kertiçi

/kertitʃi/

1. (adj.) truthful, honest, devoted to the truth

kertiçi adam — a truthful person
ol kertiçi adamdı — he is an honest person
kertiçi söz — a truthful word
kertiçi adamlanı tutub başladıla — they began arresting the honest men

2. (adj.) faithful, loyal, true to someone or something — What one is faithful to is put in the dative. no dictionary source

sözüne kertiçi adam — a person true to his word
ol halqına kertiçi edi — he was loyal to his people
men sözüme kertiçi boluwçuma — I am always true to my word
ölgenlege kertiçibiz — we are faithful to the dead
bir birge kertiçi bolurğa — to be faithful to each other
halq işine kertiçi bolurğa — to be true to the people's cause

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — kertiçi
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	kertiçimeI am truthful	kertiçiseyou are truthful	kertiçidihe is truthful	kertiçibizwe are truthful	kertiçisizyou all are truthful	kertiçidilethey are truthful
comparative — more	kertiçirekmeI am more truthful	kertiçirekseyou are more truthful	kertiçirekdihe is more truthful	kertiçirekbizwe are more truthful	kertiçireksizyou all are more truthful	kertiçirekdilethey are more truthful
intensifier — very	bek kertiçimeI am very truthful	bek kertiçiseyou are very truthful	bek kertiçidihe is very truthful	bek kertiçibizwe are very truthful	bek kertiçisizyou all are very truthful	bek kertiçidilethey are very truthful
superlative — most	em kertiçimeI am the most truthful	em kertiçiseyou are the most truthful	em kertiçidihe is the most truthful	em kertiçibizwe are the most truthful	em kertiçisizyou all are the most truthful	em kertiçidilethey are the most truthful

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden kertiçidi — "compared to me, he is truthful."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — kertiçi
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki kertiçidimine is truthful	seniki kertiçidiyours is truthful	anıqı kertiçidihis is truthful	bizniki kertiçidiours is truthful	sizniki kertiçidiyours (pl.) is truthful	alanıqı kertiçiditheirs is truthful
comparative — more	meniki kertiçirekdimine is more truthful	seniki kertiçirekdiyours is more truthful	anıqı kertiçirekdihis is more truthful	bizniki kertiçirekdiours is more truthful	sizniki kertiçirekdiyours (pl.) is more truthful	alanıqı kertiçirekditheirs is more truthful
intensifier — very	meniki bek kertiçidimine is very truthful	seniki bek kertiçidiyours is very truthful	anıqı bek kertiçidihis is very truthful	bizniki bek kertiçidiours is very truthful	sizniki bek kertiçidiyours (pl.) is very truthful	alanıqı bek kertiçiditheirs is very truthful
superlative — most	meniki em kertiçidimine is the most truthful	seniki em kertiçidiyours is the most truthful	anıqı em kertiçidihis is the most truthful	bizniki em kertiçidiours is the most truthful	sizniki em kertiçidiyours (pl.) is the most truthful	alanıqı em kertiçiditheirs is the most truthful

Several things

Several things — kertiçi
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile kertiçidilemine are truthful	senikile kertiçidileyours are truthful	anıqıla kertiçidilehis are truthful	biznikile kertiçidileours are truthful	siznikile kertiçidileyours (pl.) are truthful	alanıqıla kertiçidiletheirs are truthful
comparative — more	menikile kertiçirekdilemine are more truthful	senikile kertiçirekdileyours are more truthful	anıqıla kertiçirekdilehis are more truthful	biznikile kertiçirekdileours are more truthful	siznikile kertiçirekdileyours (pl.) are more truthful	alanıqıla kertiçirekdiletheirs are more truthful
intensifier — very	menikile bek kertiçidilemine are very truthful	senikile bek kertiçidileyours are very truthful	anıqıla bek kertiçidilehis are very truthful	biznikile bek kertiçidileours are very truthful	siznikile bek kertiçidileyours (pl.) are very truthful	alanıqıla bek kertiçidiletheirs are very truthful
superlative — most	menikile em kertiçidilemine are the most truthful	senikile em kertiçidileyours are the most truthful	anıqıla em kertiçidilehis are the most truthful	biznikile em kertiçidileours are the most truthful	siznikile em kertiçidileyours (pl.) are the most truthful	alanıqıla em kertiçidiletheirs are the most truthful

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu kertiçidi, bıla kertiçidile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".