kübürçek
/kybyrtʃek/
Definitions
1. casket, a small chest for keeping valuables
- ağaç kübürçek — a wooden casket
- kübürçekni açarğa — to open the casket
- gitçe kübürçek — a little casket
2. strongbox, safe
- temir kübürçek — an iron strongbox
- qağıtnı kübürçekge salırğa — to put the paper in the strongbox
- kübürçekni kiritlerge — to lock the strongbox
3. drawer, a sliding compartment in a table
- stolnu kübürçegi — the drawer of the table
- kübürçekde qalam — a pen in the drawer
- kübürçekde tüyme — a button in the drawer
4. medicine chest, first-aid box
- üyde darman kübürçek tutarğa — to keep a medicine chest at home
- darman kübürçek — a medicine chest
- kübürçekden darman aldı — he took medicine out of the chest
Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kübürçekthe casket | kübürçeklethe caskets | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | kübürçeknithe casket's | kübürçeklenithe caskets' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | kübürçeknithe casket (as the object) | kübürçeklenithe caskets (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | kübürçekgeto the casket | kübürçeklegeto the caskets | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | kübürçekdeat / in the casket | kübürçekledeat / in the caskets | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | kübürçekdenfrom the casket | kübürçekledenfrom the caskets | 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 | kübürçegimmy casket | kübürçeklerimmy caskets |
| your | kübürçegingyour casket | kübürçekleringyour caskets |
| his / her | kübürçegihis / her casket | kübürçeklerihis / her caskets |
| our | kübürçegibizour casket | kübürçekleribizour caskets |
| you all's | kübürçegigizyou all's casket | kübürçeklerigizyou all's caskets |
| their | kübürçekleritheir casket | kübürçekleritheir caskets |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kübürçekleri can mean "his / her caskets", "their casket", or "their caskets" — context decides.