kündüz

/kyndyz/ · plural kündüzle

1. (n.) day, daytime, daylight hours — Before another noun it means daytime, as in kündüz iş "daytime work". The opposite is keçe "night".

kündüz iş — daytime work
kündüz eki sağatda — at two o'clock in the afternoon
kündüzça jarıtırğa — to light up like daytime
kündüz kibik jarıta — lighting up like daytime

2. (adv.) by day, in the daytime, during the day

kündüz keligiz — come in the daytime
kündüz işlerge — to work by day
qonaqla kündüz keldile — the guests came in the daytime
kündüz hawa jılı bolur — during the day the air is warm
kündüz kün jarıq jıltıraydı — in the daytime the sun shines brightly
kündüz jana, keçe juqlana — burning by day, going out at night
kündüz işleb keçe tınç uyur — working by day, he falls asleep peacefully at night
keçe da, kündüz da — both by night and by day

Expressions

keçe – börü, kündüz it bolub — live as a fugitive (Idiom)
keçe tüşünde, kündüz tününde — always on one's mind (Idiom)
kündüz çıraq bla izleseŋ da tapmazğa — nowhere to be found (Idiom)
kündüz it bolub, keçe börü bolub — toil in poverty (Idiom)

Sources

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Gochiyaeva et al. 1993 · Russian–Karachay Learner's Dictionary · meaning 2
Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meaning 1
Guzeev 2000 · School Explanatory Dictionary of the Balkar Language · meaning 2
Guzeev 2003 · Balkar–Russian School Dictionary · meaning 2
Khabichev (ed.) 1990 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Phrasebook · meaning 2
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meaning 1
Siemieniec-Gołaś 2000 · Karachay-Balkar Vocabulary of Proto-Turkic Origin · all meanings
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meaning 2
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · all meanings
Zhulabov et al. 1997 · School Russian–Balkar Dictionary · meaning 2

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Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of kündüz, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	kündüzthe daytime	kündüzümmy daytime	kündüzüŋyour daytime	kündüzühis daytime	kündüzübüzour daytime	kündüzügüzyou all's daytime	kündüzleritheir daytimes
Genitive	kündüznüthe daytime's	kündüzümümy daytime's	kündüzüŋüyour daytime's	kündüzünühis daytime's	kündüzübüznüour daytime's	kündüzügüznüyou all's daytime's	kündüzlerinitheir daytimes'
Accusative	kündüznüthe daytime (as the object)	kündüzümümy daytime (as the object)	kündüzüŋüyour daytime (as the object)	kündüzünhis daytime (as the object)	kündüzübüznüour daytime (as the object)	kündüzügüznüyou all's daytime (as the object)	kündüzlerintheir daytimes (as the object)
Dative	kündüzgeto the daytime	kündüzümeto my daytime	kündüzüŋeto your daytime	kündüzüneto his daytime	kündüzübüzgeto our daytime	kündüzügüzgeto you all's daytime	kündüzlerineto their daytimes
Locative	kündüzdein / at the daytime	kündüzümdein / at my daytime	kündüzüŋdein / at your daytime	kündüzündein / at his daytime	kündüzübüzdein / at our daytime	kündüzügüzdein / at you all's daytime	kündüzlerindein / at their daytimes
Ablative	kündüzdenfrom the daytime	kündüzümdenfrom my daytime	kündüzüŋdenfrom your daytime	kündüzündenfrom his daytime	kündüzübüzdenfrom our daytime	kündüzügüzdenfrom you all's daytime	kündüzlerindenfrom their daytimes

Plural

Plural — cases of kündüz, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	kündüzlethe daytimes	kündüzlerimmy daytimes	kündüzleriŋyour daytimes	kündüzlerihis daytimes	kündüzleribizour daytimes	kündüzlerigizyou all's daytimes	kündüzleritheir daytimes
Genitive	kündüzlenithe daytimes'	kündüzlerimimy daytimes'	kündüzleriŋiyour daytimes'	kündüzlerinihis daytimes'	kündüzleribizniour daytimes'	kündüzlerigizniyou all's daytimes'	kündüzlerinitheir daytimes'
Accusative	kündüzlenithe daytimes (as the object)	kündüzlerimimy daytimes (as the object)	kündüzleriŋiyour daytimes (as the object)	kündüzlerinhis daytimes (as the object)	kündüzleribizniour daytimes (as the object)	kündüzlerigizniyou all's daytimes (as the object)	kündüzlerintheir daytimes (as the object)
Dative	kündüzlegeto the daytimes	kündüzlerimeto my daytimes	kündüzleriŋeto your daytimes	kündüzlerineto his daytimes	kündüzleribizgeto our daytimes	kündüzlerigizgeto you all's daytimes	kündüzlerineto their daytimes
Locative	kündüzledein / at the daytimes	kündüzlerimdein / at my daytimes	kündüzleriŋdein / at your daytimes	kündüzlerindein / at his daytimes	kündüzleribizdein / at our daytimes	kündüzlerigizdein / at you all's daytimes	kündüzlerindein / at their daytimes
Ablative	kündüzledenfrom the daytimes	kündüzlerimdenfrom my daytimes	kündüzleriŋdenfrom your daytimes	kündüzlerindenfrom his daytimes	kündüzleribizdenfrom our daytimes	kündüzlerigizdenfrom you all's daytimes	kündüzlerindenfrom their daytimes

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: kündüzleri can mean "his / her daytimes", "their daytime", or "their daytimes" — context decides.

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.