költürgüç
/køltyrɡytʃ/
Definitions
1. support, backing given to a person
- artından költürgüçü bolğan adam — a man who has backing behind him
- anı költürgüçü joqdu — he has no support
- halqnı költürgüçü — the support of the people
2. a lifting device, a hoist or crane — the reading rests on nevruz-1991 alone
- költürgüç bla awur taşlanı kötüredile — they raise the heavy stones with a hoist
- költürgüç işlemeydi — the hoist does not work
- quruluşda költürgüç kerekdi — a hoist is needed on the building site
3. a lever, a bar turning on a fulcrum — nevruz-1991 marks this reading (fiz.)
- költürgüçnü küçü uzunluğundadı — the power of a lever lies in its length
- költürgüçnü tübüne taş saldı — he put a stone under the lever
- költürgüçnü bir qıyırına basarğa — to press on one end of the lever
Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | költürgüçthe support | költürgüçlethe supports | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | költürgüçnüthe support's | költürgüçlenithe supports' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | költürgüçnüthe support (as the object) | költürgüçlenithe supports (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | költürgüçgeto the support | költürgüçlegeto the supports | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | költürgüçdeat / in the support | költürgüçledeat / in the supports | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | költürgüçdenfrom the support | költürgüçledenfrom the supports | 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 | költürgüçümmy support | költürgüçlerimmy supports |
| your | költürgüçüngyour support | költürgüçleringyour supports |
| his / her | költürgüçühis / her support | költürgüçlerihis / her supports |
| our | költürgüçübüzour support | költürgüçleribizour supports |
| you all's | költürgüçügüzyou all's support | költürgüçlerigizyou all's supports |
| their | költürgüçleritheir support | költürgüçleritheir supports |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: költürgüçleri can mean "his / her supports", "their support", or "their supports" — context decides.