kertilik
/kertilik/
Definitions
1. truth, truthfulness, veracity, correctness
- kertiligin açıqlarğa — to establish the truth of it
- kertiligin tinterge — to check the truth of it
- kertilik bla tüzlük egiz qarnaşladıla — truth and justice are twin brothers
2. loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity, devotion
- ideyağa kertilik — fidelity to an idea
- sözge kertilik — fidelity to one's word
- tuthan işinge kertilik — devotion to the work one has taken up
3. reality, actuality, the real conditions of life
- kertilikni angılarğa — to grasp the reality
- kertilikge köre işlerge — to act according to the real conditions
- kertilikni körgüztürge — to show the reality
Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kertilikthe truth | kertiliklethe truths | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | kertiliknithe truth's | kertiliklenithe truths' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | kertiliknithe truth (as the object) | kertiliklenithe truths (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | kertilikgeto the truth | kertiliklegeto the truths | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | kertilikdeat / in the truth | kertilikledeat / in the truths | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | kertilikdenfrom the truth | kertilikledenfrom the truths | 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 | kertiligimmy truth | kertiliklerimmy truths |
| your | kertiligingyour truth | kertilikleringyour truths |
| his / her | kertiligihis / her truth | kertiliklerihis / her truths |
| our | kertiligibizour truth | kertilikleribizour truths |
| you all's | kertiligigizyou all's truth | kertiliklerigizyou all's truths |
| their | kertilikleritheir truth | kertilikleritheir truths |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kertilikleri can mean "his / her truths", "their truth", or "their truths" — context decides.