holidays | kanikullağızğato you all's school holidays | kanikullalarınato their school holidays |
| Locative | kanikulladain / at the school holidays | kanikullamdain / at my school holidays | kanikullaŋdain / at your school holidays | kanikullasındain / at his school holidays | kanikullabızdain / at our school holidays | kanikullağızdain / at you all's school holidays | kanikullalarındain / at their school holidays |
| Ablative | kanikulladanfrom the school holidays | kanikullamdanfrom my school holidays | kanikullaŋdanfrom your school holidays | kanikullasındanfrom his school holidays | kanikullabızdanfrom our school holidays | kanikullağızdanfrom you all's school holidays | kanikullalarındanfrom their school holidays |
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.