kenglik
/keŋlik/
Definitions
1. width, the measurement of how wide something is
- oramnı kengligi — the width of the street
- kengligi bir metrdi — its width is one metre
- bahçanı kengligi — the width of the garden
2. an open expanse, a wide stretch of country or sky
- kengliklede malla otlaydıla — the herds graze on the open expanses
- kök kengligine çığarğa — to rise into the expanse of the sky
3. the distance separating two things, an interval
- birer metr kenglikde süeldile — they stood a metre apart from one another
4. breadth of mind or of feeling; scope
- aqılnı kengligi — breadth of mind
- jüregini kengligi — the breadth of his heart
Related
kengbasewide, broad, spacious, expansive; widely, broadly, extensively; distant, estranged, keeping (oneself) apart from someone or something
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kenglikthe width | kengliklethe widths | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | kengliknithe width's | kengliklenithe widths' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | kengliknithe width (as the object) | kengliklenithe widths (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | kenglikgeto the width | kengliklegeto the widths | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | kenglikdeat / in the width | kenglikledeat / in the widths | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | kenglikdenfrom the width | kenglikledenfrom the widths | 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 | kengligimmy width | kengliklerimmy widths |
| your | kengligingyour width | kenglikleringyour widths |
| his / her | kengligihis / her width | kengliklerihis / her widths |
| our | kengligibizour width | kenglikleribizour widths |
| you all's | kengligigizyou all's width | kengliklerigizyou all's widths |
| their | kenglikleritheir width | kenglikleritheir widths |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kenglikleri can mean "his / her widths", "their width", or "their widths" — context decides.