kümüş
/kymyʃ/
Definitions
1. silver
- kümüş kibik jıltıraydı taw suwu — the mountain river glitters like silver
- kümüşüng bolsa da aqılıng bolmasın — even if you have silver, may you not lack sense
- ustala kümüşnü ariw zatha aylandırğandıla — the craftsmen turned the silver into a beautiful object
2. made of silver, silvery
- kümüş qamçi bla atnı qozğadı — he urged the horse on with a silver whip
- kümüş qabırğada asıldı saz — a silver instrument hung on the wall
- kümüş jüzük qıznı qolunda jarıdı — a silver ring gleamed on the girl's hand
Related
kümüşçüdealera silversmith, a craftsman who works in silver; put on for show, insincere
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 76).Feedback
or .As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kümüşthe silver | kümüşlethe silvers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | kümüşnüthe silver's | kümüşlenithe silvers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | kümüşnüthe silver (as the object) | kümüşlenithe silvers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | kümüşgeto the silver | kümüşlegeto the silvers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | kümüşdeat / in the silver | kümüşledeat / in the silvers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | kümüşdenfrom the silver | kümüşledenfrom the silvers | 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 | kümüşümmy silver | kümüşlerimmy silvers |
| your | kümüşüngyour silver | kümüşleringyour silvers |
| his / her | kümüşühis / her silver | kümüşlerihis / her silvers |
| our | kümüşübüzour silver | kümüşleribizour silvers |
| you all's | kümüşügüzyou all's silver | kümüşlerigizyou all's silvers |
| their | kümüşleritheir silver | kümüşleritheir silvers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kümüşleri can mean "his / her silvers", "their silver", or "their silvers" — context decides.
As an adjective
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu kümüşdüthis is made of silver | bıla kümüşdülethese are made of silver |
| that / those | ol kümüşdüthat / it is made of silver | ala kümüşdülethose / they are made of silver |
| mine | meniki kümüşdümine is made of silver | menikile kümüşdülemine are made of silver |
| yours | seniki kümüşdüyours is made of silver | senikile kümüşdüleyours are made of silver |
| ours | bizniki kümüşdüours is made of silver | biznikile kümüşdüleours are made of silver |